Week of January 18-22

Hello family and friends of 5D,

Here are some happenings from our week!

• In math we problem solved using the coordinate grid. The students started a City Project as well. On Friday we visited 6 game centers with 5H.
• In writing, all students took notes on their research topic (using their Padlet page).  As fifth graders, it is of utmost importance to find a system for writing notes that makes sense for you! All students took notes a little differently.  Some did it right on Padlet while others used sticky notes, excel spreadsheets and tables right in google docs.
• On Friday, I modeled writing quality blog comments on KidBlog.  If the students log on, they can see the recipe right in my latest blog.  The students did extremely well with this so I will have them comment on blogs again next week.
• On Friday, we met with our 2R Reading Buddies to help them fluently read like a true character.
• We started The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis.  This is an oldie , but surely a goodie.  These characters are so vivid and funny.  Make sure to ask your child about them!
• In science, we did a few experiments and weighed many different objects.  Oobleck was definitely a highlight!  On Friday we worked with oil, corn syrup and water.

NOTE TO SOME: some students did not finish their Coordinate Grid City and brought it home for homework.  Mostly they have coloring left.  It is due Monday morning.

A few things we also talked about....

Having Chromebooks is a wonderful privilege and as a class we discussed the appropriate use of them.  All students need to make sure they are working on the task at hand with 100% effort.  Please feel free to ask your child all about our discussion.  

Homework responsibility was another topic we touched upon.  My goal is to get all the students ready for the demands of CMS.  I've noticed that some homework has been coming in late and KidBlog is not being utilized to its expectancy.  We also talked about how hectic our schedules can be and that there needs to be a plan to make sure homework is getting done.  Please ask your child about this as well.  Any support at home would be greatly appreciated!  

And finally....

I want to let you know that Molly from our class has found a NH issue that she feels strongly about and wanted to involve all of fifth grade.  She visited each classroom to talk about signing a petition to help save the NH bobcat from being trapped.  Each class signed her petition and she'll be mailing these to Governor Hassan!  Way to go, Molly!

Have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!  Until Monday....

Shannon