2/12/18

The fifth graders turned their attention to one final book in our clean water unit today. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a great way to conclude our leaning in this unit and I look forward to working with the students with this text the next two weeks.

At the end of the school day, the fifth graders were lucky to have an enrichment opportunity from the Museum of Science. Members of the museum visited the fifth graders to conduct some experiments with the students.

Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading and fill out the reading log on a nightly basis. Dur Friday Feb. 16

2/9/18

The fifth graders officially selected the literary essay or video that they will be writing about during the drafting process.

During math class, the students began to look at division of fraction strategies.

2/7/18

The fifth graders did some reading comprehension work concerning the rainforests of South America. The students were tasked with answering some short response questions followed by a longer piece of writing.

During math class, the members of A303 used some visual representations to complete word problems.

Homework

Math - worksheet due on Friday February 9

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

2/6/18

Today was a productive writing day for the fifth graders. The students used yesterday's lesson that concerned some animated shorts from Pixar to further their search for themes of substance in their collection of literary essays.


Homework

Math - worksheet due on Friday February 9

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

2/5/18

The fifth graders spent one last day working on two different fronts. Groups finished and then presented their marathon word problem posters during math class. There was some nice communication during the explanations.

In ELA, the members of A303 wrapped up their timelines for the Nashua River. We began to turn our attention to the next book in our water unit, One Well.

Homework

Math - worksheet due on Friday February 9

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night 

2/2/18

Let's go Patriots.

2/1/18

The first day of February saw the fifth graders continue their work across multiple subjects. Math class saw groups continue to work on their long form word problem posters. During ELA time, the students had one more day to complete work on their letters to the EPA. Lastly during social studies we explored the various reasons for European exploration of the new world.

Homework

Math - worksheet due Friday February 2

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night