Time is Flying in Room 40!

www.bigtex.com

lms.thinkthroughmath.com

isip.istation.com

Happy Birthday!!!

Density Experiments

National Holiday Research

IPAD Reward for Excellent Behavior

Multiplication Flash Card practice

Use these website links for class

The assignment is to decorate a poster representing College Week or Hispanic Heritage month.  You can draw, print, cut and paste, paint etc.  I am looking for the poster to have color and effort, but also give the reader/audience some information (at least three facts) about either the college or the Hispanic culture.  As added bonus points you can bring a Latin America inspired dish for the class to sample ( but this is not required).  

So much of our American culture is influenced from the lives of great Latin Americans.  In addition, our goal is to encourage all student to pursue a vocational school, college, university or military service after high school.  In MISD, we believe that graduating high school is just the beginning!  Choose your poster and then share your ideas for the school  to see.

Here are some links to some sites that will help you on your project:

Hispanic Heritage Month websites

http://www.factmonster.com/hispanic-heritage-month/features.html

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/hhmflags1.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/

http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/chh/bio/index.htm

http://www.timeforkids.com/minisite/hispanic-heritage-month-0

http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_for_children

http://www.hispanic-culture-online.com/Famous-hispanic-people.html#axzz28a9hbY9M

http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=125025&title=Celebrate_Hispanic_Heritage_Month_

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BEVIyvS2gk

http://pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/flash.html

You can also google famous Hispanic soccer players, artists, wrestlers, etc.  You can do a poster on cultural food, music, art, dress etc.  Anything about the culture will be acceptable, so find what interests you and then research and share.

College Information websites:

http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/

http://www.collegesanduniversities.us/texas.htm

http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/generalinfo/a/military101.htm

http://www.usmilitary.com/which-branch-of-the-military/

http://www.efc.dcccd.edu/

http://www.rwm.org/rwm/tf_tex.html

http://www.gearup.wa.gov/resource/why-should-you-go-college

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiiWPXOIVh8

The best idea is to choose a college, military branch, vocational school or university of your choice and research some facts about it.  Share what you learned in the poster!

Weeks 2-4

Working with our Science Tools

Wearing our College Shirts for College Week!

First Week of Room 40!

The first week of fifth grade has come and gone and I must say that we were busy!  I forget how much new information we learn as we adjust to a new class, new grade, new teacher and new expectations.  Our students did a great job of coming to school eager to learn.  We have 9 girls and 14 boys, so I have to set standards clearly, but each learner demonstrates self control and makes learning choices that promote success!  Here are a few pics from this week:

Meet the Teacher Night!  Thank you for bringing the supplies early.

Our first day of school pic on August 26th, 2013

Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Table 4

Table 5

Table 6

Our GIRLS!!

 Our BOYS!

Ordering our numbers in Math!

We are off to a great year!

Welcome NEW Fifth Graders of Room 40!

2013-2014 Will Be A Great Year!

 

About the Teacher:

 

My name is Mrs. Tyndall and this will be my 12th year to teach!  I taught 3rd grade for five years and this will be my seventh year to teach 5th grade.  I have been at Galloway for ten years and yes I do feel old.  Last year, we had 100% pass the Reading STAAR...95% pass the Math and 88% pass the Science.  I expect even more this year!  The key is staying for tutoring, asking for help and turning in your work...it won't be easy, but it will be worth it!!

 

My husband is a police officer and he is also a teacher at Brookhaven Community College.  He graduated from Texas State and then received his Masters Degree from North Texas. 

 

We both attended Mesquite schools growing up.  He went to Lawrence, Vanston and North Mesquite.  I went to Kimball, Vanston and Poteet.  All of our family, including ourselves, live in Mesquite.

 

I graduated from The University of Texas and then earned my Masters from Texas A&M-Commerce.  I enjoy reading magazines, playing Candy Crush, browsing iphone apps and exercising.  I play soccer on a coed team and will be running a half marathon in November. 

 

We currently attend CLife church in Sunnyvale and 24 Hour Fitness in Mesquite.  My husband and I also enjoy the beach and scuba diving. 

 

 

 



 

Our Dogs:

We have two dogs that are puggles.  Anna is seven and Izzy is eight.  Both are pretty bad, but we love them anyway.  Izzy is the fatter one because she loves to eat and Anna is the troublemaker, but she is so cute.

 

 

 

Introducing Callen Ryan!

We adopted our son in December and we were there the day he was born!  It is an open adoption which means we keep in touch with his birthparents.  Callen is amazing and was the missing piece to our family.  He is a gift from God and such a happy boy.  He is now crawling, rolling over everywhere, lifting up on things and beginning to say words.  You will see him a lot because he has my heart.

 

 

 

 

 

My Family:

 

 

Callen's cousins

 

 

My mom, dad, brother, sister in law, niece and baby Callen only five days old!

 

 

 

 

Callen's cousin

The Tyndall Family!

 

 

 

 

 

Callen as a newborn...

 

 

Amazing how fast 8 months goes!  Looking forward to a great year with some awesome students!

Take a look at previous blog posts to see pictures from our classroom.  Looking forward to Meet the Teacher Night pics and First Day of School!

 

 

5th Grade Supply List
  2013-2014

• 5 packages of pencils
• Extra erasers to fit on pencils or a pink eraser
• 1 personal sized pencil sharpener (with cover to catch the shavings)
• 1 box of colored pencils
• 4 packages of notebook paper (wide rule)
• 5 pocket folders with brads (solid colors)
• 4 one-subject spiral notebooks
• 2 highlighters
• 1 box of washable markers
• 3 composition notebooks
• Scissors
• 1 package of Post-It notes
• Supply box
• 10 glue sticks
• 2 rolls of paper towels
• 3 boxes of facial tissues
• 1 package 12x18 manila paper
• 1 package 12x18 construction paper
• 1 package of dry-erase markers
• 1 box of quart size ziplock bags or gallon
• 2 bottles of hand sanitizer
• 1 package of baby wipes
• Water bottle with pop-up top (optional)
• Student backpack
• 1 roll of tape
optional *flash drive for saving work on the computer *