Barnes Bucks

On May first Mrs. Barnes introduced her class to Barnes bucks. Barnes bucks a 5B tradition are a dollor bill with Mrs. Barnes face on it. There are various ways to get Barnes bucks you can post blog comment are add to their padlet. Some people are way ahead because of Homework Passes every homework pass you didn't use is worth 20 Barnes Bucks. Ceci claims "I'm behind but, I'm hoping that I can earn some at the auction." The auction is a three day long period where Barnes student can bring in one item each day and auction it off. Many kids are all ready thinking about ideas. Sara said "I'm going to sell my fidigit spinner." Mrs.Barnes is planning on selling items that have more classroom value like the ruler she used to attack Ava. Barnes Bucks have been interesting and everyone is exited for the auction on May 25th till then Barnes goers will have to wait. So stay cool out there. Happy summer!

Chemistry By Pepper

Chemistry

In the month of April, The class of 5B had a chemistry unit in science class. 5B would go to chemistry daily, When they arrived to the awesome science lab at their school, Class begins.

5B starts class off by greeting their science teacher. They would find out what experiment would occur that day, gather materials and begin instructions. What 5B mainly did was experimenting with solutions and mixtures. They would make a saturated solution, Separate the extra solid that didn’t dissolve and put a small amount of solution in an evaporation dish to evaporate the water and check the crystals the next day. “It was fun cause we did a lot of experiments.” Allison said.

5B will always remember how much fun it was doing chemistry being the only grade that does this unit. But the question still remains: Will they ever do chemistry again?

Breakout EDU

Breakout EDU

Claire

“YES!” one group shouted from inside a classroom in Glenridge Elementary School. They had gotten the box open. The other groups started scrambling for 2nd place. Mrs. Barnes’s 5th grade class were trying to break into a small wooden box “save America”. It was a revolutionary war themed breakout. But it was April 2017 But they were actually trying to break in.

There were a series of locks that they had to break, using their revolutionary war knowledge. They had 50 minutes to break into the box before the “evil madman came back with the final piece to his time machine and would go back in time and make Great Britain win the war. 5B may have been running a little late, but they still saved America.

Next time, when Mrs. McQueen’s class does it they will hopefully be able to save America too with their knowledge of the American Revolution.

Good Luck!!!

Robotics Field Trip by Breyanna

 Robotics field trip

So first we went on the bus and the whole ride there we were singing bus songs and asking people to dab for us. So after we got off the bus we went inside and looked at robots and how they made them and then we started collecting buttons like pens and we got a bunch of them. And then we went and seen the clayton robotics group and we were in lyrics grandma group and she took a lot of pictures so then we went and went to the other robotics room and this team made a robot that trains horses and then we went and seen a little bit of robotics battle and it was red team vs blue team and red team won and then we went to leave and it was a little bit of rain then alot so we ran to the bus soaking wet and then we left

             

Map testing by Quinn

 Map Testing

  

Through the school week of April 24-28 3rd 4th and 5th graders at Glenridge elementary school did the Measure of Academic Progress test (MAP)in the state of Missouri.Glenridge was not the only one to do it however.Schools across the state of Missouri took part of the test.Schools have different weeks so not all of the school in Missouri did it as the same week as Glenridge but still did it on a different week.There was Reading,Science,Math, and Literacy.The 5th grade took the test all week except Wednesday.3rd had two days and 4th had 3 or 2 days.After they were finished with the first test(there were 3 tests for Science and math and reading however Literacy had only one which was writing a paragraph)kids would eat their snack and get ready for the next.Some kids were tested with adults with MacBooks but the ones who did not go stayed with the teacher and used ChromeBooks.That is how map testing went at Glenridge Elementary School.

Eco Art by Ava

It’s April 20, 2017, at Glenridge Elementary school. 5th Graders instructed there claymo groups to make eco art for Earth day. Andy Goldsworthy inspired his art on nature. If claymo leaders choose Andy they would go outside and make art with natural materials around glenridge. If they Claymo leaders choose Louse, they would stay inside and make a sculpture with recycled materials.

Here are some quotes from 5th grade leaders. “I thought it was a fun way to make eco art with our claymo groups” Liam said. Here is a Claymo leader who had different thoughts. Cha Cha said “It was boring, the kinder gardeners were being bad”.

