September 22, 2019

The past two weeks have been very, very busy! Students have been working so hard to complete work that will be displayed during Open House. Students have created an All About Me poster, All About Me Google Draw which will be displayed in a slideshow during Open House, and a QR code which will direct you to a recording of students sharing an All About Me poem! Open House is THIS Tuesday, September 24th from 6:00 - 7:30. Students are very excited to share their classrooms with their families!

In science, we began talking about the difference between living and nonliving and how we determine if something is living. Ask your child about MS GREN! We then moved on to discuss the characteristics of living organisms and the cell organization in which an organism is made up of. We will most likely be having our first science quiz at the end of this week, if not early next week!

In reading, we have been talking about our expectations for Reader's Workshop and practiced the different parts of Reader's Workshop. Students learned about a mini lesson, independent reading, Freckle, and what we do in a small group with the teacher. Tomorrow we will focus on partner discussions and what it looks like to have a meaningful "turn and talk" with our reading partner. I am still learning about who we are as readers and I have had some great discussions with students about our independent reading books!

On Friday, students were introduced to the fifth grade student council! For those that are interested in running, they brought home a large piece of paper and this will be used to create their poster. Students must put their names on it, some ideas that they will bring to student council and maybe even a slogan! These posters will be hung up in our homeroom starting on Wednesday. Students are asked to write a short (30 seconds to 1 minute) speech which will be presented to their homeroom. Speeches are due next Friday the 27th for teacher review. Speeches will be given on Monday September 30th and students will vote right after the speeches are given. I encourage all to run!

Please reach out if you have any questions! Have a wonderful Sunday and GO PATS!!