May

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	7th	8th	9th
Sammy	Ryan	Kat	Julie	Makena	None	Manci
10th	11th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th
Enissa	Jason	Justin	Talon	Maddie	Lance	Westin
21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	29th	30th
Abby	None	Collin	Tyler	None	Yasmin	None
31st
Ryan

 

April

3rd	4th	5th	16th	17th	18th	19th
None	Enissa	None	Justin	Talon	Madison	Lance
20th	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	30th
Westin	Abby	Kathleen	Collin	Tyler	Katie F.	Yasmin

 

March

1st	2nd	5th	9th	12th	13th	14th
Pablo	Manci	Enissa	Maddie	Lance	Westin	Abby
15th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	26th
Kathleen D.	Collin	Tyler	Katie F.	Yasmin	Sammy	Ryan
27th	28th	29th	30th
Kat	Julie	Makena	Pablo

 

February

1st	2nd	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Manci	Enissa	None	Justin	None	Madison	Lance
12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	20th	21st
Westin	Abby	Kathleen D.	Collin	Tyler	Katie F.	Yasmin
22nd	23rd	26th	27th	28th
Sammy	Ryan	Kat	Julie	Makena

 

January

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	8th	9th
None	Pablo	Manci	Enissa	Jason	Justin	None
10th	11th	12th	15th	16th	17th	18th
Madison	Lance	Westin	None	Abby	Kathleen D.	None
19th	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	29th
Tyler	Katie F.	Yasmin	None	None	Kathleen J.	Juliana
30th	31st
Makena	Pablo

 

December

1st	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	11th
Abby	Kathleen D.	Collin	Tyler	Katie F.	Yasmin	Sammy
12th	13th	14th	15th
Ryan	Kathleen J.	Juliana	Makena

 

November

1st	2nd	3rd	6th	7th	8th	9th
Kathleen D.	Collin	Tyler	Katie F.	Yasmin	Sammy	Ryan
13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	20th	21st
Kathleen J.	Juliana	Makena	Manci	None	Enissa	Jason
22nd	27th	28th	29th	30th
None	Talon	Justin	Lance	Westin

 

October

2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	9th	10th
Shannon	Abby	Kathleen D.	Collin	Tyler	Katie F.	Yasmin
11th	12th	13th	16th	17th	18th	19th
Sammy	Ryan	Kathleen J.	Juliana	Makena	Pablo	Manci
20th	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	30th/31st
Enissa	Jason	Justin	Talon	Lance	Westin	Shannon Abby

 

October 2

First Miss Cantillon announced the Accelerated Reader winners! They are Shannon, Collin, Kaite F, Pablo, Kathleen J, Juliana, Lance, and Yasmin.  Congratulations, Yasmin, you are our top reader! Then we talked about how Cantillon Chronicle was done. After that was science. We learned about muscles. We measured muscles. Next was vocabulary. We corrected our vocabulary. We are in unit 2. Then we had recess.

After recess we had music. We practiced on the keyboard. When that was over at 11:00, we had spelling. We did some of our spelling activities and played spelling tic-tac-toe. I love spelling activities. Spelling tic-tac-toe is tic-tac-toe but you have to spell a spelling word right to put down your mark. Finally, it was lunch.

After lunch we had D.E.A.R.  This means drop everything and read. Except for the Cantillon Chronicle reporter (me!) got to work on her writing. Afterwards we had reading we read some of Holes. Then it was the Human Rosary. I said a Hail Mary with my first grade buddy. We also got a scoop of ice cream from Baskin Robins. Our secret student today was Justin. Congratulations, Justin. That concludes the day. See you next time! 

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October 3

We started our day out with delightful Spanish with Miss Pearla. We had no homework but we did have to go over our Spanish verbs. Then she passed out a worksheet. We did a little bit of that then she said we ran out of time and we will finish it tomorrow in class with her.

After that we had D.E.A.R. I am reading a book called No Hurdle Too High. We read for twenty minutes. We had to write a middle part for the book Holes. (Which I’ve already finished.) Our table had to agree what we should put for the middle. Then the teacher picked what group had the best middle part for Holes and the best one would go in our reading journals. Later on, we had spiced peaches. The teacher was preparing for that when we were doing the Holes thing. She bought peaches then added cinnamon to it. I thought I was fairly good.

About 2 minutes after that we went out to go play a game of team ball with three balls. Here’s how to play: there’s a line in the middle of the pavement. One team goes on one side then the other team goes on the other side. We put the three balls in the middle of the line then we say, “On the mark. get set, GO-O-O!!! Then you get the balls and throw them at each other. If you get hit you have to go to the other side in the back and if you get the ball throw the ball at the other team. If your out and you get someone out on the other side then you’re back in. If someone on your team catches it, you go back in.

Oh and I forgot to tell you, Miss Cantillon does this thing and it’s a paper clip chain. We have paper clips on the top of the white board and if we’re good, we earn a paper clip. When the paper clip reaches the bottom of the white board then we get 15 minutes extra recess. Our paper clips got to the bottom so now we had extra recess. So we played three-ball team ball.

Once we got in from that, we did math. We went over our math homework then we did some little math exercises. After that we went to pizza hot-lunch. (We had to go out early because pizza hot lunch is across the street.) We ate then we went out to play three-ball team ball. We played that and then Miss Cantillon called us in to art with Mrs. McGarry. Once we entered the science lab to do art she had us start to paint colors on note cards. I made green, red, blue, purple and maroon. Then we went over our homework in science. After that, we did a computer test to see what were our reading levels. Then we went to the library and looked at books then we packed up and went home.

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October 4

Hello, I’m Kathleen D. and I am the reporter for October 4, 2006.  In this article I’ll be telling you about what happened today at school.

In the morning we did journal writing about “peace building.”  This is our school’s virtue of the month.  When we finished journal writing, we had Spanish.  We wrote down definitions and played a game called “pase, pase.”  This game is when you have cards with Spanish words printed on them and you pass the cards around the room.  Then you say the word out loud.

Once Spanish was over, we had D.E.A.R.  This stands for “drop everything and read.”  We did this for twenty-five minutes.  I personally love D.E.A.R. because I love to read. 

Next, we worked on our vocabulary scripts.  We sat with our partners and made up a short script with seven words or more.  I was partnered with Shannon.  We did this for about ten to fifteen minutes. 

Fortunately, recess finally arrived.  It was super fun as Miss Cantillon gave us ten extra minutes.  That was really great!  Spelling was fun because we played a game called “Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe.”  This game prepares us for the Spell-a-thon next week.  After the spelling game, we moved on to math.  We started with our division speed drill and corrected our math homework.  Personally, I found the math homework to be a little bit challenging.

Afterwards, we had science.  Mr. Jeanson had to have surgery, so he wasn’t here today.  Our substitute, Mrs. Akayama, was here and we’ve had her in fourth grade as a substitute.  Science was interesting because we started a new lesson about the bones and how they work. 

When science class was finished, in our next class we worked on our podcaast.  For some unknown reason, Mr. Guay, our P.E. teacher, wasn’t here.  Therefore, Miss Cantillon let us go outside for ten minutes since we didn’t have P.E. class.

During writing, we worked on our body paragraphs in our autobiographies for about twenty-minutes. 

During social studies, we read a story about the Marks family, who were Russian immigrants.  I thought the story was very interesting. 

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October 6

Hi, I’m Tyler!  Today when I got to school, I did my morning journal. After, we had Student of the Month. Then my friend, Collin, got an award. It was a long time until we were done but the time went by fast.

Afterwards, we went back to our class and we had three tests to do: vocabulary, spelling, and science. First, we had vocabulary.  I think I did well, and a lot of my friends probably did well too. Then we had spelling. We had to do 40 words. It was okay, but at the end I got confused with three words. Finally, we had science. It was the definitions on the front then we had to unscramble the words on the other side.