Overall it was a very creative way to bond with our claymo groups.

Great nursery rhyme disaster by Sophie

It was may 3rd, 2017. Sing me a story, the great nursery rhyme disaster. Little miss muffet was bored. So she decided to go be in other people’s rhymes and ends up ruining them. It was a great play. The actors were very precise and remembered all of their lines. They had to do their play 2 times- for the school and parents. They both loved it.

After the play was over, many 5th graders went to a place called Andy’s ice cream. Some people got banana splits, other chocolate concrets. They had a great time.

Stuffed animal day by Claudia

Glenridge Elementary students paid a dollar to bring a stuffed animal to school. Every student was allowed to bring a stuffed animal or blanket. The reason Glenridge students had a chance to bring there plushie to school in the first place was because Glenridge 5th graders hosted a fundraiser for Lift for Life academy.

Big or small stuffys everyone loved bringing there plushies too school, even better it was for a great cause.

Buddies by rhadi

So today is one of the days of the last few weeks of school,and the last full buddy meet ups.so were doing  pictures.and we had to do0 a frame for both of us.so we started on my and i just put a whole bunch of dots it looked horrible.everybody was laughing including me because max was going to to have a better one.and max did exactly that.diamonds,dots,squares.everyone laughed.and me and max had a great picture and friendship.

Breakout EDU by Adam

Breakout EDU

At Glenridge Elementary in 5B and 5S got to do Breakout EDU. Breakout EDU is a puzzle that teachers can set up, with a series of locks and codes. It is the same idea as an escape the room but you have to break in.

Mrs. Barnes set up one of these to quiz the 5th graders at Glenridge about the revolutionary war. The first hint she gave the students was “The founding fathers will start the quest for all of you.” So all of the kids walked over to the founding fathers which was hung above the computers. The kids all found a key taped under one of the key boards. So then the kids went off finding the clues all around the room for their group to push ahead. All the groups found all of the clues, unlocked all the locks and decoded all the codes. Inside the box that they were supposed to break into was… LOLLYPOPS!!!

Mrs. Barnes has promised to do more of the breakouts in the future and the kids will continue to solve them.

Archery by Liam

At Glenridge elementary school 3-5 grade is doing archery in PE class. This unit is to show students how to operate a bow safely and aim right where your target is. Everyday they would come into PE go over the three steps. 1. “Step to the line.” 2. “Knock your arrow.” 3. “Pull, aim and shoot.” After going over the three steps they would be assigned a cone number and that’s where they would sit. When it was your turn you would step up to the line and when Mrs.Miller or Mr.Hutson said so you would follow the three steps. If you shot a bullseye you could add your name to the bullseye club. On the very last day there were balloons in the middle of the targets right were the bullseye was. If you shot the bullseye you could pop the balloon. It was a very fun unit.

Breakout EDU By Pepper

Breakout EDU

In April the class of 5B did Breakout EDU. The point of this was to test our revolutionary war skills to break into the box. Their classroom suddenly became a workspace for the teams. Their teacher was the one who let them do it.

The students were divided into five teams. The only way to break in was to solve the riddles and see if the answer would unlock one of the boxes or bags to help us get one step closer to unlocking the main box. “I thought it was a smart way for teachers to get students to do hands on learning and it was very fun and challenging” Ian said. This activity puzzled students but all group broke into the box.

The class of 5B will always remember how much fun breakout was. For once students enjoyed learning and testing their skills.

April Blog by Finley

On Friday April 28th the 5th grade went to the First Steamworks competition. It was held at the Americas Center in downtown St. Louis. We felt that it was a great end to

our week of map testing. The day was rainy but our bus was on time for our departure at 11;30. We got to cheer for the Clayton robohounds at their 1:00 match. It was exciting because they won their competion ending up in 6th place after that. After the match we were able to walk around in the pits looking at teams booths collecting pins and got to see some of the robots in action up close.

Archery by Sara

On April 21st, 2017 5th graders at Glenridge Elementary School started a new unit in P.E. - Archery. The P.E. unit Archery is only available for kids 3 - 5 grade. P.E. teachers taught this unit to give kids of the appropriate age an opportunity to try an exotic sport with the teacher’s trust that they will have self control. There are three steps to make sure nobody gets injured in this unit.

