What a lovely start to our last week before Spring Break. This will be a week with some special events and focus on wrapping up a few things before our well deserved break. After break will be focus on MAP testing, our CPBL project in science, book shares, and social studies learning. Below is a description of our work this week. Also, please know we have a field trip to the RBHS planetarium on Tuesday, Celebration of Cultures is on Thursday and we may have a special choral event in the afternoon on Thursday. Please enjoy this week in preparation for Spring Break next week.
MATH: students will check their addition and subtraction fraction test and make a multiplication fraction poster for a fraction problem.
SCIENCE: we will wrap up or work on matter and work on our CPBL community project. Writing is integrated here.
SS: we will finish discussing the causes of the American Revolution. Writing is integrated here.
READING: we will spend a couple days on book shares, making sure all readers have a plan for success.
Monday, March 20, 2017
Monday, March 13, 2017
2 WEEK CRAM
First, I want to thank our wonderful families for supporting a successful Read a Thon. Not only did we enjoy our guest readers, a day of relaxed reading, and completing some reading challenges, we also raised over 7,000 dollars as a school. Our class even gets a reward for raising money! Thank you so much. We know the lasting effects of these dollars; they turn into great experience for our students.
Speaking of great experiences, I also want to thank those families that made it to the 5th grade End of Year Planning meeting. We have committees of parents who have agreed to help plan for special events like the Hannibal and Civil War Day field trips, graduation, 5th grade field day, and more. Please look for information about these events in the coming weeks. And feel free to sign up and join any event we have this Spring.
Below is a weekly outline for this week and some photos of Read a Thon and Ecodioramas.
READING: focus on book share plans and integrated reading with science and social studies
WRITING: integrated with our science and social studies
SS: focus on completing the causes of the American Revolution and how America won.
SCIENCE: focus on matter and how it relates to the organisms in our Stream Table project.
MATH: adding and subtracting of mixed numbers with a quiz on Thursday.
Speaking of great experiences, I also want to thank those families that made it to the 5th grade End of Year Planning meeting. We have committees of parents who have agreed to help plan for special events like the Hannibal and Civil War Day field trips, graduation, 5th grade field day, and more. Please look for information about these events in the coming weeks. And feel free to sign up and join any event we have this Spring.
Below is a weekly outline for this week and some photos of Read a Thon and Ecodioramas.
READING: focus on book share plans and integrated reading with science and social studies
WRITING: integrated with our science and social studies
SS: focus on completing the causes of the American Revolution and how America won.
SCIENCE: focus on matter and how it relates to the organisms in our Stream Table project.
MATH: adding and subtracting of mixed numbers with a quiz on Thursday.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
READ A THON IS HERE!
Families, our focus tomorrow is on Reading and Grant School. To celebrate our Read A Thon, our class will be enjoying reading activities all day. We will have guest readers, reading with our buddies, and free reading time. Also, we will likely finish sharing our Ecodioramas and our read aloud book. I have explained to students they are welcome to bring 1 (ONE) comfy item like a pillow or blanket or stuffed animal. Tomorrow is also "dress like a superhero day" in honor of our Read A Thon theme.
I want to thank all who have been able to donate through the Read A Thon. We know how important these funds are to the wonderful programs we can offer at Grant, especially in 5th grade. So, thank you so much and I hope everyone was able to partake in Read A Thon by trying some of the reading challenges. Have a great weekend!
I want to thank all who have been able to donate through the Read A Thon. We know how important these funds are to the wonderful programs we can offer at Grant, especially in 5th grade. So, thank you so much and I hope everyone was able to partake in Read A Thon by trying some of the reading challenges. Have a great weekend!
Friday, March 3, 2017
FABULOUS FRACTIONS, EXCELLENT ECODIORAMAS, MARVELOUS MATTERS, WONDERFUL WRITERS, AND AWESOME ALL STARS, OH MY!