Once that was done, we went out for recess. Everyone in my class ran out the door like a cheetahs chasing after their dinner. Jason said, "Hey Tyler do you want to be on our team?" Then we went back into our class.  Jason and I were putting the balls away, and the class was already across the street. We ran as fast as we could and caught up to them. We went inside with the church and then we sat down. We waited for a few minutes and then we were singing and praying at mass.

October 9

Today we are writing in our journals.  We are trying to catch up on things. We are going to practice our ITBS testing that will test us on some of what we know, but today we are only practicing.  Following this is science. 

We have a different teacher for science; he is pretty strict but a really cool guy.  Today in science we are learning about arteries and about our test and what we need to know.  Next, we are writing in our organizer for science.  Did you know bronchi are air sacs? 

Now we’re on to vocabulary.  Right now we are on Unit 3.  We draw pictures for each word.  I really like to do this because it helps me understand. 

Then we are going out for recess!  We have 15 minutes to play.  Sometimes, we get extra.  Also, you can take an AR quiz, which is part of a program we have.  Then we are off to music.  We are playing keyboards and learning how to read notes.  We had a test today and it was worth 10 points.  I received a 10 on my test!  About 30 minutes later we are having spelling.  In spelling we are probably going to do spelling activities.  We have to turn in 3 spelling activities on Friday.

Well, we actually didn’t do what I expected.  We are with our 6 o’clock partners and we are doing spelling hangman or spelling tic-tac-toe.  We also played Let’s Make a Deal, which is when the teacher would look in our desk or binder and if we were prepared with all of our school supplies, we earned a piece of candy.  (She asked me 3 questions.)  Have you ever earned candy in school? 

At 11:45 we go out to lunch.  Our lunch lasts 30 minutes.  Finally, lunch was over and we dove into the world of books.  We have DEAR (which means Drop Everything And Read).  DEAR is my favorite part in school.  When our DEAR time was over, we read part of Holes out loud (our class novel). 

Afterwards, we went to math class and checked our homework.  The page was 31 numbers (6-28 evens).  Now we are learning double digit multiplication!  Next we learn about number lines and opposites.  After that we have a 2-minute coffee break.  This is when we get to stretch.  Now we are on with social studies.  We are talking about Star of India (a future field trip).  After that we are doing Immigration Jeopardy!   School is over!

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October 10

Hi! I’m Yasmin, today’s Cantillon Chronicle reporter! In the morning, until 8:30, we did our morning journal entries. Next, we had Spanish. During Spanish, we had a quiz. I think I did well. Then we had D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read). We then talked about the themes of Holes. After that, we had vocabulary. Then we went out to recess.

After recess, we watched a LA ( Language Arts) video that explained nouns. During math, we first did a division speed drill and then learned how to use a table to solve a problem. Finally we went to lunch.

After lunch, we had art. We mixed the primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) to make new colors. Next, we had Science. We played Science Review Jeopardy. The team captains were Collin and Tyler. I was on Collin’s team. Tyler’s team won by one word that I forgot! Next, we had Library. While one group went to Library, the other fixed their five-paragraph essays. Then we packed up to go home.

See you next time on the Cantillon Chronicle!

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October 11

Welcome! My name is Samuel H. and I am going to be your school reporter today.  

Spanish started rapidly because tests need to come back to us. Mrs. Pearla said that Kathleen J, Sammy, Pablo, Juliana, and Yasmin all earned very goods or excellents on their tests. Afterwards we finish our stories about (A Visit to the 7-11 Store). Then we head for D.E.A.R.  (I read a book called Maze of the Beast and it is good for boys and girls.)

Then we went right to Vocabulary. We partnered with our 12:00 partners. (Mine was Abby.) We tried to do Synonyms and Antonyms but we only did a few, but Miss Cantillon said it was ok. Next was recess!                                                                   

Recess is when we go out have snack and play for 15 minutes. When we went down we almost ran like deer. Most of us played Team-Ball and soccer at the P.E yard.

RING!!  RING!! Its time to get in our class. Quickly we went to Spelling.                        

This time we had our 3:00 partners and we could either do spelling hangman, spelling tic-tac-too, or just say any word and they spell it. Twenty-five minutes later, we headed for Math.                                                         

We started math homework and gone over it. I learned more when students in my class were doing well when they were writing on the board. Ring!! Ring!! Time for lunch! We ate and play team-ball or soccer. Also, we can take a reading test in the library. After lunch we had Science.                                              

We took a test and I think I did will and even my friends think they did well. Really we took up all the time for the test. Then we had P.E.                                          

We finally played Capture the Flag and I was so good that I felt that I had longer arms. Once we get back, we had Social Studies.                                                

We took a social studies test. It was long but was pretty easy. Then we played a game that we had to act what the paper we grab in the box without looking and do it. (I had to act as I just fell in love.) Then we packed up to go home.             

Also, we’re starting to think of some songs for social studies groups! I hope you look at the other Cantillon Chronicles!

October 12

Hi, I’m Ryan H.!

We are starting our great day with our journal entries!  I am writing about what makes me unique.  I think I’m a great artist!  Once we are done, we read a book.  I just finished a book called How To Eat Fried Worms.  I recommend this book for everybody.  I would tell you about the book, but you should read it! 

Now we are handing out AR awardk.  Kathleen J., Sammy H., Collin D., Yasmin and Makena M. get them.  The person who won is…Sammy!  Congrats, you have won 30 Scholar Dollars from the raffle.

When that was over, we dove into the Iowa ITBS practice booklet.  Sometimes it’s easy and sometimes it’s tough.  We are almost done and I’ve gotten 100% correct.  (Yay! Finished)  Now we are checking our homework.  (I wonder how I did...) Yes!  I got 100%!  And we get to play a math game now.

Oh, wait!  OH YEAH– a spelling bee (I’m good at spelling…atl east that’s what lots of people say).  Aww!  I was out but I at least I got in  the bottom four.  But I got sparkled.  Now we play 24 ( I hope I win).  Aww!  I lost, but I won once.  Up next– recess. 

Back again.  (Panting.)  Man, I’m tired.  During recess we played dodge ball.  It was a  lot of fun.  Now we have D.E.A.R.  I don’t have to read because I’m supposed to do my report.  Next is reading.  We are checking our reading.  Aye!  Now we are studying pirates in social studies.   It was fun.  Yes!  Now we get to go to computer class.  We get to do our saint biography reports. (Somebody was doing something he shouldn’t have, so he got a citation.)  After that we have more reading.  We were just talking about paragraph beginnings. 

Well, it’s 3:00 p.m.  Time to go home.  ‘Til next time, your reporter, Ryan H.

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October 13

Hi, I am Kathleen J.  I am here to report about what happened in class today, Friday, October 13, 2006.  This report will be posted in the Cantillon Chronicle in our class webpage, www.misscantillon.com.

The first thing we did in school today was to write a Bible verse.  After that, the sharing team of our postcard geography program read a postcard we received from Minnesota.  Then, we took a spell-a-thon test which included the 50 words on the fifth grade spell-a-thon list.  I think I did very well.  Afterwards, we started to read an article in Time for Kids and we answered the questions on the sheet entitled, "What's the Point?".

The questions we had to answer included: 1.What is the main idea? 2. What are two facts that you learned about in the article you read? and others.  Once that was done, we went to computer class with Mr. Martin.  In computer class, we finished a Powerpoint presentation on St. Francis of Assisi. Later, we went outside to have recess and while we were playing, it started to rain! 

We also had a pep rally during recess for the Junior Varsity and Varsity volleyball teams and for the flag football team. Do you know what a pep rally is? A pep rally is when a group of people cheer for their sports teams. The senior yard kids gathered in the senior yard to cheer for SMA's sports teams. It was so much fun! Following that, we finished up our "What's the Point?" sheet for about 15 minutes until our P.E. teacher, Mr. Guay, came in to take us to our P.E. class.  During P.E., we played capture the flag and the yellow team won.  After we got back to our classroom, we worked with our 7 o'clock partners and finished our vocabulary activities.  Towards the end of the day, we went to the junior yard to see our first grade buddies for our buddy reading time.  My buddy, Mia and I read a book called Rhinos Who Surf. 

