We took a volume assessment during math class. After completing this, we returned to our important work from yesterday where the kids are calculating the volume of irregularly shaped objects.
On Friday November 1st, we are taking a field trip to the Planetarium at the Museum of Science.
The kids are about halfway through their mid-unit assessment concerning Esperanza Rising. We dedicated our ELA time to responding to the first portion of the test this morning during ELA time. Tomorrow, we will look to have the fifth graders continue their work with this.
On Friday November 1st, we are taking a field trip to the Planetarium at the Museum of Science.
The fifth graders are going to be doing some important writing this week. They are going to spend the early part of the week responding to an end of novel assessment concerning the last two chapters of Esperanza Rising. Later in the week, we are going to turn our attention to crafting literary essays. That work will be ongoing over the next few weeks.
Tomorrow, the fifth graders are going to meet with their second grade book buddies. And on Friday November 1st, we are taking a field trip to the Planetarium at the Museum of Science.
We wrapped up a productive week by finishing Esperanza Rising this morning in ELA. After concluding our reading of the novel the kids responded to some questions pertaining to a key metaphor that arose throughout the course of the text. Next week, the fifth graders will take their end of unit assessment and then we are going to turn our attention to some writing.
I hope everyone has a nice weekend.
Today was a writing day for for the fifth graders during ELA time. The kids wrote a paragraph that spoke to the reaction of a character to a key turning point in Esperanza Rising. This lead into another piece of writing which concerned our read aloud book, Wonder. The kids will look to put the finishing touches on these two pieces of work tomorrow morning.
The kids received back their graded division assessment from last week. The grades were quite good. A lot of quality time and effort went into their work in that unit. We continued our exploration of volume problems during this math session.
On Friday afternoon, Arlington School Committee member Bill Hayner is going to visit the classroom to give a non-partisan look into the mechanics of the upcoming election and the ballot questions that Massachusetts voters will be faced with in November.
The fifth graders did a fine job of working to solve volume problems during math class. We began the lesson by having the kids use connecting cubes to create various three dimensional objects that were projected on the overhead. This work will continue throughout the rest of the school week.
The kids had a nice time and learned a lot on our field trip to Plimoth Patuxet this morning.
Tomorrow, we will return to a normal schedule and continue to progress into unit 2 in math class.
The kids did a wonderful job on their end of unit one assessment in math class. The hard work and diligence that each of the fifth graders put into their work is evident in their grades. Today, we launched unit two. This unit will see the kids working to solve volume problems.
I hope everyone has a nice weekend. As a reminder, the kids are traveling to Plymouth for a field trip on Monday.
The fifth graders read another chapter in Esperanza Rising this morning. Then working in pairs, the kids reflected on the reactions various characters had to an important turning point in the novel.
In math class, the kids played a division compare game and then wrapped up the lesson by completing two workbook pages.
The fifth graders met with their second grade book buddies this morning. After reading a book of the second grader's choosing, they took part in some fall themed activities. The fifth graders continue to do a nice job of working with their younger peers.
Our math time was spent taking a short division assessment. This will give me insight into where each of the members of A303 stand as we prepare to move into the second unit of study.
Students received two permission slips for upcoming field trips. These need to be signed and returned to school as soon as possible.
In science class, the kids did some reading about the night sky. Special attention was paid to building our vocabulary base and then we answered some focus questions pertaining to the reading.
Tomorrow, the fifth graders will take a division assessment during math class.
Students received two permission slips for upcoming field trips. These need to be signed and returned to school as soon as possible.
The fifth graders continue to explore the most recent chapter in Esperanza. They wrapped up their work with metaphors today and responded to questions. A key point of emphasis today was quoting the text accurately and effectively.
Students received two permission slips for upcoming field trips. These need to be signed and returned to school as soon as possible.
I hope everyone has a nice long weekend.
We continued to explore the relationship between multiplication and division this afternoon. The kids are solidifying their ability to solve division problems in a variety of ways by using calculations and visuals. We ended the session by having the kids play a division compare game.
Students received two permission slips for upcoming field trips. These need to be signed and returned to school as soon as possible.
We put special emphasis into looking at a batch of division word problems this afternoon in math class. Each of the fifth graders was tasked with solving a few problems and then sharing their thought process with a peer. There was some nice discussion going on during this time amongst the kids.
Later this week we are going to return to our study of the solar system, more specifically classifying the planets.
Our math time was spent refining the our methods for solving division problems. The kids then looked to create word problems to math various numerical problems they were given. Some nice perseverance during this time.
The two points of emphasis for the members of A3O3 this week will be to work to solve division problems and to compare and contrast. the different viewpoints of characters within Esperanza Rising. We are hoping to take what we have been working on within our multiplication unit and use that to help us think about division strategies during math class. The kids are also going to be responding to some focus questions pertaining to viewpoints during our ELA time.
We took part in an interesting ELA lesson this morning that involved character reactions to changing events. The fifth graders worked together to analyze how different characters in Esperanza reacted to the same events. This was a meaningful lesson that had the kids engaging in a conversation and responding to some focus questions in their workbooks. Next week, we will continue to read deeper into the novel.
I hope everyone has a nice weekend.
We have reached the midway point of unit one in ELA. Today the fifth graders took their mid-unit assessment which posed questions about Esperanza Rising. The kids have been working hard with this text and they appeared to be in a good frame of mind taking this assessment. We are going to return to the novel on Friday.
During math class, the members of A303 worked with various multiplication strategies and then compared and contrasted the procedures.
There is no school tomorrow (10/3).
We are near the conclusion of unit one in our ELA unit. The kids completed reading a chapter in Esperanza this morning and then they worked in pairs to respond to a question about the story's structure. We are going to take our unit one assessment tomorrow. This will see the kids responding to some focus questions.
