Week ONE of the 2016-2017 School Year!

Hello Family and Friends of 5D!

What a fantastic first week we had.  Even with the heat, all the children worked their hardest.  On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we got outside to play some cooperative games with 5L and 5W. Ask your children all about Knots, Lean In, Kick and Catch, Freeze Tag and Blob Tag. On Thursday afternoon all 6, 5th grade classes traveled to each classroom to visit each Artifact Museum.  What a wonderful way to culminate our first week together!

Before I forget to mention....

SAVE THE DATE!  Open House is next Thursday, September 8th from 6:30-7:30.  See you up in the classroom!

This week we did four STEM activities.

• Save Fred!
• Card Tower Challenge
• Straw Boat Challenge
• Red Cup Tower Challenge

First the class brainstormed what a positively functioning group looks like through listening, speaking, thinking and behavior.  Everyone worked together to build a helpful anchor chart. Each day the students worked with different groups with the lens of working cooperatively.

The students created many things that will be displayed for next week's Open House.

• Personal Collages
• Math About Me Posters
• Emoji Hashtags
• Top Ten

And here they are... 5D for 2016-2017!!!

KNOTS with 5L and 5W!  Look at them work together to get untangled.

Lean In.  It is far more complicated than it looks!

Here's to a fantastic four day weekend with your families!  Until  Tuesday....

Shannon

Welcome to 5D for the 2016-2017 School Year!

Placement cards went out this week.  I am beyond excited to welcome you to 5D this year!  I hope your summer has been restful, relaxing and loads of fun so far.  Mine sure has!  I've been busy with my children visiting Vermont, beaches in New Hampshire and Maine as well as Merrymeeting Lake with lots more adventures to come!  In early August you'll get a welcome letter with some information about the start to the year along with a survey to help me get to know you personally and academically.  Until then.... keep on ENJOYING your summer!

Sincerely,

Mrs. DeLello

Thank You From the Bottom of My Heart!

Thank you all for your generous gifts!  I look forward to some book shopping this summer at Barnes and Noble as well as treating myself at the Wingate.  I'm looking forward to a little Starbucks, enjoying a new book on the beach as well as some beautiful bracelets.  My plants, herbs and flowers are brightening up my house and porch! You were all too generous!  Thank you, thank you, thank  you!

I'll miss all of your children dearly.  They are wonderful and that is a testament to the parents you are!

I hope to see you all this summer and in the months to come!

Love,

Shannon DeLello

Last Day of School

More Math Videos

Owen, Johnny and Ryan G



Molly, Rachel and Taylor

5th Grade Celebration

Hi friends and families of 5D! 

This Thursday night SMS will host a celebration for our fifth graders. It will take place in the gymnasium at 6:30. Students need to be at school by 615 and meet in the library to get ready. We have been practicing this week and the students are so excited for it! See you soon. Bring the tissues... And extra for me.

Also, on Friday the students will be doing their annual walk out as a fifth grade class. If you'd like to join us, come wait out front by the main office for your middle schooler to emerge around 2:40ish. 

Wow, three days left. Not sure about you but it's a roller coaster of emotions for me! 

See you soon! 

Shannon 

Odiorne

Crabs were a plenty! 

Our docent talking about the intertidal system 

Searching for Asian crabs, green crabs, periwinkles, barnacles, urchins, starfish, algae, sea squirts etc! 

Sea urchin

Two kinds of periwinkles

And a rock that resembles New Hampshire! Go Nick!