Finally, Ms. Cantillon announced the Star Citizen of the week, Kathleen D. and the Secret Student, Pablo O.  Congratulations, Kathleen D. and Pablo.  Great Job!  I really had fun at school today. Now, it is time to pack up and enjoy the weekend. Until next time, I hope you enjoyed reading the Cantillon Chronicle.

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October 16

Hello, my name is Juliana L. and I am the Cantillon Chronicle reporter for today. This week as you know we have ITBS testing. That’s what we did first. We had to do the vocabulary and reading comprehension test. I thought it wasn’t super easy or super hard. It was okay.

Then we had vocabulary for about thirty minutes. We checked pages thirty-eight through forty-one. Most of us didn’t finish so we went over it a little more. After, we started working on our vocabulary scripts with our ten o’ clock partners. Once that was done we had recess on time because right after we had music.

In music we had a quiz on the C, F, and G chords. We all did very well. Next in grammar we completed our daily oral language #2 exercise from a couple of weeks ago. Following that we went to lunch ten minutes early. That means we had forty minutes of recess! When that was over we had DEAR followed with reading. In reading we finished the ending of our story map for Holes. During math time we checked our math homework and played a new game called dueling decimals. It was really fun. Afterwards we made a journal with construction paper and lined paper for the Euterpe (Star of India). Then we wrote one entry and got in our crews for the sea shanties. Kathleen was our Secret Student for today. Finally we packed up and went home.

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October 17

Hello, my name is Makena M. and I will tell you what we did today in class.

First, we wrote in our Euterpe entry (Star of India). Next, we had to do our ITBS testings. "SCARY!" The first thing we did was Reading Comprehention Part 2. Then, we did Spelling and we started at 9:23 and ended at 9:35 a.m. Then, we did capitalization and punctuation.

Once that was done we got to play Let's Make a Deal. I got 2 candies, because I had my three pencils and my papers were in my folder.

At 10:15 we went out to recess. I played with Kathleen J. and Juliana, as always. We got extra recess. We were all so happy. After recess, we went inside our classroom and heard that we had the highest percent average out of K-8 for the Spellathon. We had 96% . Our goal was 95% and we got higher. It was all because of us practicing our spellathon words. Next we had vocabulary and got with our 10 o'clock partners. Mine was Kathleen J. It was really fun.

Then, we did math. I hoped I had a close game with a game called dueling decimal. I'm good at that game.

Next thing I knew it was pizza lunch. I had cheese pizza. I had recess after that and played freeze tag. Sadly, the bell rang.

Once we left from recess we went to art. We finished our color wheels. I know I finished, but I'm not sure about everybody else. Next it was off to science with Mr. Jeanson. We had to put one item out of our desk and put it on the back table. I put a sharpener. We had to put them in types of groups. That was fun also.

Afterwards we had library/writing. I went to library L-Z.. The other group A - J did writing then we switched and in writing I wrote about my life. Miss Cantillon taught us about showing and not telling in our writing. When that was finished we packed up and rushed out the door . Miss Cantillon could not announce the secret student today. I wonder who it was? That was today's Cantillon Chronicle Report.

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October 18

Hi this is Pablo O., number 13, and I am writing the Cantillon Chronicle for Wednesday, October the 18, 2006.Today in the morning, at seven-thirty, I went to review science with Mr. Jeanson with a couple of other students. When it ended we went upstairs to Miss Cantillon’s class and did our journal entry for today. Then we had ITBS testing and we did Usage and Expression and we also did Math Concepts and Estimation. I had a little trouble with the math.

Next, we had recess and played kickball. After that, we went back to class and took our math test. Too bad I didn’t do the extra credit. Anyways the math test took a long time that it was now lunch. When that short 30-minute lunch ended, we went back to class.  

Afterwards, when science class came, we studied the 5 animal kingdoms and we also had to classify some objects from the class. Then when science finally ended the fun part of the day came - P.E. I like it because we got to play capture the flag. When it sadly ended we still got to do something fun (but not too fun). It was to make up our sea shanties with the group you’re on for the Star of India, (I’m with the Galley Crew). Finally when the day ended I got to go to soccer, do my homework, eat supper, and go to bed.          

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October 19

Hi, I am Manci and I`m going to tell you about our day. First we had to work on our Eurterpe Journal. Then we had to work on the ITBS testing. I did pretty well, but I never got to finish the last one.

After that, we had recess and I played basketball with Ana, Kathleen J, Juliana, and Makena. Next we had vocabulary skits. I think everyone did well (and Miss Cantillon thought so, too).

Our next class was social studies and we went outside to work on our sea shanties in our crews. After that we had lunch.

In computer class we worked on our saint biography cards. It was challenging because we had to copy images, insert text boxes and put our information in a table. At first it was a little hard but I got it.

Here’s some good news! Miss Cantillon said we had a 30 minutes recess. We earned 15 minutes for getting a 96% average on our Spell-a-thon test and 15 minutes for our paper clip chain getting to the bottom. When we came back from recess the fourth grade was already outside ready to go home. For once they beat us. That ends the day. See you next time.

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October 20

Hi my name is Enissa R. and I’m reporting live from Miss Cantillon’s 5th grade class. Today we’re doing I.T.B.S. testing. I have to admit sometimes I get distracted. Next, we went to computer class that was a lot of fun! Then it was time for P.E., we run a lot when playing capture the flag.  It is a very physical game. 

After that, we had “Buddy reading” with our first grade friends. I read Scary, Scary Halloween to my buddy, Madeline. She understands what I read to her, she has been reading for awhile.  We also wrote Happy Halloween cards to them and brought activities for them. Once that was done we went to have extra recess for the paper clip chain. Before recess Miss Cantillon always says, “ Play for fair and for fun or your recess will be done.” I played kickball with Sammy and Collin.

Once that was finished, it was time to go home. Finally we packed up. Afterwards Miss Cantillon gave us some candy. Snickers is my favorite because it has nuts.

Thank you for listening to my day in 5th grade I’m Enissa R. reporting live from Stella Maris Academy and have a great day!

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October 23

Hello, my name is Jason S. and I am the Cantillon Chronicle reporter today, October 23, 2006. Today was the last day of ITBS testing.  That’s what we did first.  One test was maps and diagrams and other test was reference materials.  I thought they were both easy.

After recess Miss Cantillon said, “We’re going to watch the movie "Holes" and we were going to have a surprise.”  And what do you know she brought out some yummy popcorn!  After we watched 45 minutes of the movie we went outside for lunch. 

After lunch we went inside the classroom to have some reading time.  I am reading a book called, Skateboard Tough, I am really enjoying this book because it has a lot of new tricks I don’t know.  After reading was over we had a math lesson.  The lesson was on the many ways to add. 

Following math, we went to see a band presentation.  Stella Maris is starting a school band, and they showed us the instruments we could learn how to play.

Next we went outside to the PE yard to rehearse our sea shanties.  My team knows our shanties by heart.  We also have some great dance moves!  Everyone did a great job learning their songs.  Miss Cantillon announced the Secret Student. It was Enissa! Finally we packed up and went home.

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October 24

Hello, my name is Justin S. and I am the Cantillon Chronicle reporter for today October 24, 2006.  The first thing we did this morning was paste our important person poem to a black paper and turned it in.

Next we had Spanish class. We had a review for the quiz tomorrow. The topic was verbs. We highlighted the verbs in a Spanish story for practice. D.E.A.R. was our next subject. I read the book, The Kid Who became President. The class usually reads for 20 minutes during D.E.A.R.

Next we continued watching the movie, “Holes”.  It was a great part when Magnet stole the sunflower seeds form Mr. Sir’s truck.

After that, we worked in vocabulary units 1 through 3 review in pairs.  I worked with my 11:00 partner, Sammy, for 25 minutes until time for recess.  Next we read our important person poems.

