Tiny Houses and Happy February Break

Happy February Break to all!

Our week was spent immersed in building our tiny houses.  Enjoy the pictures below!

And now for Madame Trousseau's visit!  She chose 13 houses to purchase!  So much perseverance, innovation, trial and error, teamwork and collaboration this week.  Students were unbelievably focused and took risks!  They should all be proud.

Enjoy your BREAK!!!! See you in March!

Shannon

Week of February 12-16

Happy Friday,

I think we had too much fun in our learning this week!  Have the kids told you about our "Tiny House" math project?  All I can say is I had a blast with it each and every day.  Ask your child all about DeLoh Enterprises!

Math

• Began our Tiny Home Project by exploring videos and house plans
• Began a plan for their own complete with a mark up, measurements and lots of math
• Studied customary measurement
• All blueprints got final approval on Friday
• Building begins Monday!

Literacy

• Mined a text for relevant reasons with strong evidence rather than just interesting facts
• Met with other Hot Topic issues groups to hear reasons and evidence and then ask questions of each other
• Researched more based on questions asked

Science

• Students moved onto three other classrooms
• Wentworth studied Atmopshere
• Pinsonnault studied Biosphere
• Craig took water throughout all the spheres
• We returned to two days of hands on water explorations with 5L

Words Their Way

• Studying word sorts, rules, and practicing spelling each and every morning
• Seeing improvement in applying spelling to their writing

Week of February 5th - 9th

Happy Friday, 5D families!

Here are some happenings from our week!

Math:

• Regrouped when adding fractions with an answer that has a mixed number and improper fraction
• Regrouped in subtraction of mixed numbers
• Problem solved with +/- of fractions and mixed numbers
• Assessed on Friday
• We will do a hands on project for the next two weeks

Literacy:

• Learned about being an informed, caring citizen
• Learned about argument, claims, reasons and evidence
• Suspended our judgment to see two sides to an issue
• Formed citizen partnerships
• Researched "Hot Topic" issues to gather reasons and evidence for both sides

Science:

• Began our Earth's Systems unit
• Learned about the water cycle and reviewed gravity
• Began looking at the geosphere, atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere
• Students began traveling to the other fifth grade classrooms for specific lessons

Word Study:

• Students are well into their Words Their Way groups and are assessed every other week
• Each morning, students practice their words with a partner or small group

Valentine Buddy Breakfast on February 14th.  Please send in two dollars if you haven't already done so.

February Break begins on Monday, February 26th.

Enjoy pictures from our week!