Week Four FLEW by!

Hello friends and families of 5D,

I cannot believe we have been in school for four weeks already!  These students have worked so hard and we are into the full swing of our curriculum and happenings in 5th grade.  Here are a few things we did this week!

Math:

• Continued with decimals (place value, what they look like, standard, expanded and word form)
• Started Prodigy (an online math game for students to further their thinking)
• Compared and ordered decimals
• Reflected on our progress/growth in math this week

Literacy:

• Brainstormed what makes a quality sticky when reflecting on your reading
• Browsed books for our book clubs that will be starting next week
• Brainstormed TURNING POINTS of our life that could become dramatic narratives
• Wrote long and strong off a sticky with a claim and supporting evidence
• Reflected on our growth in reading so far this year

Read Aloud

• Finished The Honest Truth and boy, was it a tear jerker
• Used this book to model all our thinking, writing and reading in literacy

Social Studies with 5L

• Started looking at the continents to see the location of the Three Worlds
• Read about America before Columbus
• Watched a video that depicted time before exploration
• Took notes in a number of organizational ways

This afternoon we worked on a mini project involving... "What KINDNESS is..."  The students all jotted down their definition of what it is and some of their thoughts made me warm inside.  You should all be se proud of the children you have raised.  They are among the kindest, most sincere kids I've had the pleasure of teaching!

Important Dates!!!

We have our first EARLY RELEASE this Wednesday.  Students dismissed at 12:50!

SHP Team Building next Friday!  Students need appropriate clothing and shoes for the weather as well as lunch, snacks and plenty of water.

Enjoy your children this weekend... until Monday!

Shannon

End of Week Three

Great Week for all of us!

Thank you for coming to open house this week!  Here's a link to the presentation from 5D.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d5E48U13cO5dcX8kq6HtmfxuT1i20TUnLo2NEzI9Xhg/edit?usp=sharing

We had a lot of learning happening this week.  Here's a glimpse into what we did...

Math:

• continued order of operations
• reviewed multiplication
• reviewed division
• games with 5L

Literacy: 

• logged into 5DL on KidBlog
• came up with writing ideas
• wrote a letter to our parents/guardians
• read for pleasure
• browsed books for our next book club

Social Studies with 5L:

• reviewed the 5 themes
• brainstormed what the three worlds were like before exploration
• delved into identity and perspective

Math Games with 5L

Moments of our Life for Writing

Book Browsing

Important Dates!!!

9/27/17 at 12:50 Early Release

9/29/17 SHP Team Building

Enjoy your weekend!

Shannon

Week TWO!

Hello 5D Families,

This week surely flew by!  We got into a more academic routine for math and literacy.  The students did a lot of thinking and brainstorming around classroom agreements in math and literacy.  We worked on other creative projects to bring the fifth grade hallway alive!  We can't wait to showcase it for you at Open House next Thursday the 14th.

Here's a glimpse into our week...

Math

• We talked about math workshop and how speaking, listening, thinking and behavior should look like in each center
• We learned about order of operations for a math project
• We practiced transitions to each center
• We learned the games 24 and Salute!

Literacy

• Students brainstormed strategies on how to keep your eyes and mind in a book
• Students brainstormed ways to become a stronger reader
• We are reading The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart as our read aloud

Social Hour with 5L

• We talked about social media and the way people are portrayed online (it's never too early to start)
• We discussed ways that social media can influence our life
• Students received their Chromebooks and started a digital citizenship program by Google called, "Be Internet Awesome"

STEM

• Students worked in groups to create an Army Man Launcher 
• We competed as classrooms in a whole fifth grade activity

Important Dates

Open House 9/14 at 6:30 in my Classroom
Picture Day 9/21
Early Release 9/27 (Dismissal at 12:50)
5th Grade Team Building at Stratham Hill Park 9/29 (Permission slip came home today


Math posters and some students reading...
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Digital Citizenship



Army Man Launcher STEM activity





Our new Assistant Principal, Kate Belanger read aloud to 5D today!

Have a fantastic weekend!!!

Shannon