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Monday, March 19, 2018
Sunday, March 18, 2018
SPRING IS HERE!
But before we can relax, there's a bit of Spring cleaning projects to finish up. This week, we will be wrapping a few assignments before we take our Spring Break. Last week, we enjoyed many assemblies and some fun math mixed in our productive week of work. Below is a snapshot of our learning for this week.
READING: work on Ecodioramas due Friday. The Ecodiorama should be each student's 7th book share. I will conference with each reader about their Ecodiorama and book share plan.
MATH: We will begin Unit 6 on multiplication and division of decimals.
SS: We will assess on the Causes of the American Revolution with a few writing prompts.
SCIENCE: We will finish our energy chains and make a photosynthesis craft.
CATTV: We will continue to film and plan for our documentary.
This week a letter about End of the Year events and committees to help plan will go home. Look out for your chance to be a part of our fun 5th grade spring.
READING: work on Ecodioramas due Friday. The Ecodiorama should be each student's 7th book share. I will conference with each reader about their Ecodiorama and book share plan.
MATH: We will begin Unit 6 on multiplication and division of decimals.
SS: We will assess on the Causes of the American Revolution with a few writing prompts.
SCIENCE: We will finish our energy chains and make a photosynthesis craft.
CATTV: We will continue to film and plan for our documentary.
This week a letter about End of the Year events and committees to help plan will go home. Look out for your chance to be a part of our fun 5th grade spring.
Sunday, March 11, 2018
HAPPY READ-A-THON!!!
Free reading time finished Friday with a celebration! Our class won a Readathon Prize! It certainly was an enjoyable day including free reading, buddy time, and a little extra recess. Thank you so much to everyone who participated and supported more Grant traditions. You will enjoy the buddy reading pics below.
End of Year Meeting:
Please join Mr. Kuensting and I in the Ecoschoolhouse this Thursday at 3:45. During this meeting, we will share all the traditional fun 5th grade end of the year activities and ways volunteers can help. We are always appreciative of anyone who can help out special projects like the Memory Book, Graduation, field trip chaperones, 5th Grade Field Day, and more. It is always a fun Spring in Grant School 5th grade as these kids enjoy their last days of elementary school together.
Academically, these next two weeks will be productive leading up to Spring Break.
MATH: Math test Tuesday on Fraction Multiplication/Division. This long unit is coming to an end. There is a study guide for today/tonight to help prepare. We will take a short break before the next unit to do Pi Day math, and some NCAA bball math before starting unit 6 next week.
READING: We finish our Ecolit books this week. Students will also be planning the components of their Eco Diorama. This project will count as a book share and is due March 23rd. Students will be planning this week and will have class time next week to work on their diorama.
SS: This week we will finish looking at the causes of the American Revolution and begin looking at the war itself. Students are completing mini assignments in class about important events such at the Boston Tea Party, British taxation, Paul Revere's ride and more.
SCIENCE: Students are creating their own energy chain using Pic collage on the ipad. Next, we will make a hands on craft modeling photosynthesis.
INFOGRAPHIC: Students are creating their infographic in media time. Each student is producing a large infographic about a topic they chose from their community inspirations earlier this year. The final products will decorate an area of our new classrooms next year.
CATTV: Each student is in a planning group for our CATTV project. They all have dates and times reserved for recording their part of our Grant construction documentary. Twice a week, we meet to plan and prepare for our filming days and final product which will be shown next year to kick off the school year in our new building.
READATHON PICS:
End of Year Meeting:
Please join Mr. Kuensting and I in the Ecoschoolhouse this Thursday at 3:45. During this meeting, we will share all the traditional fun 5th grade end of the year activities and ways volunteers can help. We are always appreciative of anyone who can help out special projects like the Memory Book, Graduation, field trip chaperones, 5th Grade Field Day, and more. It is always a fun Spring in Grant School 5th grade as these kids enjoy their last days of elementary school together.
Academically, these next two weeks will be productive leading up to Spring Break.
MATH: Math test Tuesday on Fraction Multiplication/Division. This long unit is coming to an end. There is a study guide for today/tonight to help prepare. We will take a short break before the next unit to do Pi Day math, and some NCAA bball math before starting unit 6 next week.
READING: We finish our Ecolit books this week. Students will also be planning the components of their Eco Diorama. This project will count as a book share and is due March 23rd. Students will be planning this week and will have class time next week to work on their diorama.
SS: This week we will finish looking at the causes of the American Revolution and begin looking at the war itself. Students are completing mini assignments in class about important events such at the Boston Tea Party, British taxation, Paul Revere's ride and more.
SCIENCE: Students are creating their own energy chain using Pic collage on the ipad. Next, we will make a hands on craft modeling photosynthesis.