Step one - Step to the line: for this step, kids will step to the edge of the mat, and turn a certain direction based on if they were right handed or left handed. Kids who were right handed would put their left foot to the edge of the mat so they would be facing towards the 4th grade rooms. Kids who were left handed would put their right foot to the edge of the mat so they would be facing towards the stage. There were two different types of bows - one for the kids who were left handed and one for the kids who were right handed. After you were in place, you would pick up your bow. Kids who were right handed had a yellow bow to pick up. They would pick up the bow with their left hand and hang it by their side. Kids who were left handed had a red bow to pick up. They would pick up the bow with their right hand and hang it by their side.

Step two - Knock your arrow: After everybody has completed step one, they would wait for the teacher to call step two - Knock your arrow. Once the teacher called step two kids would take an arrow from the cone (there is a hole at the top for the arrows to go in) and turn their bow sideways so the place to hold the arrow will be pointing towards the sky. The arrow feathers are colored two different colors. Two of the arrow feathers will be colored one color and the other arrow feather would be colored a different color. The arrow feather that is different from the other arrow feathers will be facing towards the sky when you knock your arrow. Once you make sure your arrow is facing the right way, you snap it in. There are cushions to put your hands when pulling back. Between those cushions is a small spot where the arrow clicks in. Make sure you hear the click before moving on to step 3.

Step 3 - Pull, Aim, and Release: Once the teacher sees that everybody has completed step 2, he will give permission to student's to do step 3 - pull, aim, and release. When doing this step, you want to line up your feet so you are parallel to the target. After this, you want to pull back. People who are right handed will pull back with their right hand, and people who are left handed will pull back with their left hand. After you pull back, you have to aim. When aiming, people who are right handed will close their left eye and people who are left handed will close their right eye. This gets you a better chance at getting a bullseye. When you close your eye, you can see the point of the arrow. Put the point of the arrow right on the bullseye. Once you are ready to let go, you just release your hand that is pulling back, and watch the arrow fly through the air. You can take us much time as you need, and people who are waiting their turn have to be quiet so you can concentrate.

One thing is for sure, most people in 5th grade will miss the wonderful P.E. unit Archery. If you enjoyed archery a lot in this 5th grade year and you are going to Summerquest, ask your parent/guardian if you can take archery as one of your electives. Archery sure is one thing that kids who leave Glenridge will never forget.

Breakout EDU, Sage

Breakout EDU

On a fun day in April The class of 5B was going to face one of their biggest challenges yet.  They were doing Breakout EDU.  They were in their classroom getting ready to do a fun activity so they could learn about the revolutionary war.  

Breakout EDU is an activity where you have to solve locks with clues you figure out.  Some clues you found around the room, some you had to solve, one clue was evan in a random book.  

So many people liked it such as when Evan said “A fun very difficult challenge.”  It was kind of challenging to Sage Because Sage said “It was very challenging and difficult.”  Some people think it helped our brains such as Liam F said “It’s a good way to challenge our brains”

Breakout EDU was a fun activity that the 5B love and would like to do again.  They evan did the online one and are begging Mrs. Barnes to let them do it again.

Character banquet by Ian

At Glenridge Elementary School students got to dress up a character from their favorite fantasy book.  For example Ian dressed up as a talking frog named froggy from the book called Land of Stories by Chris Colfer.  He had a frog mask and a suit, representing the photo that the book showed him to look as.  Other kids dressed up as gods or other talking animals of sorts or just a normal human from a fantasy book.  Every kid had to bring a food item for their table of eight.  Say for example Ian.  He brought in gummy worms and leaf cookies because he’s a frog and that’s what frogs typically eat.  Everyone there enjoyed and it was Glenridge’s first time ever doing a character banquet and they say it went great!

Eliot, Robotics Convention

The Robotics Convention

                                                   By Eliot

On one rainy but exciting morning, the Glenridge 5th grade got to a robotics convention. This was a once in a lifetime chance since this was the last time the convention was going to be in Saint Louis.