FABULOUS FRACTIONS: I have not graded the fraction tests yet but the class felt they did well. The test covered basics of fractions which provide a foundation for our next topic, adding and subtracting fractions. Then we will multiply and divide fractions - all before Spring Break.
EXCELLENT ECODIORAMAS: We spent most of reading time this week enjoying Ecodiorama presentations. I have been impressed with students' final products and their creative expressions of their reading. This work will be displayed in the hallway sometime next week during Read a Thon. On Friday, we set aside some time for readers to work on Read a Thon challenges. Thank you so much to all who participate in the celebration of reading and supporting of Grant School. I talked this week with the kids about how the funds raised during this time support awesome adventures and resources for our Grant School students.
MARVELOUS MATTERS: We continued our Matter learning this week. Scientists learned about solids, liquids, and gasses. We also talked about plasma. Scientists also described matter and we applied our new knowledge to our community science project. In a art/math/science integration project, we also modeled a pie chart of the gasses that make up our air.
WONDERFUL WRITERS: Students wrote a post DWA narrative piece this week. This is like a writing test on Narrative technique. I am eager to see how their improved over the course of this unit. I am already seeing better organization, paragraphs, and transitions overall. Next week, our writing will be integrated with science and social studies.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We are now focusing on the cause of the American Revolution and will be documenting the steps that lead up to this conflict. Our work on the Revolution and important US historical documents will lead up to Spring Break.
AND WE HAVE BEEN ALL STARS ALL WEEK!! Enjoy the pics of great work below.
Please join us for the End of the Year planning meeting next Wednesday to help plan our awesome festivities at the end of 5th grade.
Monday, February 27, 2017
LAST TRIMESTER
Kids in Classroom C are starting off their last trimester at Grant School on the right foot. Last week, we were super focused on our EcoDiorama project, which will be sharing this week. I am excited to share this work in the halls of Grant School and Ill also share pics of great work on the blog.
Please join us for the Chili and Game Night tonight! My family will also be enjoying the great food, good times, and Grant community from 5:30-7.
This week I am sending 6th grade math recommendations to middle school. I will send an email home with a background of 6th grade math choices today. Many of us spoke about 6th grade math during conferences but we didn't get to it in all the conferences. Please let me know if you have questions about this transition. We will have a lot more information about middle school after March 13, when the counselors come and talk to the kids.
Below is a snapshot of our work for this week:
Reading: Finish the Ecodioramas on Monday and share all week. Readers should be at 6 book shares completed now. With any extra reading time in class, they can work on a book share this week.
Writing: We are finishing a narrative DWA Monday and Tuesday. This writing should demonstrate growth since our narrative unit. The rest of the week, writing will be integrating into social studies and science. \
Math: We are finishing our first fraction unit this week. There will be a test on Thursday and a study guide gong home Tuesday. This unit covered fractions as a set/region, equivalent fractions, mixed numbers and improper fractions, simplest form, and converting fractions to decimals.
Social Studies: We have thoroughly looked at each colonial region and are now focusing on the causes of the American Revolution before looking at the Revolution itself.
Science: We are integrating all the rest of our science work this year with our CPBL project. As we learn about matter in this next unit, each student will apply their knowledge to an organism or object in a real world stream ecosystem. In this unit we cover states of matter, physical and chemical changes, and conservation or mass, mixtures and solutions. This is a fun unit which explores atoms and elements.
Please join us for the Chili and Game Night tonight! My family will also be enjoying the great food, good times, and Grant community from 5:30-7.
This week I am sending 6th grade math recommendations to middle school. I will send an email home with a background of 6th grade math choices today. Many of us spoke about 6th grade math during conferences but we didn't get to it in all the conferences. Please let me know if you have questions about this transition. We will have a lot more information about middle school after March 13, when the counselors come and talk to the kids.
Below is a snapshot of our work for this week:
Reading: Finish the Ecodioramas on Monday and share all week. Readers should be at 6 book shares completed now. With any extra reading time in class, they can work on a book share this week.
