Week Three Recap

Our first five day week was a success... even with the heat!  Speaking of heat, make sure your child has a bottle of water each and every day.  After P.E. on Friday, every student needed time to hydrate and cool down.

Here's a few things we did this week...

• We've continued to work in math workshop.  Unit 1 of EDM is all about measurement, area and volume using fractions.  Students are working hard to convert fractions greater than one (aka improper fractions) to mixed numbers.  We have also worked on converting inches to feet and vice versa.  Ms. Craig's class came in to observe the 5D students working diligently in math workshop centers.

• We launched Writer's Workshop with the help of Mrs. Fitzgerald, the Reading Specialist.  We discussed what Writer's Workshop sounds like, feels like and looks like then started generating ideas for stories.  Once we started sharing exciting stories from our lives, the students' enthusiasm was infectious! 

• We celebrated Dot Day on Tuesday with a whole school morning meaning where Mr. Fosher read The Dot to all of us.  We then went outside and formed a dot as a whole school.

• On Tuesday afternoon, we worked as a whole fifth grade as groups circulated through the five classrooms for some Dot Day activities.

• We've continued to read The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart.  It's an amazing story about a boy who is dying of cancer and is determined to climb Mt. Rainier if it's the last thing he does.  Through this read-aloud, we have worked to think deeply about writing sticky notes in response to our reading.

• I sent home Scholastic Book Club information.  Orders are due on 9/24.  Ordering online is fast and easy!  

Thank you to all who came out for Curriculum Night last Thursday!  As I promised that night, here is a link to an excellent site that has great ideas for books at different ages and levels.

http://imaginationsoup.net/2015/05/summer-reading-list-for-kids/

Here's to a cooler week ahead!

Mrs. DeLello