We finished about one half of the class’s poems.  I got to read mine which was about George Washington.  Some people turned in pumpkins that looked like the people they did their reports on.  It was fun to see all the creative ideas.

Math was next, first we practiced 2-minute math. We checked our homework from last night and then reviewed lesson two, on subtracting whole numbers.  After lunch we had an Art lesson which involved cutting and pasting fall leaves to a black sheet of paper.  

Science was next; we turned in our homework, and reviewed for tomorrow’s quiz on Chapter 2 lesson 1.  This lesson covered the five kingdoms their characteristics and examples.

October 27

It is 6:00 clock in the morning we have to get up and wash the deck on the Star of India. That is a ship. It is really tough getting all the trash off the deck. The only thing we have is water, buckets and brooms. There also was a group that had to clean the heads. In case you don't know what the head is, it is the bathroom. It was probably the worst job ever out of the whole program. It was still fun.

The food we had was very diferent for me at least. It was smudge. I think it was really oatmeal and cran-tangerine juice. The thing was the oatmeal tasted really different to me. Almost twenty five percent of the class probably loaded there oatmeal with sugar. Some people did not like it and one of those people was me.
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The best part was rat hunting. You get pulled in to a little hole and it is really dark and scary. Some people would want to quit before they even got half of their body in. No one found any but it was still amazing going in the hole and looking for rats.The other fun part was hoisting the barrel. You got to move the barrel that weighed 100 hundred pounds but there was a lot of people so it did not feel that heavy. It was the best field trip ever.

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October 30

First, we wrote in our Euterpe logs. Then we shared the logs we wrote in. I shared mine.Miss Cantillon said "Cross out the word Thing." I thought it was a good idea. Following was an announcement that I was the Star Citizen. We had religion next. We made a flow chart. After that was Science. I learned about backbones. We made backbones out of noodles, lifesavers and pipe cleaners. We had Vocab next. I love Vocab! We worked on units 1 to 3. Next was recess. I was walking around a guest named Madison. She seemed nice. She might come to our school. After recess we had music. We were working on our keyboards. I had some trouble with it. Music was over at 11:00, then we had spelling. Miss Cantillion gave us a pre-pre test. What is a pre-pre test? There is a pre-test for weekly spelling activities and a pre-test given in class. Miss Cantillon calls the one given in class a pre-pre test so nobody gets confused. Afterwards was lunch. I played fooseball. Once that was done we had D.E.A.R.. Following that was reading. We got our new novels we will start reading called A Year Down Yonder. We wrote what we thought it would be about. Next up was Math. I thought the lesson was easy. It was problem solving. Then it was Social Studies. We recorded our sea shanties and watched a movie about mapping. I thought it was interesting. Our secret student was not announced today. Hope you enjoy this episode of Cantillon Chronicle.

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October 31

I got into school and every one asked me, “What are you for Halloween?” I said, “I’m being a luchador!” We started our day with Spanish. We picked a word and we said it in different ways in Spanish.

Then we had D.E.A.R. We read for 25 minutes. Then we had Reading for a bit of time. We read some of the book A Year Down Yonder but I never got a chance to read out loud.

After that we had recess. We now play kickball. It’s fun.  I kicked a home run and got a double play.  We got extra recess.

Once we got in from recess we went over to the jr. yard.  That’s were the little kids have school.  We went over to play with our first grade buddies.  I brought a pumpkin so she colored it then we had juice and snacks.  After that we got to play with them I played kickball and she wanted to play jump rope.

We had lunch, played kickball then went back into class.  Once we got into class Miss Cantillon told us we had to get glue, pencils, and scissors.  We were going to art.  I did two activities in art I did a little hunted house with an owl and a tree, and I did a little pumpkin project.

Later on we had Science with Mr. Jeanson.  We went over our vocabulary.  He assigned us homework that is supposed to be done on Friday.

Last we had library. We read A Picnic at Mudstock Meadows .  Then I took an A.R. test on it. (I got 100)  That’s what we did for Tuesday.

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November 1

Today was a very exciting day because we celebrated All Saints Day.  We celebrated this feast day by having each student dress up as a saint they have researched.  All Saints Day is a holy day of obligation so all the classes went to a school a school mass which began at 10:00 a.m.  After mass we had a parade around the block and a school assembly.  Mrs.Lowell, our principal, asked for a few students from each class to share a few sentences about their saints.  My teacher, Miss Cantillon, chose me, Manci, and Sammy to represent our class.  I’m proud to report that everyone did a great job in speaking clearly and we were all very informative.  All the students participated somehow in this in event and Mrs. Lowell, rewarded all the classes with fifteen extra minutes.  It was starting to get warm, so everyone was glad to take off their saints' costumes before lunch.

We had science class and our teacher Mr.Jeanson.  He is very funny teacher but today he was irritated that some of the students were talking and not listening.  He was only angry for a few minutes.  We had P.E. after science class and that was great fun because we got to play capture the flag.  Capture the flag is sort of like flag football but we play it differently.  This is how it’s played: First, there are two teams, red and yellow and every team member has a flag with their team members.  I was on the red team today.  When you are in the yellow territory, a yellow team member can pull your flag.  When a yellow team member is on the red team a red member can pull your flag.  When your flag is pulled you go to jail which is located on the sidelines.  The winning team was the red team, but there was a lot of discussion from the yellow team saying, “The yellow team should have won.” Mr.Jeanson took over from Miss Cantillon prior to us going to computer class.  I really like computer class as the assignments are super interesting and are not boring.   In computer class we are finishing our Saint Biography cards and done a lot of research to find out chosen saint was born, died, canonized, and what they did during their life. 

That was the fifth grade class for today, Wednesday, November 1.  Everyone was very happy to dress up, celebrate a school mass, walk in a procession, and have a school assembly.  Be sure to tune in tomorrow for more information about the daily activities of the fifth grade at Stella Maris Academy.  This is Kathleen, your Cantillon Chronicle reporter, wishing you a wonderful day.   Happy All Saints Day to everyone.  Thank you for your attention.                             

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November 2

Hi, it’s Collin again and I’m today’s reporter.

We started off our morning with our usual jobs (I do our calendar) and journal entries. We write a half page long entry in our journals every day to help us get better at writing. But, today also was the beginning of the school book fair so we spent some time there. The book fair comes to our school twice a year. It has fun books, games, and contests. I entered my vote in for how many fruit candies were in the jar. This book fair was jungle themed. After school started, we shared some saint reports with the class. The whole school’s been working on saint reports this month. Next it was time for my favorite subject, math! We did a speed drill which is when we get 80 multiplication or division problems and do as many as possible in two minuets. Next, we worked on our vocabulary plays. Since we did a review chapter this week, everyone had to use 15 words in their plays. After that, we went to recess.

After recess, we worked on and corrected our spelling for this week. Every week we get 20 spelling words, 5 challenge words, and if you get 100% on the pretest; you get 10 super challenge words which are very hard. Then we played 24 but we played a new version. Today we played with our tables. A person from each table gets a whiteboard. Then it’s just like regular 24 except you work together with your tables, write the answer on the white board, and be the first table to say it correctly. Next, we went to lunch.

After lunch we played a round of the old, play by yourself, 24. I like it a bit better than the new version. Next, we had D.E.A.R (drop everything and read) for 20 minuets. After that we went over our reading homework that was to write 4 questions about A Year Down Yonder. It’s the book we’re reading in class. I think it is going to be a very interesting book and I look forward to reading it. Then, we finished watching a video about maps and globes (we started it yesterday). We did a sheet on what we learned in the movie later but, first we had computer. In computer we worked on finishing our saint biography cards (part of our saint report but, only 5th grade does these) and if you were done with that you could work on typing your autobiography. I can’t wait to see the finished copy of mine! Then we had 10 more minutes to work on our vocabulary plays while some of us were recording our group podcast. I’m not in it this time. Until the end of the day we worked on our map sheet that I was talking about. Today some people went to Writer’s Workshop that we have on Thursdays.

