1. example
2. level
3. slogan
4. quarrel
5. scramble
6. evil
7. oxygen
8. wooden
9. double
10. travel
11. cancel
12. chuckle
13. fossil
14. toboggan
15. veteran
16. chisel
17. suburban
18. single
19. sudden
20. beagle
21. obstacle
22. kindergarten
23. abdomen
24. pummel
25. enlighten
Monday, October 28, 2019
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Week of October 21, 2019
I hope everyone is having a great weekend! It was so nice meeting with some parents last week during conferences, I look forward to meeting with the rest of you Tuesday night. The past couple of weeks students have been working hard in all areas of the curriculum.
In writing, students have been working hard on their personal narratives and will soon be publishing their final pieces. I have already seen much improvement in student's writing. This week we will be focusing on editing our grammar and spelling and will be doing some peer editing.
In reading, we introduced our very first book clubs and began reading our books. Some will be reading The Bicycle Spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough and others will be reading Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Students have learned how to have a "ping pong" conversation within their groups and have been successfully keeping the line of conversation alive. This week we will be focusing on how we respond to books using a strategy called RACE. Ask students what it stands for!
In science, we wrapped up our unit on photosynthesis and how plants make their own food. This week we will focus on how plants and flowers reproduce, as well as completing a fun Halloween science experiment!
On Thursday October 31st, grade 5 will be having a Halloween dance after lunch in the auditorium! Students have the option to BRING their costumes to school and wear it for the dance only. Students will then change out of their costumes after the dance and will put it in their backpack to be brought home. Please reach out if you have any further questions!
*Please note that I will begin posting the week's spelling words on my blog after students receive the words on Monday's. If students forget their words at school then the words can be found here for students to study!
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Week of October 7, 2019
I hope everyone had a great week and are enjoying their long weekend! It is so good to finally see the sun, and I'm sure the kids are happy to get outside!
This past week in Literacy we finished up our first unit of stories, ending with the story Ten Mile Day. We discussed the challenges immigrants faced and had a discussion on family members who are/were immigrants. The first unit of stories helped me to get to know students as readers and writers, and helped prepare us for our next unit! This week I will be introducing Book Clubs to students. I will be grouping students into four different groups and each will have a trade book they are responsible for reading, discussing, and responding to. We will start off with Historical Fiction books, and the era will take place during World War II. I am excited to launch our very first book clubs and I know students are too!
In writing we have been continuing to draft our narrative stories. This past week we focused on elaborating our main events using slow motion action, character dialogue, sensory details, and descriptive words. I am so impressed with our writing and cannot wait to start publishing them!
Just to note, please make sure students are studying for spelling tests throughout the week! It is important to encourage them to study a little bit each night to help promote effective study skills. I assign spelling words every Monday and spelling tests are every Friday, unless there is a 1/2 day then tests are on Thursday's.
Just a reminder to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences through Sign Up Genius! The link is on Fisher School's homepage. Conference time slots are limited to meeting with homeroom teachers only. We simply do not have enough time to meet with all of our math, science, and social studies student's parents within the conference window. However, all fifth grade teachers will give me detailed notes on your child's progress that I will be sharing with you!
Thank you and have a great rest of your long weekend!
This past week in Literacy we finished up our first unit of stories, ending with the story Ten Mile Day. We discussed the challenges immigrants faced and had a discussion on family members who are/were immigrants. The first unit of stories helped me to get to know students as readers and writers, and helped prepare us for our next unit! This week I will be introducing Book Clubs to students. I will be grouping students into four different groups and each will have a trade book they are responsible for reading, discussing, and responding to. We will start off with Historical Fiction books, and the era will take place during World War II. I am excited to launch our very first book clubs and I know students are too!
In writing we have been continuing to draft our narrative stories. This past week we focused on elaborating our main events using slow motion action, character dialogue, sensory details, and descriptive words. I am so impressed with our writing and cannot wait to start publishing them!
Just to note, please make sure students are studying for spelling tests throughout the week! It is important to encourage them to study a little bit each night to help promote effective study skills. I assign spelling words every Monday and spelling tests are every Friday, unless there is a 1/2 day then tests are on Thursday's.
Just a reminder to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences through Sign Up Genius! The link is on Fisher School's homepage. Conference time slots are limited to meeting with homeroom teachers only. We simply do not have enough time to meet with all of our math, science, and social studies student's parents within the conference window. However, all fifth grade teachers will give me detailed notes on your child's progress that I will be sharing with you!
Thank you and have a great rest of your long weekend!
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Week of September 30, 2019
Dear Families, I hope you all had a wonderful week! This past week was a busy one. Students were introduced to their Battle of the Books teams and coaches. For the students that are doing Battle of the Books they should have brought home a t shirt form to fill out. Please send it back with your child as soon as you can! I am thrilled with all of the participants for the battle this year!
In science, we wrapped up our living things unit and had our first science quiz of the year. I was thrilled with everyone's success! It really showed that all student's put in the effort to study. I will be giving back these quizzes today and they need to be signed by a parent/guardian over the weekend. We started our plant unit on Wednesday and our big unit question is "How do plants eat/make their food?"
In writing, we have finally come out of our writer's notebook and began drafting our first narrative story. We chose the story we were most passionate about and will be revising and editing this piece for the next couple of weeks so we can publish our first story! Next week we will be focusing on our main event in the story and learning how to stretch it out like a movie scene by scene.
*Mark your calendar:
Have a wonderful week!
In science, we wrapped up our living things unit and had our first science quiz of the year. I was thrilled with everyone's success! It really showed that all student's put in the effort to study. I will be giving back these quizzes today and they need to be signed by a parent/guardian over the weekend. We started our plant unit on Wednesday and our big unit question is "How do plants eat/make their food?"
In writing, we have finally come out of our writer's notebook and began drafting our first narrative story. We chose the story we were most passionate about and will be revising and editing this piece for the next couple of weeks so we can publish our first story! Next week we will be focusing on our main event in the story and learning how to stretch it out like a movie scene by scene.
*Mark your calendar:
- Sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences will open up THIS Wednesday October 9th on Fisher's home page. Conferences will be held 10/23 at night, 10/25 in the afternoon, and 10/29 at night.
- AND Picture day will be Tuesday, October 22nd.
Have a wonderful week!
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