The 5th graders got on the bus and rode to the robotics convention at The America Center. When the 5th graders got there the kids in XL in the other grades were already there. Then the fifth graders divided into 16 groups of three or four students with one adult in each group. The adults handed out the lanyards to the 5th graders so they could get into the convention.

Once everyone entered the convention, all the groups went in different directions to look at different booths. Some groups went to see the robotics competitions. Clayton High School had a team called RoboHounds 4500. They had a booth in the pits where they showed the fifth graders how they built their robot. After the RoboHounds were done explaining, the groups had to leave to go back to school, Sara said" I was excited to see the RoboHounds", Adam said " It was fun and I got to learn a lot about robots", Liam W. said "It was nice to be in small groups", Ava Said " It was fun and I liked all the free stuff."

Break out EDU By Macy

Break Out EDU                       By: Macy
On april 20th 5B was trying something new, for the first time they were doing breakout EDU. as Mrs.Barnes separated us into small groups they got hard to work. Break out was challenging and fun at the same time trying to break in boxes and bag. Break out gave us clues and we had to use those clues to help us open the boxes. Cece said she thought it was fun, Liam said it was a good way to refresh are minds on revolutionary war. Overall 5B had a fun and challenging day break out.

Character Banquet By Cha Cha

Character Banquet

On April 21 2017 5th grade had a character banquet. It happened in the glenridge cafeteria, they talked about our characters and at food. 5th grade did a fantasy unit in reading so the teachers decided to do this event. The teachers planned this

Evan said “I did not like it.” Breyanna and Sage  said “I liked the food. Macy said “I had a lot of fun” Liam F said “It was a fun way to learn about others fantasy books. They have different feelings about this event.

Will they have another day like this?

MAP Testing

  MAP Testing

The fifth grade students of Glenridge Elementary tested in their classrooms for about 2 hours a day for 4 days on chromebooks in April. Most kids though it was hard and boring. “It was very boring. But the good thing was we didn’t get any homework for a week!” says student Cha Cha.

The teachers passed out candy before and during the test. “[It was] hard but in the end we got candy” says student Liam. There were about 10 tests total and they each had around 20 questions on them. When the other grades did the testing, 5the grade had to “camp out” in the other grades classrooms. Student Sage says:”[It] sucks but goes by fast.” A after the test the kids got to read independently for a while.                           

The Big Show!

The Big Show!

By: Madeline

On April 18th, 25th and 26th, fifth graders practiced for their big musical on May 3rd. The rehearsals had their share of ups and downs plus many dramatic and applause worthy moments.

The first rehearsal was the most disliked rehearsal. Mrs. Kelton had trouble directing due to the amount of talking and “chit chat” the fifth graders produced. In fact, they were stopped mid rehearsal many times due to the amount of talking. Due to this, the 5th graders finished rehearsal 5 minutes before dismissal (for specials) which meant it took 55 minutes to run through a show that is only supposed to take 30 minutes. Riley Kerley, a fifth grader is Mrs. Barnes Class, said “It was very chaotic but also very exciting”. The exciting feeling is something that many felt as well because this was the first time all of fifth grade was going to practice together plus the fifth grade musical is a big deal.

The second rehearsal did not have nearly as much talking. In fact, fifth grader Allison Zhang recalls the experience as following: “The 2nd was less crazy and it was good because I  got an applause”. The applause part was probably one of the most memorable parts about the rehearsal. Allison portrays the part of the dish in “Hey Diddle Diddle”. When Little Miss Muffet (Sophie) ended up running away with the spoon, replacing her, she is not happy. She ends up screaming at the dish which in turn caused everyone to applaud because she did such a great job. The only thing that changed (other than the talking) in this rehearsal was the fact that the microphones were added. This helped everybody learn the amount of volume to put into the microphone for the actual show. The third rehearsal also went much like the second rehearsal except for the body mics. This time around, Grandmother (Abby) and Little Miss Muffet (Sophie) worked with the body mics. In the beginning, there was a lot of feedback and it took about 5 minutes to get everything fully adjusted. In the end, Mrs. Kelton noted the Grandmother (Abby) might just have to use a handheld mic so Little Miss Muffet’s (Sophie) mic would work. Also, the dance was kind of a mess. Little Miss Muffet #2 (Madeline), Hey Diddle Diddle characters, Sing a Song of Sixpence characters, Lords and Ladies of the Court, Queen (Sage), and the Knave (Liam W./Salt) ended up facing some difficulties. Dog (Lyric) was goofing off and the circle made it hard for everybody. The reason the circle made it hard was due to the fact that more people get sucked into the dance each time the song repeats and some people do not back up the circle so their is enough room. People are having to shout and send signals to get people to move, which can not happen in the performance.

