We concluded the first week of December by doing some "close reading" during ELA in the morning. The kids looked at a passage from our anchor text and attempted to determine the structure of the story portion as well as noting powerful descriptive words being used by the author.

Next week, we will look to conclude unit three in our math book.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

12/4/25

The fifth graders refined their subtracting fractions strategies during math class this afternoon. As a whole, they did a nice job with yesterday's assessment.

To start the day, the members of A303 worked to come up with working definitions for some unfamiliar vocabulary words from our anchor text.

Homework

Math - fraction worksheet due on Friday 12/5

12/3/25

During math class, the fifth graders took a short quiz to track their progress. We then spent some time practicing adding and subtracting fractions.

The members of A303 were able to peruse the book fair this morning. During this time, they created wishlists of titles that they were interested in.

Homework

Math - fraction worksheet due on Friday 12/5

12/2/25

During ELA time this afternoon, the fifth graders spent some time learning about various types of nonfiction text structure. This segued into reading the first few pages of our anchor text, "The Most Beautiful Roof in the World". A productive lesson to end the day.

Homework

Math homework will be given tomorrow

12/1/25

Today we began two new units of study. During ELA time, the fifth graders progressed into unit two. In this unit, the kids are going to be learning about rainforests and reading non-fiction texts. We are going to spend time this week establishing some norms and taking part in introductory lessons.

In social studies, the members of A303 are going to be focusing on the 13 colonies. They are going to be exploring the three regions and delving into the daily life of people alive during this time period.

Homework

There will be math homework later this week