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November 3

Hi, I am Tyler in school today we had to do our morning work. Then we had an assembly. I did not get student of the month but Kathleen J., Justin and Juliana got it. We also heard who our A.R. winners were. Our school A.R. average is up to 83%! After student of the month we went back into our classroom. It was time for computer class. We were going to finish up our autobiographies.

Afterwards we went back in to our class and it was time for recess. We played soccer it was fun, even though the other team won. Once that was done, we went back into our classroom, then we had are vocabulary test. But we did not finish our test because we had PE.

Next, we got to play capture the flag. I scored the first point on my team. Then Pablo and I scored the next point. But the other team won. Then PE was over and we went back into our classroom.

Then, we finished up our test. Finally we finished our test and it was time to go home because it was a half day today. So we packed up to go home. Makena was Star Citizen and she also won our weekly raffle.

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November 6

School started about 8:15. First we had to unpack and then we had to write in our journals about empathy which is our virtue of the month. Once that was done we went into the A.R. rewards and a drawing for a free book. The winner was Sammy. He is also a top reader but Yamin is the top reader of the class.

Quickly after that we had to start with the other saint posters we had not gone over. We had to write notes for the posters that my classmates and I made because we are going to have a test on the saints. We had to go into science where we had a test about vertebrates. I got a good grade on it.

Once science was finished we had to finish one more poster. Following quickly afterwards we talked about unit four for vocabulary. It took about 30 minutes and we went out for recess. During recess I went to the bookfair. But during recess which I didn’t know was happening the class was doing a lining up drill. Then recess was over we went to the classroom.

We went into the classroom to get are music books then headed to the science lab where we had the pianos set up. We were practicing two songs that we learned earlier in the year. Music was about 30 minutes and we went back into the classroom.

We went inside and had a spelling pre pre test which is a test that gets us ready for the real one but is not graded. After that we worked in our spelling books were we worked on completing activities. Finally it was lunch.

We didn’t do a drill again we could go to the bookfair. At 12:15 we went back inside and did a section of D.E.A.R. (drop everything and read). Soon we read a little bit of A Year Down Yonder. Finally we got a two minute coffee break which is when you can walk around and relax. Then we went into math.

During math we checked are homework. Then we went into subtracting decimals. Afterwards we had "Let's Make a Deal" which is a game where you can earn candy! We took about ten minutes on the game then went into social studies.

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November 7

Hello, I’m Yasmin, today’s Cantillon Chronicle reporter! In the morning, after we unpacked, we worked on our portfolios for the parent teacher conferences next week. We then had Spanish. During Spanish, we had a quiz and did some review verb exercises. I think I did well on the quiz. Next, we had DEAR as you probably know stands for Drop Everything And Read. The class is reading a book called A Year Down Yonder. We also talked about the Great Depression and listened to some radio broadcasts from back then. I think the jokes were boring. After that, we had recess.

When we got back from recess, we watched a grammar video on parts of speech and then discussed our notes with our tables. Next we had math. First, we had a math division speed drill. Then, we checked our homework (I got 100%) and learned how to solve word problems backwards. At last we had lunch!

We got back from lunch and went straight to art class. There we made leaf prints and we’ll get to see how they turned out next Tuesday. Next we had Science class where we discussed how to do an experiment for homework. After that, we had library (we were having a Book Fair and it was the last day) and writing. In library some people got some neat books from the Scholastic Book Fair. In writing, we edited our five paragraph essays so we could finally start typing our last drafts on Thursday. Finally we went home!

Thank you and see you next time on the Cantillon Chronicle!

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November 9

Hi! I’m Ryan H. and I’m today’s reporter. 

Right now it’s time for our morning work (8:30 a.m.), like our morning journal, putting papers in our portfolios, or Mastery Challenge.  After doing that for a while, at about 9:00 a.m. we start our Religion flow charts.  I’m finally finished. (9:39 a.m.)  Now we have a math multiplication speed drill.  Huh.  Cool…I got the same grade as yesterday. 

Now we are correcting our homework.  I didn’t do so well.  And now we are having a student teacher for hard questions.  She is pretty good.  Ooh. Here is another one.  I’m not really getting what she means. 

YES!   Now we have recess.  (10:50 a.m.)  O.K., (panting) that was fun.  Now we have our spelling test.  INTERRUPTION:  REPORT CARDS.  I got some good grades .Back to the spelling test.  I wonder how I did?!  24!

Time to go outside. (Game).  LUNCH RECESS! (Play).  Now we get to reading - D.E.A.R. (drop everything and read). I am reading Night at the Museum.  I only have 20 more pages left…so far it’s been really funny. Oh, time’s up - time to move on to the next subject.  After that we make grids of our room.  That was hard.  Now onto computer (editing). I am already done with my autobiography so I can do Type To Learn or Mac Mavis.

That’s it for today.  Time to sign off. 

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November 13

Hi, I am Kathleen J.  I am here to report about what happened in class today, Monday, November 13, 2006.  The first thing we did was complete a sheet for our Parent- Teacher- Student conference called “Student Self Evaluation.”  “Do you know what a Parent-Teacher-Student conference is?”  Well, it is when your parents and teachers have a meeting with you and talk about your goals for this year and strengths and weaknesses you have.  Some people shared what they wrote on their sheet but I did not. 

Afterwards, we opened up our new school store which is where you can buy items like pencils, picture frames and posters with your scholar dollars or tickets.  I bought a poster that said Dream Big with a chocolate labrador retriever on it.  I paid ten scholar dollars for it.

Once we were done with that, we had science with Mr. Jeanson.  We first learned the difference between a vascular and a nonvascular plant.  We also reviewed for a quiz that we are going to have on Friday.  It will be about what the parts of the tree trunk are called and about vascular and nonvascular plants.  We then checked our homework which was to write two definitions for the vocabulary words in the lesson.  Once we were finished with science, we moved on to vocabulary. 

We had to work with our 11 o’clock partners and work on Completing the Sentences in our book.  Following that was recess.  I played dodge ball with my friends.  Sadly, the bell rang and we had to go back inside. 

Next, we had to go into the science lab and have music.  We selected our song for the Christmas recital. We selected the song “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!”  When that was over, we moved onto spelling.  We had to take our Chapter 3 spelling pre-pre test.

After, we talked about an assignment that we have to do in class. It is called Teaching the Teacher.  In this assignment, we have to report about something that we are really good at and we have to teach our classmates and our teacher on how to do it step by step.  At 11:45 we went out to lunch.  I played soccer tennis.  Then, the bell rang and we went back inside.  After that, we had D.E.A.R which means “Drop Everything And Read.’’ I read a book called A Year Down Yonder.  Once we were finished, we moved on to literature.  We read aloud a couple of pages from the book A Year Down Yonder.  Then, we moved onto math. First, we did a 2 minute multiplication speed drill.  I got a 79 out of 80 correct.   In math, we learned about equations and expressions.  We learned a new mnemonic to help us remember how to solve an equation with parentheses.  The mnemonic was PEMDAS (Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally).  PEMDAS stands for parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction.   We did a couple problems in our book and moved on to social studies.  In social studies, we continued working on the map of our room.  I finished my map and I think I did very well on it.  Then we moved on to Study Skills. 

In Study Skills we learned about keeping ourselves organized.  We had to complete a survey about what we need to work on in study skills and we had to check off what we usually do, sometimes do or rarely do. Finally, we wrote down our homework for the week and packed up and went home.  As I was leaving school, I said to my friends, “Goodbye and see you tomorrow.”

To all of you, I hope you enjoyed reading my report here at the Cantillon Chronicle. 

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November 14

 Hello, I’m Juliana, and I’m today’s Cantillon Chronicle reporter! This morning, after we unpacked we started a Christmas letter to the marines. Miss Cantillon told us this was our rough draft because we were going to work on our final copy later on that day. Some topics were weather, sports, school, and what it is like in San Diego. Starting and sending a Christmas letter sounded weird to us because it wasn’t even close to Christmas. But then Miss Cantillon told us it would take a long time to get there. We then understood.