As the clock ticks down to the performance and their last practice, everybody is getting ready. Costumes are being prepared and lines are being rehearsed. The excitement around showtime is something that is very unique. But even with excitement, there is anxiety. People are getting nervous and that is not the best feeling. Even with these feelings, you can tell that this show will be very interesting. Definitely something that is unforgettable. The question is: what will make this performance unforgettable and why?

This is what are t-shirts will look like (they will not have the tittle of the play on them though).

V.I.P. Riley

    V.I.P.S

This year the teachers decided to end the year with a bang! So that means that every day all three 5th grade classroom will have a V.I.P! The way to be V.I.P is your balloon has to get popt. But for the first V.I.P we just picked a stick for who would pop the first balloon. Are first V.I.P was Macy! So what happens when your V.I.P is you get special treatment like you get to sit where ever you want and you get a poster where your class says what they like about you. Then you take a picture with your poster at the end of the day. I ask Madeline what she thought of the V.I.P.S and she said I was so excited to hear that we get to V.I.P.S! I have really enjoyed the V.I.P.S! I can't wait when I am V.I.P.!         

Robotics Field Trip

The Robo-Hounds competed in the Robotics Competition on April 28. So Glenridge fifth grade piled into a bus and got to experience the Robotics Convencion in the America’s Center.

Many kid’s loved going downtown to see this event that has been going on for seven years. Clayton or Robo-Hounds team was picked as a wild card and won their game. It was fun for many students to see their hometown win in fact Madeline says “It was great to see Clayton competing and winning.” Once they won Madeline was one of the people who stood up and got to be on the big screen. Many people were glad that Clayton could win for the last time before the event got moved. Next year Glenridge will not be able to visit this event because next year it will be held in Houston. Even though many Barnes kids loved it “It was a nice experience to have.” Say Claudia. But, next year other kid’s will get that experience over 15,000 kids from Kindergarten through High School, from 33 different countries go there every year.

This big competition started in 1989 when Dean Kamen inventor of the Segway Human Transporter wanted to promote S.T.E.M. And it has there were many all girls robotics teams including the Robet's. Who Mrs. Barnes said "The Robet's were my favorite team!" And the Robet's did well in the game. The rules of the competition are simple they have six weeks to build a robot based on a game. This year’s game or challenge was the collect and shoot the balls. If you got a ball into the basket it was one point. And f your robot was able to collect the gears around the court that gave them extra points.

We hope to hear more about this competition next year as fifth grade will become middle schoolers. Happy summer stay cool out there!

April blog-Charactor Banquet- Allison

   

    It was April 21, 2017. As people came into the classrooms they all looked very interesting with all of their costumes. Today was the character banquet. 5th graders dressed up as characters from fantasy books they recently read. They would come to school in their costumes,  then after recess they would meet in the cafeteria to have their banquet. Each fifth grader would bring a treat to go with their character like if someone was being Harry Potter they might bring butter beer or chocolate frogs. Everyone was excited for the banquet later in the day.

    Hours later……            The bell rang and the 5th graders lined up excited to go inside. When they walked in it looked like a party. With plates, silverware, and decorations. Mrs. Barnes said “Find the spot with your name on it and sit down. When they found their tables everyone looked around. The 5th graders had never had anything like this. There were brownies, cookies, drinks, and dinner foods. There was even one table that had pizza, bread, and chicken wings! When everyone got settled down the parents started asking questions about the characters. When the banquet ended everyone talked to each other about what characters they saw and the foods. Allison said “That was cool, hopefully we have another event like that.” Over all they had a great time and enjoyed it. Everyone left the building with a smile one their face and told their family about the exciting event that happened today.