2/28/18

The fifth graders concluded the month of February by making commendable progress in two important areas. We continue to be hard at work on literary essays. The fifth graders are progressing closer and closer to completing their final drafts. I have truly been impressed with the essays that I have been reading. Today, special attention was paid to the conclusions of the pieces. Members of A303 looked to wrap their writing up on a strong note.

During social studies, the students began to kick off their final project in our European explorer unit. The students selected the explorer that they will be doing some research about into next week.

Students were also presented with a reading project that they will have three weeks to work on. This project is largely going to be done at home. Students received directions for this project today. If there are any questions please let me know. 


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

Math - division of fractions worksheet, due Friday 3/2

Character Trait project due Friday March 16th.

2/27/18

Today was another writing day for the fifth graders. I was able to hold one-to-one writing conferences with a number of students while others continued to work on different stages of the writing process. Special attention was paid today to looking for grammar mistakes.

Students were also presented with a reading project that they will have three weeks to work on. This project is largely going to be done at home. Students received directions for this project today. If there are any questions please let me know. 


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

Math - division of fractions worksheet, due Friday 3/2

Character Trait project due Friday March 16th.

2/26/18

The students returned to their literary writing on this first day back from vacation. We are approaching the home stretch of our second writing unit and the students were able to accomplish much today.

During social studies later in the school day, the members of A303 continued to compile information pertaining to a select group of European explorers.

Students were also presented with a reading project that they will have three weeks to work on. This project is largely going to be done at home. Students received directions for this project today. If there are any questions please let me know. 


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

Math - division of fractions worksheet, due Friday 3/2

Character Trait project due Friday March 16th.

2/16/18

I hope everyone enjoys their February vacation.

2/15/18

The two made nice progress on two different fronts today. The first say the fifth graders continue to craft their early drafts on their final literary essay. I was able to meet with a few students today and touch base. I enjoyed getting to read some drafts this morning.

The second area of progress was social studies. Members of A303 began to study some of the other European explorers who crossed the Atlantic Ocean.



Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading and fill out the reading log on a nightly basis. Dur Friday Feb. 16

2/14/18

The fifth graders spent time writing about character traits during reading time. They specifically looked at the young man, William, from the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

Math class was spent dividing whole numbers by fractions and showing this work with both a visual and an equation.


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading and fill out the reading log on a nightly basis. Dur Friday Feb. 16

2/13/18

The students returned to their writing during ELA time. Each student is slowly, but surely, developing their final literary essay. The drafting process will continue over the next few weeks.


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading and fill out the reading log on a nightly basis. Dur Friday Feb. 16

2/12/18

The fifth graders turned their attention to one final book in our clean water unit today. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a great way to conclude our leaning in this unit and I look forward to working with the students with this text the next two weeks.

At the end of the school day, the fifth graders were lucky to have an enrichment opportunity from the Museum of Science. Members of the museum visited the fifth graders to conduct some experiments with the students.

Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading and fill out the reading log on a nightly basis. Dur Friday Feb. 16

2/9/18

The fifth graders officially selected the literary essay or video that they will be writing about during the drafting process.

During math class, the students began to look at division of fraction strategies.

2/7/18

The fifth graders did some reading comprehension work concerning the rainforests of South America. The students were tasked with answering some short response questions followed by a longer piece of writing.

During math class, the members of A303 used some visual representations to complete word problems.

Homework

Math - worksheet due on Friday February 9

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

2/6/18

Today was a productive writing day for the fifth graders. The students used yesterday's lesson that concerned some animated shorts from Pixar to further their search for themes of substance in their collection of literary essays.


Homework

Math - worksheet due on Friday February 9

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

2/5/18

The fifth graders spent one last day working on two different fronts. Groups finished and then presented their marathon word problem posters during math class. There was some nice communication during the explanations.

In ELA, the members of A303 wrapped up their timelines for the Nashua River. We began to turn our attention to the next book in our water unit, One Well.

Homework

Math - worksheet due on Friday February 9

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night 

2/2/18

Let's go Patriots.

2/1/18

The first day of February saw the fifth graders continue their work across multiple subjects. Math class saw groups continue to work on their long form word problem posters. During ELA time, the students had one more day to complete work on their letters to the EPA. Lastly during social studies we explored the various reasons for European exploration of the new world.

Homework

Math - worksheet due Friday February 2

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night