After our morning work we started off with Spanish. Our homework was to write a story in Spanish that was at least ten sentences. Ms. Perla called your name alphabetically if you weren’t absent and she would see if you had your homework. If you wanted to you could’ve read it to the class. Two people I remember reading to the class were Yasmin and Abby. Their stories were great! We also did a little exercise. Ms. Perla wrote some words in Spanish and English on the board and we copied them in our notebook. We had to match the English words with the Spanish words that mean the same. Once we were done we switched notebooks with another person that was done and we checked them.

Next we had reading. We started reading by having DEAR as you know means drop everything and read. It lasted for twenty minutes.  Following we read about Richard Peck who is the author of A Year Down Yonder. We took some important notes. It was very interesting. Did you know he was a school teacher?

Then instead of vocabulary we talked about how spreading rumors can hurt people’s feelings and end friendships. We learned that if someone comes up to you and asks you if a certain person is talking about them, you should say no. Also don’t try to actually spread the rumor. That wouldn’t help. We also did a little role play with Makena and Manci to help us understand more. Once that was done we had recess. We got ten extra minutes also for if we needed to take an accelerated reader quiz.

After recess we had grammar. We got into six groups. Each group got a piece of construction paper, a title, and a magazine. The titles were a piece of paper that had different names of different types of nouns. Each group got a different type of noun. You were to tape the title to the piece of construction paper and put each of your group member’s names on it. Then you had to go through your magazine and look for pictures that relate to your type of noun. You cut out the pictures and glue them on. Miss Cantillon put them on the board and showed them to the class.

During math time we checked our math homework and went over any questions that some one didn’t get. One of the questions we needed two people to come up and explain. Those people were Kathleen J. and Yasmin. Great job Kathleen and Yasmin!

Afterward we had pizza lunch so we got to leave to the parish hall five minutes early.

In art class we did a very fun art project with water colors. We learned some techniques with water colors too. We got to paint leaves and use them kind of as a stamp and we also put the leaf on a kind of construction paper and dabbed around it with your brush. I think that Mrs. McGary taught us that mistakes happen and it’s okay.

When that was over we finished our Christmas letter to the marines. First we made a final draft of our letter and showed it to Miss Cantillon. Then when Miss Cantillon thought it was okay she stapled your letter to a piece of construction paper. Next you fold it and decorate the front. I thought everyone’s looked amazing!

Once we finished, numbers 11-20 which is half of the class went downstairs to library. Mrs. Zipp called everyone by name to come in and sit at a table. We discussed how you know if a book is fiction or nonfiction. We also did a worksheet that related to that. Once we finished our worksheet we were to put it in the basket and go browse for books. I think most of the people in our class were getting books for their buddies for buddy reading on Friday.

When we got upstairs we went straight to the computer room to finish typing our final copy of our autobiographies. That was a lot of work.

At 2:40 we had twenty minutes free time to catch up on some work or do some activities such as spelling. I think I got a lot done in that twenty minutes.

Finally we put away our things, packed up, did our jobs, and put up our chairs up. Miss Cantillon announced secret student. It was Ryan H.! Congratulations Ryan! That is the Cantillon Chronicle for today.

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November 15

Hello, my name is Makena M. I am today’s Cantillon Chronicle reporter. Today is a half-day because it is parent-teacher conferences. But I am here to tell you what we did today in class. So, the first thing we did today was spanish. We had to do a worksheet which was easy.

Once we where done with that we had DEAR which stands for drop everything and read.  We read for 30 min. I read A Year Down Yonder. Now we are translating into reading. We were learning about figurative language. After that we had vocabulary with our 3 o’clock partners. Mine was Kathleen D. We were completing the sentences. Next, we had recess. I played soccer. The following thing we did was practice how we will be for our parent teacher conferences.

At 11:15 we moved onto math.  We did a division speed drill. I thought I did okay. In class we learned a little bit of algebra. Afterwards, we had religon and we finished our flow charts. At the end of the day, she could not announce secret student, how sad. That was the today’s Cantillon Chronicle report.

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November 16

In the morning the class worked in our cursive book, pages 12-14.

This week we all have to read pages 75-93 our book called A Year Down Yonder. After writing class it’s time for our religion test. I thought I did pretty well.

Then we had math. After math we had vocabulary to work on our little activities. Then we had recess, and I played truth or dare.

Also at recess I helped Justin with his autobiography.  When we came back to the classroom and Miss Cantillon said we could

Play 24. I moved 2 tables up, now I have to deal with really good players.  Then it was time for grammar, that was fun.

Then lunch. I was starving. After lunch, which seemed pretty short was DEAR= Drop Everything And Read.  In reading I was way, way, way behind on pages. Then came social studies, which was pretty boring.  Then it was finally time for COMPUTER. I was dying for my BEAUTIFUL computer.

THE END

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November 20

Hi! My name is Enissa R. and I’m here to talk to you about my day in the fifth grade class at Stella Maris Academy. First we started religion when the bell rang. Next, our class had science with Mr. Jeanson. In science we’re working on reviewing the big science test we have on Wednesday. It’s worth ½ of our grade, so we all better study. After that we had vocabulary scripts. My partners were Jason and Sammy. I think they’re really funny and always make me laugh.

Once that was done we moved on to recess, yah! Finally we had D.E.A.R. reading.  I want to tell you about something that relates to reading. It’s called the literature blog. The blog is this new thing on Miss Cantillon’s website. First you will see this thing that shows you a picture then at the bottom it will say comments.  Click on that and it will have a form that you have to put your first name and last initial then you type your comment in. Following we had math. In math we were talking about inverse operations. Inverse operations are the opposite of whatever operation you’re performing (e.g., adding or subtracting.)

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November 21

“Hello,” my name is Jason S. and I will be your reporter today. The first thing we did today was that we worked on place cards for Thanksgiving. Then we had Spanish, we did two activities. We had D.E.A.R afterwards for 25 minutes. Once we were done with that we worked in our reading work books. Once we finished we gave our vocabulary skits. Next was math we had a multiplication speed drill for two minutes.  Then we checked our math homework.  I got a 100% yea!  After all that we went to art, we are drawing animals.  In science today we played jeopardy for 45 minutes.  It was loads of fun.  We are worked on maps in social studies today and I am very good in this area because I enjoy it.  After social studies we went to the Honor Roll Assembly.  A lot of people in our class made Honor Roll this time. Congratulations to them all.  After the Honor Roll Assembly we packed up and went home.

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November 27

Today in our morning work, we started writing rough drafts of letters to Mrs. Lowell (Our principal) for Principal Appreciation Day. Our teacher wrote the directions on the board. At recess there was a birthday and we got donuts. By accident I brought my tennis racquet because I thought the “Teach the Teacher” report was due.

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November 28

Hello, my name is Justin S. and I am the Cantillon Chronicle reporter today. First, we all started writing letters to Mrs. Lowall for Principal Appreciation Day.  That lasted from 8:00-8:30. Our second class was Spanish. We checked our homework and she handed out more homework due next Tuesday.

Next we had D.E.A.R. I read a book called A Year Down Yonder. Then we discussed the themes of A Year Down Yonder with the class. Next, we worked in our vocabulary books drawing illustrations of our words. After that, we played at recess; I played 3 flags up with my friends.

Next, we checked our homework from last night together and went over the next lesson in our book.  After that we went to the hall for pizza hot lunch.  After lunch our teacher, Mr. Jeanson came and we worked together on a science project that involved dissecting plants. We were looking at all the parts of the plants main systems. He handed out our homework assignments for the next day. 

Our next class was on writing.  We worked on our Teach the Teacher Power Point Presentation in the computer lab.  My report was on How to Clean a Fish Tank.  Our next class was Library.  We took a pop quiz on the numbering system for ordering library books.  After we got back to class we packed up and went home.

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We did Spanish today. I went to recess and played three flags up. After recess we played spelling tic-tac-toe.  I lost and won one. You have to spell a word right to take your turn. Some are hard some are easy. After we did a speed drill, and checked our homework and went to lunch. After I took a science test. Then we went to PE and played soccer. I lost, but it was just a game.  We did S.S and then we went and sang songs with our first grade buddies. That is what we did.

