Week of September 23, 2019

Hello Families, I hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather! I want to thank you all for coming to our Open House last Tuesday. It was so nice meeting you all. The students were really looking forward to showing you around and displaying all the hard work they have been doing for the first month of 5th grade!

Last week in reading we completed our first full Reader's Workshop. We read the story Strega Nona, and discussed situations of cause/effect in the story. Students then went back to their seats with their independent reading book and found cause/effect examples in their own book. I met with groups and we discussed which strategies we used to find cause/effect (was it inferred or explicitly stated in the text?).

We will be having our first science quiz tomorrow, the 1st! Students have their study guides to use for studying and their own flashcards that we made during class time. I also gave students a link to my Quizlet account where they can use the flashcards I have created. The URL for my account is www.quizlet.com/kgallagher650. You do not need an account to access mine. Just internet!

In writing we have been continuing to work on narrative writing and last week we learned how to organize our ideas. We learned how to timeline our stories and then transfer that to writing. This week we will be coming out of our writer's notebook and choosing one story we want to publish!

Students running for student council will deliver their speeches today and we will vote. I will announce our winners at the end of the day! I hope you all have a wonderful week and please reach out if you have any questions!