Week of 2/18-2/22

Happy February Break to all! I hope you have a fantastic time with your children!!!

*Math:

• Completed our fraction review unit
• Took the pre-assessment for our upcoming unit
• Our next unit will be adding/subtracting fractions with unlike denominators as well as mixed numbers
• Students chose a math project to compete this week
• They could choose from five different options
• Students are working on CSI proportions and ratios investigation, a coordinate grid town, or a career and budgeting exploration

*Literacy:

• Edited our informational writing with a peer
• Did a rainbow edit to look for spelling, punctuation, grammar and strong vocabulary
• Began creating our MixBooks (similar to shutterfly)
• MixBooks will be available to purchase after vacation.  They will cost $10. If you are interested you can send in cash or a check made out to me.
• Wrote a persuasive essay using different prompts to get ready for our upcoming unit
• Our next unit for reading and writing is centered around argument and advocacy

*Social Studies:

• Looked at the different theories about the disappearance of Roanoke
• Completed a CSI investigation exploring each theory
• Learned about the difficulties colonists faced once they arrived in the New World
• Had various daily events that were either positive or negative for each family!
• Ask your child about some of our daily events
• Built our colonies as a 3D model
• Took a pop quiz about colonization

*Choose Love:

• Focused on forgiveness and the importance of forgiving
• Talked about anger and how it affects the brain
• Discussed what being an upstander is and how to be one
• Looked at different strategies we can use when we are feeling angry to help calm ourselves down

*Important Info:

• Vacation February 25-March 1st
• Staff vs 5th Grade BasketBall Game March 21st
• MixBook money due March 8th
  
  
  
  
  Until March 4th!
  
  
  Shannon

Week of February 11-15

 Happy Weekend to all of you!

We had the Museum of Science come in on Monday for an amazing MATTER presentation!  The students asked so many great questions that the presenter went off the cuff to try a few experiments!  Way to go fifth graders!

 

 Colonization in Social Studies

The students have been working hard in Colonization to  build a 3D version of their colony using green slipped earned.  It's been a great unit of learning with daily events.  This unit is wrapping up before vacation.

World Changers

Kids are creating books on Mixbook using their research from literacy.  These books will be done before vacation and you are welcome to order one for $10.  The books are really impressive so far.

Math

Our review of fractions unit is almost complete!  We will be moving onto adding and subtracting with same and different denominators after vacation!

This time is flying!  We only have one week left until February vacation!

Enjoy your weekend!

Shannon

Week of 1/28-2/1

5DL Blog for the week of January 28- February 1

Dear Parents,,

As you may have heard from your child, we are planning to celebrate Global School Play Day on Wednesday, February 6th. We feel strongly that students need to have opportunities to unplug and connect with their peers for extended unstructured play. There are almost 300,000 students across the world who are registered for this event, so we are not alone!

Students may bring in a toy (or set) from home. This needs to be a toy that your child is willing to share with others. We also recommend choosing something that is durable and not valuable, because sometimes things get broken.

Please use these lists as guidelines when helping your child decide what to bring. Your child always has the option to not bring anything at all! We have many games and activities already available at school.

Suggested Items	Do Not Bring
Dress-up Clothes Figurines Stuffed animals Board games Legos/ Blocks Card Games Arts and craft supplies Origami or other specialty paper Clay/ play dough/ model magic Blankets/sheets for fort building No bake baking supplies	Electronics Anything with batteries Video games Delicate or fragile items Toy weapons (including Nerf guns) Valuable or sentimental items Sports equipment

We are looking forward to this exciting day!

Shannon DeLello

Enjoy some SNOW fun we had on Wednesday morning!

Enjoy your weekend!

Shannon

Week of 1/21/-1/25

5DL Blog for the week of January 21-25

We had an amazing time with the UNH Stembassadors today! Check out the pictures!

Planning time! Think like an engineer!

 Ready to Drop!

Building and Perfecting the Design!

 Some eggs did not make it!

Have a wonderful weekend with your child!

Shannon

Week of 1/14-1/18

5DL Blog for the week of January 14-18

According to 5DL, boot camp sargents are more fun than this tumbleweed!

*Math:

• Finished up our division of decimals unit
• Interpreted the remainder in problem solving
• Divided with decimals in the divisor
• Played trashketball
• Assessment coming up next Wednesday

*Literacy/World Changers

• Researched World Changer topics on Padlet
• Flashdrafted from the research
• Worked to write leads that are gripping
• Worked to understand text structures in groups

*Social Studies:

• Began our next unit: Colonization
• Learned about the 13 original colonies and where they are located
• Discussed push/pull factors for colonization
• Learned about differences between New England, Middle and Southern colonies
• Students were randomly sorted into families
• They will embark on a colonization simulation to experience what it was like to be a colonist
• Families have been earning green slips for positive behavior, transitions and answering tumbleweed trivia!

*Choose Love:

• Talked about the benefits of forgiveness
• Learned about being intentional in what we do
• Practiced a forgiveness breath
• Discussed how to forgive, even when we are really angry or upset
• Looked at the different clues and signs that people show when they are upset
• Learned about what happens to the brain when we are angry and how to help alleviate that stress

Important Info:

• Geography Bee Semi Finals: Thursday 1:30 in the cafe (congrats Alp and Patrick for advancing!)
• Stembassadors: Friday, January 25th
• Completed a Zen Den tour
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Enjoy the weekend of weather!  

-Shannon

Week of January 7-11

5DL Blog for the week of January 7-11

Happy 2019!  In honor of the new year, 5DL was visited by Captain Thunder Pants and Major Sassy Pants!  These kiddos are in tip top shape!

*World Changers:

• Introduced Padlet
• Created one umbrella question for their world changer topic
• Did a brain dump of as many questions as possible about their topic
• Chose the strongest 5 questions to be subtopics
• Used Padlet to begin collecting articles and research to support questions
• Worked on chunking texts, reading, and jotting notes

*Math:

• We continue our division unit
• Self paced with whole number division, decimals in dividend, decimals in the divisor
• In a little over a week, we will assess for understanding
• 7 students presented to School Board about our Self-Paced Math Menu
• They were AMAZING!!!
• Took mid year i-Ready assessment to show growth

*Science:

• We are finishing up out unit on matter
• Students created a study guide after we brainstormed the concepts of the unit
• Students were assessed for understanding

*Choose Love:

• We are in our third unit of Choose Love
• Forgiveness is the focus
• Students will learn how to forgive themselves and/or others
• Forgiveness helps us all release anger/embarrassment

*Peppa Pig Party:

• 5DL created a Peppa Pig themed farewell party for Cash, as he is moving
• Masks, table decor, a door sign, banner and more were hand created by each student
• Cash was also presented with a book, signed with a letter from each student

Important Info:

• Learned the Zen Den
• Learned about different types of lowdown/evacuation drills
• Took the SEL Survey
• Geography Bee is happening in class Monday
• Students were given a study guide for Geo Bee
• Spelling Bee study guides are available too!