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November 30

We are writing letters for our principal because it was Principal Appreciation Day. We also are going to sing two songs for our principal. I hope she likes it because we worked hard on it. I think they sound pretty good. The fifth grade students are also makings letters for our principal. I wrote one of them.

We also got three postcards today. They were from Maine, Kansas and Canada. I can't believe we got one from Canada.  I was really surprised about that because I thought they would not come from out of the country. The three places wrote a lot about their states and cities especially Canada. There are a lot of things I never knew about Maine, Kansas or Canada.

Today we had two birthdays. One person brought brownies.  The other birthday person is going to bring something tomorrow. I hear they are bringing brownies, too. I wonder why they wouldn't bring them on the same day. I guess that would be a little too much sweets during school.

Today almost everybody finished the book A Year Down Yonder. I think the book was OK. The great thing was that everybody passed a reading quiz on the book so we get a little ice cream party. I can't wait for it!

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December 1

We started our day out with a little student of the month in the junior yard. To my surprise Kathleen D and I got STUDENT OF THE MONTH!!! WOO, WOO! What a nice surprise. After that we had principal appreciation in the junior yard right after that. All of the classes had a little gift or song or anything special for Mrs. Lowell (we did it in front of the whole school.) Our class and the first graders made up a little song for her.

Next we went back to the senior yard and we had computers with Mr. Martin. We worked on a new project. We had to do a power point on a national park. I picked Carlsbad Caverns because I’ve been there.

After that we had recess. I played backwards basketball with Manci, Kathleen, Julie, Makena and Yasmin. You turn around backwards and try you make a hoop.

Then we had P.E. With Mr. Guay. We played soccer. Personally soccer is not my favorite sport but we had to ply it. we have assigned teams my team is Yasmin, Talon, Pablo and I.

Next we went over to the junior yard and to read to our first grade buddy. Our first grade buddies are first graders that got assigned to us. I like my buddy but she can get a bit crazy! I read A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech to her. She said that she liked the book. So I let her do an AR test on it. AR stands for accelerated reader it is when you take a test on a book that you read and see how good you do. The teacher sets goals for you and if you reach those goals you get a little reading award. The people that have like 30 to 200 points are announced at student of the month. She did a very good job she only got one wrong out of the whole thing. Then we were out of time and it was time to go home. The reading award went to Tyler and Jason. The star citizen (it’s the star of the week) was Ryan. Lucky for us we got a short day, we got out at 12:30. Short days are always good days.

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December 5

At the beginning of the day, instead of the usual morning work (projects and journal entries) we had D.E.A.R. because we weren’t going to have time to have D.E.A.R. later. Once class started, our first subject was Spanish. We had a test on the Spanish articles. I hope that everyone studied. We also had a worksheet on “to see, to be, and to have”. Once Spanish was over, we got in our groups and started working on our game boards. In class we are now working on groups to make a game related to A Year Down Yonder. It’s the book we just finished reading in class. I can’t wait to see what they look like when they’re done.

Next we all went to the church to have the sacrament of reconciliation. This is the sacrament in which we confess our sins and are forgiven by Christ. We waited for a while for everyone to go and I was one of the last ones to go but it was worth it. After that we went to recess. My friends and I played ping-pong and I had a great time.

After recess, the class practiced our parts for the mass. Every class puts on a mass at some point in the year and now it’s our turn. I have one of the biggest parts in the mass so I want to practice extra hard. I also get to dress up as St. Patrick so I’m very exited. We are also celebrating the Immaculate Conception. Next we shared some more of our “Teach the Teacher” projects. These are projects where we make a power point presentation on how to do something we like. I did how to drive a golf ball. Today I really liked Sammy’s. He did how to wrap a present. He brought in all the stuff to wrap a box and he did. At the end of his report, he told us there was something inside and he chose Manci to open it. It was a noise maker and he let her have it for the day. After that we went to lunch. I was glad because it was pizza lunch today and I love pizza.

Right after lunch we had art. Today we painted poinsettia and mine turned out really nice. I can’t wait until next week when we take them home. When art was done, we had science. This is one of my favorite classes. We finished our chapter and had a test today. Now we are learning about how nutrients are naturally recycled. I think it is very interesting. Then when that was over we went to the church to practice mass again. This time our 1st grade buddies came to watch. Every 5th grader has a partner in 1st grade that we do different activities with. Then, until school ended, we finished our teach the teacher reports.  

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December 6

 Hi, I’m Tyler the first thing we did in school are journal entries about Advent. After that, we had Spanish, and it was OK.  We also had a quiz, it was pretty easy and I only got one wrong. Afterwards it was time for recess and Lance said, “Can I have the ball now?”  I said, “Yes.” We played three flags up it was an OK game.  Right when I was about to catch the ball and be thrower, the bell rang and we had to go inside.

Next, we were talking about the Nutcracker because we are going to go to it tomorrow and a girl named Yasmin who is in our class is going to be in it.

Then it was time for our MATH TEST! Then we had lunch then we left off at our game, 3 flags up and I was thrower and that is what we did for lunch recess. After we had a Science quiz and I thought I did well on it.

We had PE and we played soccer, my team lost. Finally, we went back inside and we were working on our A Year Down Yonder board games. Then we went home and that was my day today.

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December 8

Hi! I’m Yasmin, today’s Cantillon Chronicle reporter! In the morning, we unpacked and did our morning work. Soon, we had our science vocabulary quiz. I got 100%! We next ate a quick snack and then went to practice for our mass that morning. The choir director, Mr. Amador, got there at the last minute right when the priest was going to come in! When we got back from our mass, Mr. Guay came to take us to P.E. We had free-time. Some boys even tried to beat Mr. Guay at ping-pong. When we came back in, we did a quick math class and then worked on our game boards for the A Year Down Yonder test. We finally went to Buddy Reading ( I read The Polar Express to my buddy.) When we came back, Miss Cantillon announced star buddy, secret student, and star citizen. Then we packed up to go home. See you next time on the Cantillon Chronicle!

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December 12

Hi, my name is Ryan, and I will be your reporter today! Right now we have Spanish bingo. I won the first time but not the second time. (45 minutes later). O.K., now we have reading. Our group is almost done with our game board.  “Your game board looks cool,” said Talon.  “I think it’s pretty good myself,”  I replied.  All we have to do is outline and color.

After that we have vocabulary scripts. I’m working with Westin. Ours is about stealing (it’s fake). Oh, yeah! Time for recess!

Wow all that ping-pong was tiring (panting). O.K. now we get to settle down and read. The book I’m reading is called 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie Depaola. I like his books a lot, this book is actually a Newbery Honor book. Done with reading and on to math. We are starting off with a speed drill. And now we start our homework.  I finished in class. Now we have recess (boy, I’m hungry). Art time! The art teacher said my panda was one of the best in the class. Science time! That was long. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 ,5 ,4 ,3 2, 1,…SCHOOL’S OUT!!!!<(^_^)>!!!! Thank you for reading my report. Until next time,  Ryan.   

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December 13

Hi, I am Kathleen J.   I am here to report about what happened in class today, Wednesday, December 13, 2006.  The first thing we did today was write a rough draft of our Christmas letter to Sister Mary, our former principal.  Our letter has to be at least 3 paragraphs.

Afterwards, our Spanish teacher, Senora Perla, came in for Spanish class.  We had to do a vocabulary review that was 4 pages long but she helped us on 2 of the sheets because we did not know the answers for the questions.  When we finished our sheets, we had to give our paper to somebody else so we can check their paper and grade it.  I got 100% on the vocabulary review.

Once we were finished with Spanish class, we worked on the game board we have been doing in class.  The game board we are creating has to be based on the book we just finished in class, A Year Down Yonder.  My group worked on coloring the game board, making new cards for our game, cutting out the character figures and playing the game for just a few minutes.   Our game board has Day Cards, Carleen Cards (a character in A Year Down Yonder), Question Cards, an answer booklet, a rule booklet, character figures and critters (which are money in our game).  We worked for about 45 minutes.

