4/4/25

The kids put the finishing touches on their Jackie Robinson baseball cards this morning. Each of the students wrote about four traits that Robinson displayed and then attached those to a poster card. These turned out great.

Next week, the fifth graders will take their ELA MCAS. Session one is scheduled for Monday, while the second round is going to be on Thursday the 10th. It is important for each of the fifth graders to have a physical independent reading book those days. Thank you in advance for your help with this.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

4/3/25

Today we finished looking at a practice ELA MCAS exam. The kids did a nice job of drafting a open response question. Nice sharing out throughout the room.

Tomorrow, we are going to return to our regular Jackie Robinson curriculum.

Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of reading per night and log due in class on Friday 4/4

4/2/25

We had a productive math class this morning. The fifth graders worked on some decimal addition workbook pages and then used their remaining time to play a decimal game that allowed them to compare decimals with a variety of different strategies.

Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of reading per night and log due in class on Friday 4/4

4/1/25

We spent time during ELA doing some MCAS practice. The fifth graders will take their two session ELA test next week. Today was a useful day of practice.

Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of reading per night and log due in class on Friday 4/4

3/31/25

We concluded the month of March by moving into the later stages of our decimal unit in math class. Today the fifth graders worked to estimate the sums of decimals and to using visual representations to add tenths and hundredths.

Our ELA time was spent exploring Jackie Robinson's legacy and his continued impact on the game of baseball and the wider world. 

Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of reading per night and log due in class on Friday 4/4

3/28/25

We concluded the week by working with decimals in the context of number lines during math class. The fifth graders did a nice job with yesterday's assessment, and they carried that spirit into our last lesson of the week.

The members of A303 also responded to a focus question about the read aloud book, The One and Only Ivan.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

3/27/25

The fifth graders completed their first decimal assessment during our math time this morning. After the test was complete, we returned to some of the important work that we have been doing comparing the values of decimals using grids.

We wanted to thank Lynda Johnson for her guidance running the four-week theater enrichment program within the classroom. The kids enjoyed this a great deal.

Homework

Math - workbook page 385, due on Friday 3/28