12/21/18

I hope everyone has a nice holiday and enjoys the winter break. I look forward to seeing students back in class as we start 2019 together.

12/20/18

The fifth graders continued to work together to play fraction tracks during math class today. The students continued to come up with ways to add and subtract fractions.

During our ELA time, the fifth graders started to construct a timeline of events of one of our anchor texts. This will continue into tomorrow.

Tomorrow is board game day.


Homework

Math - workbook pages 165 and 166, due Friday December 21st

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

12/19/18

The focus of our social studies lesson today was on the Proclamation of 1763. The students put themselves in the shoes of King George and looked to craft a compromise that could have prevented the American Revolution from breaking out.

During our ELA time, we looked at an article and a news report pertaining to the treatment of animals in zoos. The children were engaged and this was a meaningful first lesson on the road to creating an opinion piece of writing.

As a reminder, tomorrow is show and tell and Friday the 21st is board game day.


Homework

Math - workbook pages 165 and 166, due Friday December 21st

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

12/18/18

Today's reading lesson focused on constructing a timeline of events. Using A River Ran Wild as a jumping off point, the students worked together to build a timeline of important moments of the Nashua River.

We also continued to read The Mighty Miss Malone during read aloud time. I think that the kids are really enjoying this book.

Homework

Math - workbook pages 165 and 166, due Friday December 21st

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

12/17/18

We began the final school week of 2018 by kicking off the second unit of writing. This opinion unit will see the students undertake the process of selecting an opinion topic and then compiling research to support their opinion.

During math class, the students continued to work on strategies to add fractions. They also had some time to work in pairs on a math activity.

Homework

Math - workbook pages 165 and 166, due Friday December 21st

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

12/14/18

We wrapped up another productive week together. The students kicked off the next writing unit during ELA time. We will be exploring a topic in great detail for our opinion writing unit. We looked at a warm up lesson today which helped students identify evidence to support both sides of an argument piece.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

12/13/18

The students began using another strategy to find equivalent fractions during math class today. Using the face of a clock, the students came up with some equivalent fractions and then began adding fractions. I thought that this was a productive lesson.

We continued to focus on the French and Indian War during social studies. The kids are working on a booklet in which they respond to some focus questions and then create maps to track the progress of the war.

I look forward to seeing parents and guardians tonight


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night. Fill out log on a nightly basis, due Friday the 14th

Math - 149 and 150 due Friday the 14th

12/12/18

The fifth graders worked on their map skills during social studies. The class was tasked with tracking the course of the French and Indian War using two distinctive maps. They then answered some focus questions.

During math class, the members of A303 continued to progress through unit 3. Today, the kids continued to compare fractions using the myriad of strategies that they have learned the last two weeks.


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night. Fill out log on a nightly basis, due Friday the 14th

Math - 149 and 150 due Friday the 14th

12/11/18

Reading groups spent time acting out their favorite scene from Bud, Not Buddy. This will continue into tomorrow and will be the last activity that we do with the novel.


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night. Fill out log on a nightly basis, due Friday the 14th

Math - 149 and 150 due Friday the 14th

12/10/18

We began this week by looking at the first anchor text in our new reading unit. The book A River Ran Wild, will call students attention to a local river that was damaged by pollution and the efforts to revive it.

During social studies, the members of A303 spent time exploring the French and Indian War. A productive lesson that saw the students engaged and working well together.


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night. Fill out log on a nightly basis, due Friday the 14th

Math - 149 and 150 due Friday the 14th

12/7/18

The students finished this week on a great note today. I was impressed with the level of attentiveness to the science projects that the kids were working on today. Many of them were able to complete their projects today. I look forward to seeing students present their projects to their peers next week.

The fifth graders also had another meaningful math lesson. We continued the theme of comparing fractions with a variety of methods during today's work. I would also like to compliment the students for coming to class prepared to look at their homework.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend. Next week, parent teacher conferences will continue on both Tuesday the 11th and Thursday the 13th.

12/6/18

Today, we had an introductory lesson pertaining to our next reading unit. We are going to start looking at clean drinking water and its scarcity in some parts of the world. The students looked at a short news article and answered some focus questions together.

Later in the day, the members of A303 continued to work on a science project. Each student has selected one of the planets in our solar system and they are now creating a slide presentation on their iPads that will eventually be shared with their peers. The kids are doing a nice job with this.


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading

Math - workbook pages 136 and 137 due Friday December 7th

12/5/18

The fifth graders focused on stars and constellations during our science lesson today. After a short reading, the students worked together to answer some focus questions that tied in nicely with the content of out field trip earlier this week.

Our math time was spent looking at equivalent fractions. The fifth graders were tasked with showing equivalent fractions using different sized grid paper.

Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading

Math - workbook pages 136 and 137 due Friday December 7th

12/4/18

This early release day saw the fifth graders undertaking a lesson on making inferences. Students looked to draw conclusions about characters from a short video by using background information. The fifth graders did a nice job with this.

Tomorrow, the members of A303 will be given some math homework.

12/3/18

The fifth graders traveled to the Museum of Science to visit the planetarium. I want to commend the members of A303 for their listening skills and their attentiveness as we traveled through the museum. The kids seemed to have a great time and learned some interesting information about our solar system.