When that was over, it was time for us to go out for recess.  During recess I shot hoops backwards with my friends.  I made a shot backwards from the 3-point line and it went straight in.  It was really fun!  Sadly, the bell rang and we had to go inside.

Once we got into the classroom, we worked on our vocabulary scripts with our 3 o’clock partner.  Our vocabulary script has to include 12 words from Unit 5.  The vocabulary script my partner and I are writing is about 3 kids having a fray or fight and got in trouble with the teacher.  Unfortunately, we were not able to finish our script so we have to finish it tonight. 

Following vocabulary, we went on to math and first did a 2 minute division speed drill.  I got 72 out of 80 division problems.  When we finished our speed drill, we checked our homework from last night.  Our homework was about multiplying a number by a 1 digit number.  I got ½ wrong on my homework but I still got a good grade.  Before we went to the parish hall for our Christmas party, Miss Cantillon said, “Say please and thank you and be very polite to the parents who are going to be there.”

At our Christmas luncheon party, we had Honey Baked ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetables and fruit.  It was delicious!!  When we were all finished with our lunch we had our gift exchange with our secret Santa.  As you all know, a secret Santa is when we pick a name from a hat or box and whoever name you pick is the person you will get a gift for and you do not tell anybody.  We were only allowed to buy a gift under $10.00.  I gave my secret Santa, Kathleen D., a jacket and a ski hat.  I got a gift certificate for any Westfield shopping mall for $15.00.  I really liked my gift!!  Then we had to go back to the classroom around 12:15.

At around 12:15, our science teacher, Mr. Jeanson, came into our classroom and we had science class.  Today we took a quiz on the lesson about the nitrogen cycle, nitrates and ammonia.   I thought the front part of the quiz was quite simple but the back side of the quiz was just a little bit harder.  When we all finished our quiz we checked it over.  Fortunately, I got a 95% on my quiz. I only got ½ wrong.

Next, we had P.E.  We played soccer. I am on the white team and I played the yellow team.  I have Jason, Lance, Manci and Collin on my team but Collin could not play because he hurt his knee during the weekend.  Towards the beginning of the game we only scored 1 goal but towards the end of the game we scored 3 more goals.  Also towards the end of the game our P.E. teacher, Mr. Guay, was goalie on the other team because some of the people from the other team had to go to our science teacher,

 Mr. Jeanson. Mr Jeanson called them because they did not turn in a homework assignment.  Luckily, I scored 1 goal against Mr. Guay.  When the game was over we lost to the yellow team by 1 goal.

After P.E. our teacher gave us ten extra minutes to play outside because we did not have recess at lunch.  During that time I just talked with my friends and kicked the soccer ball a little bit. Then when we were finished with P.E., we watched a video on explorers because after our Christmas break we are going to start working on an explorer report.

We have to do a Powerpoint presentation on one explorer.  I personally thought the explorer video was quite interesting.  I still do not know what explorer I want to do for my report. Once Social Studies ended we practiced our song for our Christmas pageant tomorrow.  We are singing a song called “Angels We Have Heard On High” and I think we really sang well.  We also have to wear halos out of garland tomorrow when we perform our song to the whole school and to our parents. 

At the last 15 minutes of school we had D.E.A.R which stands for Drop Everything And Read.  I am reading a book called The End by Lemony Snicket.  I think this book is very interesting and I am really enjoying reading it.

Finally, our teacher announced the secret student for today and that was Justin!  Great Job! 

It has been a very busy day and it was time to pack up and go home.

I hope you enjoyed reading my commentary on today’s events here at the Cantillon Chronicle.

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December 14

Hi, my name is Juliana L.and I am today’s Cantillon Chronicle reporter! We started our day off by writing Christmas letters to Sister Mary. In our letters we wrote about advent, what we were doing in school, and wishes for a great Christmas.

Then we made and decorated our Christmas trees. First we put the lights on evenly. Next we stuck the garland on covering every part of the tree. Some kids didn’t have enough garland for their tree, like me, so we borrowed some from people that had extra. Everyone’s turned out fantastic!

After that we had recess and then had our vocabulary scripts. That was our test this week instead of a written out one. We had to use twelve words!

Following that we got in our game board groups for A Year Down Yonder and did a worksheet together. Then three groups prepared their game boards because we were going to play them after lunch which came next.

When we came back into the classroom we played our game boards that we made. Each game had a host from each group who hosted their game. It was so much fun. Everyone did a great job.

Once that was done we went to the parish hall to do our Christmas pageant. Each class from K-8 sang and then they had a play about Christmas. Our song was "Angels We Have Heard on High" or some people know it as Gloria.

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January 2

Hi, I’m Pablo O. I am today’s chronicle reporter.

Today is a whole new year; it is the year of 2007. New Year’s Day was just yesterday. In the morning there was a brand new student, her name is Madison. Her old school was All Hallows. It is very good to have another person in our class, now we are 20 students.

In the morning we had to write our New Year’s resolution for the year 2007. One of mine is to do better at school, especially in Vocabulary and Social Studies. Then we had Spanish class and wrote down some definitions. I got 100 on my last Spanish test.

After Spanish we told the class about our Christmas vacation. Once that was done we had DEAR, which means Drop Everything and Read; but I didn’t get to read anything because the next book of the series I’m reading wasn’t available. It’s a series about a 14 year old boy that is a spy named Alex Rider, and the book that I need is called Skeleton Key.

Afterwards we had Vocabulary. We looked at definitions and drew pictures of what they meant in the book. One of the definitions is Vagabond, it can be used as a noun or as an adjective, and the noun means an idle wanderer or a tramp, the adjective means wandering, irresponsible. Since we didn’t have much time in Vocabulary, we were only able to do one thing.

Once that was done we had Recess for fifteen minutes and we played ping-pong for a while, we got bored and started playing 4-square. We had a lot of fun playing it. When recess sadly ended we got 15 minutes extra of our recess and continued to play 4-square.

When that finished we took our Spelling pre-pre test. The words weren’t that hard but frankly I wasn’t familiar with them. Math followed and we played a math game called 24. It is about adding, multiplying, subtracting or dividing four numbers to get 24. Unfortunately I had to move down one level because I lost. After the game we had to review our Homework and what the chapter was about.

Once we finished we went to lunch. I had a sandwich, mandarins, apple sauce and nuts. We played 4-square again and had a lot of fun. My favorite part of the game is when somebody yells “earthquake” and bounces the ball really hard in the center and we try to hit the ball to another square, so the person in that square is out.

At 12:15 we had Art. We were making sculptures of animals or mythical creatures. Since we aren’t aloud to carve wood we made it out of tinfoil. Our art teacher is called Mrs. McGarry. It is really fun having her as an art teacher because she gives us tips about art and gives us fun art projects.

Science was next and Mr. Jeanson came in. We read the last four pages of the chapter. Mr. Jeanson called different people to read it. He asked us questions. We are studying about vascular and nonvascular plants for the quiz, which is going to be kind of complicated and I hope to get it right.

The class is divided in two for Library and I went in the second half. While the other half of the class was in Library we were in Writing class. There we started writing our 5 paragraph essay; we wrote the introduction and the closing paragraphs. My essay is about going to Knotts Berry Farm for my birthday. Finally our half of the class went to Library. Mrs. Zip read us a book called Thank you Mr. Falter; it is about a young girl that doesn’t know how to read and she gets teased at school by other children, but then Mr. Falter was the new teacher and taught her how to read. When she grew up she became a children’s book writer.  I checked out a book in the library about fairy tales.

When the day ended we wrote down our homework in our Homework Journal for tomorrow. We have Math, Science and Vocabulary, and 2o minutes reading. We packed our things and walked to the Junior Yard were our parents pick us up. Well, now I have swimming practice, until next time, goodbye.