MOVING RIGHT ALONG

This was a productive week in Classroom C.  Students make progress individually on there Where in the World work and as a class we progressed through math and reading routines. Some students have donated items to our Hurricane Harvey relief drive.  We are accepting items until next Monday. Next Friday, our Blues in the Schools program begins at Grant School and there are many musicians in our class that have signed up for the Blues Corps to work with our guest musician, TJ Wheeler. Below is an outline for our academic work next week.

READING: We have had discussions about choosing Just Right books and books for book shares.  Every student should be finished or finishing a book share book.  The next two weeks will be the only class time we have for a while to work in class on book shares.  I have already collecting a few from students.  Ideally, a reader would finish 1 a month.  While we are reading our book share books, we are also practicing our reading communication by recording and expanding reading thoughts.

WRITING: We have two writing projects going on.  Every student has completed a draft of their I AM poem and we will revise and edit those next week.  Also, we will begin our Travel Brochure project for our islands.  Students will be making a brochure for their island, describing elements like climate, resources, transportation, and more.

MATH: In math, we have finished the lessons for our first unit.  We will have the unit test on Tuesday morning.  Until then, we will be practicing volume and area.  Students have plenty of resources to help them prepare.

SCIENCE: We have 2 walking field trips next week.  They are posted in the Important Dates section.  We also have Plant Tower presentation on Monday.  5th graders will be responsible for maintaining Grant School's Plant Tower, growing indoor plants to use with our cafeteria lunch menu.

SOCIAL STUDIES: While we work on our Travel Brochures, we are also studying the geography chapter of our textbook.  This helps us understand how to use nonfiction features (headings, pictures, bolded words, etc) to write about climate, resources, etc... Our walking filed trip to the City Council building will help us develop ideas also as we listen to the City of Columbia's Sustainable Design coordinator.

Enjoy pics of these great maps below: