Monday, November 25, 2019
Week of November 18 and 25th
Dear Families, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Last week in Grade 5 we had a special science activity on Wednesday. Students met with a group of SIEMENS workers in the Makerspace and discussed the topic of physical science. Students worked in groups to experiment with different materials and discuss the physical and chemical changes of the objects. It was a great hands-on activity for all! I will share photos in a separate post.
In reading, students read diligently in their book club books and had discussions on the characters in the story character traits. Students also compared and contrasted how the characters in their story handled the challenges they faced. Students will be finishing their books today in reading and will have their final book club meeting tomorrow to discuss the book as a whole and determine a theme for the story!
In writing, we did a couple of RACE open responses based on the characters in our books. I am really starting to see students grow as writers! We also read a Time For Kids magazine and within the magazine there was an article on donating old cellphones to help with deforestation. Students then filled out a graphic organizer where they had to prove or persuade a classmate to donate their old cellphone. Students used the magazine and the Internet to prove their reasons. We will continue working on these this week!
There is no spelling test this week due to the short week. I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday weekend!
In reading, students read diligently in their book club books and had discussions on the characters in the story character traits. Students also compared and contrasted how the characters in their story handled the challenges they faced. Students will be finishing their books today in reading and will have their final book club meeting tomorrow to discuss the book as a whole and determine a theme for the story!
In writing, we did a couple of RACE open responses based on the characters in our books. I am really starting to see students grow as writers! We also read a Time For Kids magazine and within the magazine there was an article on donating old cellphones to help with deforestation. Students then filled out a graphic organizer where they had to prove or persuade a classmate to donate their old cellphone. Students used the magazine and the Internet to prove their reasons. We will continue working on these this week!
There is no spelling test this week due to the short week. I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday weekend!
Monday, November 18, 2019
This Week's Spelling Words: U3W2
Spelling Pattern: Compound words are words made of two shorter words
1. waterproof
2. teaspoon
3. grasshopper
4. homesick
5. barefoot
6. courthouse
7. earthquake
8. rowboat
9. scrapbook
10. countryside
11. lightweight
12. fishhook
13. spotlight
14. blindfold
15. whirlpool
16. tablespoon
17. greenhouse
18. postcard
19. hummingbird
20. thumbtack
Challenge Words:
21. sledgehammer
22. brokenhearted
23. chalkboard
24. straightforward
25. granddaughter
1. waterproof
2. teaspoon
3. grasshopper
4. homesick
5. barefoot
6. courthouse
7. earthquake
8. rowboat
9. scrapbook
10. countryside
11. lightweight
12. fishhook
13. spotlight
14. blindfold
15. whirlpool
16. tablespoon
17. greenhouse
18. postcard
19. hummingbird
20. thumbtack
Challenge Words:
21. sledgehammer
22. brokenhearted
23. chalkboard
24. straightforward
25. granddaughter
Week of November 4th and 11th
Dear Families, I hope everyone is doing well! I can't believe the holiday's are fast approaching! The past two weeks have been busy in Room 101. Last week we celebrated Friendship Week and last Wednesday was World Kindness Day. We got together with our first grade buddies and listened to a story called the The Kindness Quilt by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace. Students then discussed what kindness was to them and drew a picture on a sticky-note to create our own kindness quilt! A picture of our work is shown below. Students were such great role models for their first grade buddies and really helped their buddy think about different ways they can be kind. SO proud of all!
In writing we celebrated our work with personal narratives and did a gallery walk so everyone could get the opportunity to read their classmates stories. After reading a someone's story, we gave the writer one compliment and one goal for their next story. Once our gallery walk was completed students looked through all their compliments and goals, and created some goals for their next personal narrative. I hope all families were able to read their child's final draft of their personal narrative! If not, please let me know and I will send home another copy with your child.
In science, we wrapped up our plant unit and students had their test this past Friday. This week we will dive into our Ecosystems unit and discuss the movement of matter in ecosystems and how producers, consumers, decomposers play an important role in our environment.
In reading, we are about halfway through with our book club groups! Students are really enjoying their books and having thoughtful, "ping-pong," discussions. My hope is that we will finish our books before Thanksgiving break!
In writing we celebrated our work with personal narratives and did a gallery walk so everyone could get the opportunity to read their classmates stories. After reading a someone's story, we gave the writer one compliment and one goal for their next story. Once our gallery walk was completed students looked through all their compliments and goals, and created some goals for their next personal narrative. I hope all families were able to read their child's final draft of their personal narrative! If not, please let me know and I will send home another copy with your child.
In science, we wrapped up our plant unit and students had their test this past Friday. This week we will dive into our Ecosystems unit and discuss the movement of matter in ecosystems and how producers, consumers, decomposers play an important role in our environment.
In reading, we are about halfway through with our book club groups! Students are really enjoying their books and having thoughtful, "ping-pong," discussions. My hope is that we will finish our books before Thanksgiving break!
Friday, November 1, 2019
Pictures from this past week!
Peer editing!
Learned about the function of our skulls and then made our own skeleton masks!
Halloween costumes!
Halloween dance!
Week of October 28, 2019
I hope everyone has had a nice week! Thank you to all who came in for a conference. Students were excited to hear that they were doing well.
In writing, we are starting to finish up our personal narratives. Students will be coming home with their published stories next week! This week we focused on the editing process and discussed how to peer edit. Students did a wonderful job helping their classmates edit and were giving them thoughtful suggestions. I am excited to see the progress students made from their benchmarks to their published writing.
In reading, we continued with our books clubs and had some more thoughtful discussions on our books. This week our focus was on plot and recognizing the actions characters take to solve the main problem. We also learned about the RACE strategy and how we use this strategy to respond to texts. We did a shared write with our mentor text, The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco. It is a wonderful picture book to teach about WWII.
In science we talked about two different types of plants, angiosperms and gymnosperms and discussed how one reproduces. We will begin our soil unit next week and learn about they different types of soil!
Have a great weekend!
In writing, we are starting to finish up our personal narratives. Students will be coming home with their published stories next week! This week we focused on the editing process and discussed how to peer edit. Students did a wonderful job helping their classmates edit and were giving them thoughtful suggestions. I am excited to see the progress students made from their benchmarks to their published writing.
In reading, we continued with our books clubs and had some more thoughtful discussions on our books. This week our focus was on plot and recognizing the actions characters take to solve the main problem. We also learned about the RACE strategy and how we use this strategy to respond to texts. We did a shared write with our mentor text, The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco. It is a wonderful picture book to teach about WWII.
In science we talked about two different types of plants, angiosperms and gymnosperms and discussed how one reproduces. We will begin our soil unit next week and learn about they different types of soil!
Have a great weekend!
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