3/12/20

Fifth graders began to look at the book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. This final anchor text in our clean water unit, is always one that the kids seem to enjoy. We made some group observations and predictions about the story and began to work with it in our small reading groups.

Homework

Reading - fill out reader's log on a nightly basis and keep track of minutes read over the course of the week

Math - finish pages 405 and 406 if not done in class, due Friday 3/13

3/11/20

Author Adam Lane visited with the fifth graders this afternoon. The students thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and asked some good questions afterwards.

Our science lesson focused on the kids using animal cards to create food webs for two unique ecosystems located in North America. The groups worked well together during this activity. 

Homework

Reading - fill out reader's log on a nightly basis and keep track of minutes read over the course of the week

Math - finish pages 405 and 406 if not done in class, due Friday 3/13

3/10/20

We worked on subtracting fractions during math class. The students used some of the same strategies and ideas that we looked at in yesterday's lesson to help them solve these problems. They did a nice job today.

Homework

Reading - fill out reader's log on a nightly basis and keep track of minutes read over the course of the week

Math - finish workbook pages 396 and 397 if not done in class

3/9/20

The fifth graders began the week by progressing further into unit 6 in math class. We began to work with adding decimal problems in earnest today. Students used decimal cards and hundredths grids to help them solve some problems.

Our ELA time was dedicated to completing literary essays. There are a few more writer's conferences to complete and then all students will have crossed the finish line in their second unit of writing.

Homework

Reading - fill out reader's log on a nightly basis and keep track of minutes read over the course of the week

Math - finish workbook pages 396 and 397 if not done in class

3/6/20

The second half of the school day saw students working  on a number of different important items. Some students made a push to complete the second draft of their literary essays. While that was going on, some of the other fifth graders were hard at work on a food web poster that ties in to our current living system unit in science class. Many of the fifth graders are big fans of animals and they are conveying that passion into their science work.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

3/5/20

We concluded investigation one in unit 6 during math class this morning. The students took an assessment that looked to have them compare values of decimals and to order them from least to greatest. The kids appeared to do very well with this. Tomorrow, we will push into the final investigation of the unit.

On this, the 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre the fifth graders in A303 continued our exploration of the Boston Massacre. The lesson allowed us to combine some math concepts with history when the students compiled data from the battlefield into tables and graphs.


Homework

Reading - keep reading each night and fill out log for the school wide competition.

3/4/20

The students were able to meet with their book buddies this afternoon. The second graders shared their newly created stories with the fifth graders, while the older kids were able to share some details about the literary essays that they have been working with in our writing class.

Fifth graders also looked to complete the final lesson in unit 6, investigation one during our math class. This concluding lesson saw the kids continue to order and compare decimals. Tomorrow, the fifth graders will look to take a quiz pertaining to this first section of unit 6.

Homework

Reading - keep reading each night and fill out log for the school wide competition.