What a week we have had. The students are all fully into the swing of things and have gotten acclimated to the routines, expectations and academics of fifth grade. Here are a few events from our week.
- We met with our second grade reading buddies this week. We partner up with Ms. Riley's Giraffe class.
- We started our Reader Response homework. Folders with a parent letter explaining how this will work were sent home on Tuesday. Please let me know if you have any questions.
- In math class, the students worked on a two day open response question all about measurement in feet and inches with area.
- We began our first Social Studies unit about Africa, the Americas and European exploration. Together with 5H, we learned about the five themes of geography through a very catchy song.
- Through Reader's and Writer's Workshop, all students have worked diligently in raising the level of their writing about reading. In partnerships, students examined other's writing to determine some positive attributes.
- We completed another round of fact ladders and then noticed improvement in our time and amount of facts done correctly!
Here are some questions to promote school talk for this week.
- What are some strategies you learned to find ideas for small moment stories?
- What are the five themes of Geography?
- What is the book you are currently reading on your own in school?
- Have you been writing level two or three sticky notes?
- In math, how did you figure out who was correct on the open response?
In closing, I'd love to share a video all about how math looks different from when we were all in school. Enjoy! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Shannon
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