HAPPY MLK DAY!

Families, I wanted to update you on our learning for the week.  I hope your family enjoyed an extra day off in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Dr. Wingert honored this great man on the announcements and we have a pic/quote from Dr. King posted on our smartboard this week.  I also posted a photograph of the historic voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in the room.  Finally, I shared this sports story of Marshall "Major" Taylor with a civil rights background to share with the kids.  Dr. King's novniolent message of peace and equality fits in well with Grant School's current focus on kindness and mindfulness.

Below is a snapshot of this week's learning:

READING:  We are integrating nonfiction reading assignments from science and health.  Readers will also have time to work on book shares (5 total due next Friday!).

WRITING:  Our writing focus this week will focus on drafting our Journey narratives.  Writers will be planning, trying a few strategies, and drafting.  Handwritten final copies are due next week.  Our word study time will be spent on classroom spelling bees to determine our class representatives.

MATH: Continue with fractions we will with a focus on comparing and ordering mixed numbers and improper fractions.

SCIENCE:  Our science work will include planning for our community science project!  More details to come but in general we are focusing on the community of Grant School this year.

SOCIAL STUDIES/POWER:  After finishing our exploration work but before moving on to the New England Colonies, the 5th grade team chose to spend 2 weeks on the I've Got the Power health unit.

Your student will be participating in the “I’ve Got the Power” to stay drug free program as part of the 5^th grade health curriculum.  The purpose of this curriculum is to provide students the tools necessary for healthy decision making.  The lessons talk about but are not limited to substance abuse with an emphasis on goal setting and strategies for good decision making. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!  I don't think I posted a congrats to Classroom C for winning the Holiday Door Dec contest.  Our winning door is pictured below. The theme was "Bees on Earth".  Great job, kids!