2/25/26

It was nice to see everyone back at school after the extended time away. During morning meeting, the fifth graders shared some of their favorite moments from the just concluded vacation week.

In ELA, room A303 launched the next unit of study. This unit will look at athletes who have had a significant impact both on the playing fields and in society at large. The focus of our first few weeks will be Jackie Robinson.

As a reminder, the fifth graders are taking their first field trip of the year this Friday. The four fifth grades will be traveling into Boston to take part in a mock debate concerning the Boston Tea Party at the Old South Meeting House. Kids should not bring anything with them to this field trip. We will be eating lunch when we return to the school, hopefully around 12:30.

2/13/26

The fifth graders put a lot of time and effort into their rainforest narrative e-books. They were able to present their creations and stories with their peers today. These turned out great.

I hope everyone has a restful vacation week.

2/12/26

Many of the fifth graders were able to finish their rainforest e-books during ELA time in the morning. A few more need to wrap up the author's note, which they will look to do tomorrow. We are going to have also have time tomorrow for the kids to share their books with their peers.

As a reminder, on Friday, the fifth graders are welcome to bring in Valentine's Day cards for their classmates.

2/11/26

As part of their larger piece of narrative writing, the fifth graders are also working on a short author's note to attach to the piece. This note will include their rationale for choosing which perspective and genre they chose to write in. Our goal is to have all of the kids across the finish line by Friday.

As a reminder, on Friday, the fifth graders are welcome to bring in Valentine's Day cards for their classmates.

2/10/26

During our math lesson in the morning, the kids looked to interpret numerical patterns in a table and to use symbolic letter notation to represent the value of various quantities. This was productive lesson and one that we will look to build upon throughout the rest of the week.

As a reminder, on Friday, the fifth graders are welcome to bring in Valentine's Day cards for their classmates.

2/9/26

The last week of school until February vacation, will see the fifth graders continuing to work on their narrative pieces of writing. When concluded, the kids will work with a partner to transform those narratives into an e-book. The kids worked diligently today on their writing.

As a reminder, on Friday, the fifth graders are welcome to bring in Valentine's Day cards for their classmates.

2/6/26

We spent more time in the ELA portion of the day working on our narrative essays. The fifth graders worked in pairs to compose their proof paragraphs. We ended the lesson by sharing our some of our key plot elements in the whole class. Lots of creativity from the fifth graders.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend. Go Patriots. 

2/5/26

Each of the students worked on drafting the lead paragraph of their narrative essay during our ELA time. There was a discussion about the parts of a strong lead and then the kids worked in pairs to compose the beginning of their essays. We will continue this work tomorrow, as we shift our attention to the proof or body paragraphs.

Homework

Math - word problems worksheet due on Friday 2/6

2/4/26

The fifth graders began to formulate their narrative essays during ELA this morning. Each of the kids used a graphic organizer to begin gathering the elements of their story. Tomorrow, we will look to draft our lead paragraph.

A303 welcomed its newest member during morning meeting. Romeo, the ball python, will be in the classroom for the next few weeks. The students learned about pythons and were able to make some observations about Romeo. There was lots of excitement in the roo

Homework

Math - word problems worksheet due on Friday 2/6

2/3/26

During math class we continued to interpret values of the points on coordinate grids and the shape of a graph. The kids are doing a nice job with these early unit 5 lessons.  

Homework

Math - word problems worksheet due on Friday 2/6

2/2/26

The focus of our ELA work these next two weeks will be on reading and then creating a work of narrative fiction. To prepare us for this, the fifth graders read an example of a narrative text concerning an event in the rainforest. The kids worked in pairs to determine some characteristics of the form and then used an organizer to capture the gist of the story.

Homework

Math - word problems worksheet due on Friday 2/6