The students completed their animal adaptations reports and posters during our ELA time this morning. These posters turned out fantastic and when the two cohorts join together next week, we will have kids present their posters.
We had one final lesson in our division review section of our fourth unit in math class. The kids are really doing a nice job of using the box or array method to solve these problems.
We are now one week away from the two cohorts returning to the classroom as one. This was our share out topic during today's morning meeting. The kids are excited to have the classroom return to more of a sense of normalcy.
We continued to work on division problems in unit 4. The students looked to solve some word problems that required them to work through problems with multiple steps.
Fifth graders also spent some time working on their models of the solar system during our science time.
The last Friday of the month saw the fifth graders wrap up their second to last division review lesson. The kids continue to work on refining the box method and they did a great job with that today.
We also continued on our animal adaptation projects during ELA time.
I hope everyone has a great weekend and as a reminder, the kids in this cohort will not be in attendance for any in-person days next week.
The Big Brains cohort looked to put the finishing touches on their opinion writing today. Many students have crossed the finish line, while a few others were looking to make some last minute edits during our ELA time this morning. This papers are turning out fantastic.
We also had a chance to return to our solar system during science class. The students concluded the planetary classification activity that we started last week.
The fifth graders completed the second of their introductory solar systems projects with a partner during our science time. Great teamwork in evidence as the kids classified and organized the planets.
We also continued to use the array/box method to solve division problems during math class.
We began the week by continuing to work on our solar system models. While constructing these, the students are looking for unique characteristics of each of the planets. Tomorrow, small groups will work to classify the planets by their composition, size and other important details.
Math class was spent working on division problems. After revisiting multiplication work recently, it is now time to touch upon some division problems.
The kids are exploring the planets of our solar system during science class. Today we began our classification of the types of planets. To better help us do this, the kids worked to build a model of the solar system. Tomorrow, small groups will work to classify the planets and other objects in our solar system with a greater eye for detail.
We have also shifted from multiplication to division within unit 4 in math class. This unit is going to allow all of the students to revisit some important concepts before we push into decimals soon.
The kids spent some time sharing out observations from their night sky observation notebook. This lead into setting up our next activity which will see small groups working to classify planet cards.
We also continued our work in unit 4 in math class. Students worked to solve three digit by two digit digit multiplication problems using the standard algorithm.
Fifth graders returned to the classroom today and we had a productive day together. The focus of our ELA time was in tightening up our conclusion paragraphs for our opinion pieces. While writer's conferences were going on, other students were peer editing and making some last minute changes. We will have one more writing session tomorrow.
The kids also took a quiz in math class to see where they stand after two weeks in unit 4. This quiz saw the students looking to solve multiplication problems using a variety of strategies.
We completed another very busy week together this Friday. The students are approaching the finish line in their opinion writing. Many of the kids have finished their writer's conference with me and have peer edited a partner's piece. We will look to have everyone done by next Friday.
The fifth graders also completed their introductory tour of the third and final colonial region during our social studies time. Starting next week, small groups will begin their project concerning of the the regions. This will see the kids reporting on important figures, events and places from the region.
As we progress deeper into unit 4 during math class, I continue to be impressed with the student's ability to solve multiplication problems using a variety of different methods. The fifth graders will continue to work with these strategies during tomorrow's lesson.
We also visited the New England colonies during our social studies time in the second half of the school day. The students looked to capture some important details about significant figures, events and dates pertaining to the four colonies. We will venture further down the eastern seaboard tomorrow.
Students worked in pairs to watch a video concerning the New England colonies. While watching, the kids looked to gather important information about the colonies using a graphic organizer.
We also worked in math class on solving multiplication problems using the standard algorithm.
We launched our next social studies unit this morning. This unit will see the fifth graders exploring the 13 colonies. The kids worked on identifying the colonies on a map and then transitioned to watching a video pertaining to the New England colonies.
Our math lesson was centered around working with the standard multiplication algorithm. The kids worked to solve two digit by two digit and two digit by three digit problems.
We finished the first week in the month of March by exploring the colonies that made up the New England region. The kids did some math work and then moved into gathering details about key figures and important dates for each colony.
The earlier part of the school day had the kids working with the standard multiplication algorithm to solve some word problems. This was a productive lesson and I look forward to continuing the work next week.
The fifth graders worked on their body paragraphs during the early stages of this Thursday. Many of the kids are deep into shaping their gathered evidence into body paragraphs. I was also able to conference with a few writers to check their progress. There was a lot of quality work done during our ELA time.
We also launched unit 4 in math class. This unit will look to see the fifth graders working to solve both multiplication and division problems using a variety of different methods. This is a valuable unit in terms of both refreshing the kids' memories and exploring new concepts.
The kids completed the second half of their iReady assessment this morning. Fifth graders worked through math problems to gauge where they are half way through the school year. The kids did a great job of working through these items the last two days.
We also had another fantastic math lesson. This lesson saw the kids in A303 work through the last fraction unit in unit 3. Tomorrow, when we gather online, we will kick off unit 4.
We began the month of March by working on the ELA portion of the iReady assessment. Tomorrow, we will look to have the kids continue into the math section of the exam.
Fifth graders also had a fantastic writing session this afternoon. Many of the kids finished their introductory paragraphs and are hard at work on their body paragraphs. This work will continue into tomorrow.