INFOGRAPHIC: Students are creating their infographic in media time. Each student is producing a large infographic about a topic they chose from their community inspirations earlier this year. The final products will decorate an area of our new classrooms next year.
CATTV: Each student is in a planning group for our CATTV project. They all have dates and times reserved for recording their part of our Grant construction documentary. Twice a week, we meet to plan and prepare for our filming days and final product which will be shown next year to kick off the school year in our new building.
READATHON PICS:
Thursday, March 1, 2018
READ-A-THON!!! FAMILY END OF YEAR MEETING!!!
Next week will culminate with our Read A Thon celebration. This is always one of the best days of the year. We will have a reading related focus this day with guest readers, buddy reading with our preschool buddies, free reading time and more. Readers are welcome to bring one comfy thing and reading material. We will build in time to achieve some of the reading challenges on the Read A Thon envelope. This is always an enjoyable day of celebration at the end of our most important school fundraiser. Funds from this fundraiser help with so many impacting events at Grant, especially our 5th grade activities.
The Friday Folder this week has an informational letter to all 5th grade families about End of the Year events and our End of the Year Family Meeting on 3/15 at 3:45. This meeting is a time for 5th grade families interested in volunteering to help and plan end of the year events. We are so grateful for those who can help plan a great end to this class' time at Grant.
This was smooth and productive. We certainly enjoyed the weather. Students potted some plant cuttings. As a class, we are still working on focus and minimizing disruptions. Some students are spending some time out and using Think Sheets to process off task.disruptive choices. You might see a Think Sheet come home to talk about and please sign to return with any comments or questions.
Readers are making progress on their Ecolit books. These books all have strong settings. Our final assignment for the Ecolit books will be an Ecodiorama representing the setting. This will count as a book share and will be due the Friday before Spring Break.
Writers completed engaging narratives this week. Skills we focused on were commas, quotations, transitions, and narrative craft. I am excited to read their finished work! Next week, our writing time will be devoted to CATTV planning projects and this will be our writing focus for a while.
In math, we spent a good amount of time with fraction multiplication models, especially area models. Students worked in groups to solve a real life playground planning problem. Next week, we will begin practice with fraction division, a very challenging topic. Please know that even though there is not always assigned homework, your child can easily practice math with other resources from the curriculum, such as online resources or extra practice.
Causes of the American Revolution is our current focus in social studies. Students have completed small note taking assignments for the French and Indian War, British taxes, and the Boston Massacre. We will cover more causes next week and move through the war and important documents of our new nation by Spring Break.
In science, we are enjoying small ecosystem lessons. Students are getting deeper into their matter infographic research. They will all be creating infographic posters about their topic soon. After ecosytems, we will cover the sun and how it powers earth's systems.
Have a great weekend, especially if you are enjoying the film festival. Also, sign up for next week's Eco hike for a fun adventure.
The Friday Folder this week has an informational letter to all 5th grade families about End of the Year events and our End of the Year Family Meeting on 3/15 at 3:45. This meeting is a time for 5th grade families interested in volunteering to help and plan end of the year events. We are so grateful for those who can help plan a great end to this class' time at Grant.
This was smooth and productive. We certainly enjoyed the weather. Students potted some plant cuttings. As a class, we are still working on focus and minimizing disruptions. Some students are spending some time out and using Think Sheets to process off task.disruptive choices. You might see a Think Sheet come home to talk about and please sign to return with any comments or questions.
Readers are making progress on their Ecolit books. These books all have strong settings. Our final assignment for the Ecolit books will be an Ecodiorama representing the setting. This will count as a book share and will be due the Friday before Spring Break.
Writers completed engaging narratives this week. Skills we focused on were commas, quotations, transitions, and narrative craft. I am excited to read their finished work! Next week, our writing time will be devoted to CATTV planning projects and this will be our writing focus for a while.
In math, we spent a good amount of time with fraction multiplication models, especially area models. Students worked in groups to solve a real life playground planning problem. Next week, we will begin practice with fraction division, a very challenging topic. Please know that even though there is not always assigned homework, your child can easily practice math with other resources from the curriculum, such as online resources or extra practice.
Causes of the American Revolution is our current focus in social studies. Students have completed small note taking assignments for the French and Indian War, British taxes, and the Boston Massacre. We will cover more causes next week and move through the war and important documents of our new nation by Spring Break.
In science, we are enjoying small ecosystem lessons. Students are getting deeper into their matter infographic research. They will all be creating infographic posters about their topic soon. After ecosytems, we will cover the sun and how it powers earth's systems.
Have a great weekend, especially if you are enjoying the film festival. Also, sign up for next week's Eco hike for a fun adventure.
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