Writing: We are finishing a narrative DWA Monday and Tuesday. This writing should demonstrate growth since our narrative unit. The rest of the week, writing will be integrating into social studies and science. \
Math: We are finishing our first fraction unit this week. There will be a test on Thursday and a study guide gong home Tuesday. This unit covered fractions as a set/region, equivalent fractions, mixed numbers and improper fractions, simplest form, and converting fractions to decimals.
Social Studies: We have thoroughly looked at each colonial region and are now focusing on the causes of the American Revolution before looking at the Revolution itself.
Science: We are integrating all the rest of our science work this year with our CPBL project. As we learn about matter in this next unit, each student will apply their knowledge to an organism or object in a real world stream ecosystem. In this unit we cover states of matter, physical and chemical changes, and conservation or mass, mixtures and solutions. This is a fun unit which explores atoms and elements.
Friday, February 3, 2017
A FEW EXTRAS
Families, please know in this week's Friday Folder is a confirmation form for our conference time. There is are forms about various opportunities CPS offers, language club sign up, and a scoliosis screening letter form the ladies.
Please know there will be a math fraction quiz next Friday and projects in Social Studies, Writing, and Reading will be due as we wrap up the 2nd Trimester.
This was a very good week all around. These All-Stars are impressing me with their work quality and general good choices. Have a great weekend!
Please know there will be a math fraction quiz next Friday and projects in Social Studies, Writing, and Reading will be due as we wrap up the 2nd Trimester.
This was a very good week all around. These All-Stars are impressing me with their work quality and general good choices. Have a great weekend!
Monday, January 30, 2017
MOVING RIGHT ALONG
It seems we are finally in the swing of things with a full routine of academics and a bit special learning opportunities this week. Below you can see pictures of Youkin presenting on Chinese New Year. We all got to try dumplings and writing Chinese characters. Today, we enjoyed reading books with our buddies at the library. Tomorrow, we will enjoy watching our classmates compete in the Geography Bee. Congrats to our competitors: Jack, Andrew, Jimmy, and Kate. Also, we have decided on our community project for this year's science learning. We will be building a stream table for Grant school learners to learn about stream ecosystems! This learning has already starting and you can view our progress on the CPBL 2016-2017 link.
Thank you for sending in family conference time forms. Please let me know if you need another sheet or you can email a conference preference for Thursday evening (2/16) or Friday morning (2/17). I will send time confirmations in this week's Friday Folder.
Following is a snapshot of the learning in each subject.
READING: We are in our 3rd week of our Ecoliteracy book cycle. Students are writing about theme this week, making predictions, and answering comprehension questions.
WRITING: Writers are actively drafting their Explorer narratives using techniques we practiced in class.
MATH: After finishing up our Algebra unit, we are heading right into decimals and fractions. Most of this work will be on comparing and ordering before we start to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We are now looking at the original 13 English colonies in America. Each student will be a part of a group presentation on a colonial region.
SCIENCE: We are taking notes on stream table designs and discussing stream ecosystems. The rest of our science units this year (water cycle, weather, mass, solar system, ecosystems) will be integrated with our community project.
Thank you for sending in family conference time forms. Please let me know if you need another sheet or you can email a conference preference for Thursday evening (2/16) or Friday morning (2/17). I will send time confirmations in this week's Friday Folder.
Following is a snapshot of the learning in each subject.
READING: We are in our 3rd week of our Ecoliteracy book cycle. Students are writing about theme this week, making predictions, and answering comprehension questions.
WRITING: Writers are actively drafting their Explorer narratives using techniques we practiced in class.
MATH: After finishing up our Algebra unit, we are heading right into decimals and fractions. Most of this work will be on comparing and ordering before we start to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We are now looking at the original 13 English colonies in America. Each student will be a part of a group presentation on a colonial region.
SCIENCE: We are taking notes on stream table designs and discussing stream ecosystems. The rest of our science units this year (water cycle, weather, mass, solar system, ecosystems) will be integrated with our community project.
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