11/13/18

The fifth graders spent time reading and analyzing a key chapter in Bud, Not Buddy. The students keep returning to the idea of family and what Bud will feel when he finds his family. I thought that the discussion today was an important one and the readers in A303 were engaged throughout the lesson.

We also continued to work with volume problems in math class. This work will continue throughout this week.

Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading

Math - workbook pages 85 and 86, due Friday 11/16

11/9/18

I hope everyone has a great long weekend.

11/8/18

The fifth graders are reaching the final stages of Bud, Not Buddy. The students dealt with an important scene today and answered some focus questions pertaining to this key turning point.

We also continued deeper into unit 2 of our math work. The students constructed three dimensional boxes today that allowed them to answer some questions. A productive lesson.


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

Writing - Open response question about Wonder (book and movie) due Friday November 9th

11/7/18

It was nice to see students back at school today. The members of A303 made progress on a number of fronts today. During math class, we began unit 2. This unit will see the kids working with three dimensional solids to solve volume problems.

During writing time, the fifth graders continued to make nice progress to the ultimate goal of having each student complete a literary essay.

Finally, the fifth graders met with their book buddies to begin to plan for a mock campaign video that they will be making together tomorrow.



Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

Writing - Open response question about Wonder (book and movie) due Friday November 9th

11/5/18

The students returned to their math workshop during math class. Today's lesson was the final one of unit one. I thought that the students in A303 made tremendous progress these last few weeks. The fifth graders completed a number of different tasks during today's work.

As a reminder, the students do not have school tomorrow. I will see kids back at school on Wednesday.

Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night

Writing - Open response question about Wonder (book and movie) due Friday November 9th

11/2/18

The students had one final Bud, Not Buddy lesson this week. We are approaching the later stages of the novel and the students are doing a fine job of analyzing some of the more interesting developments in the course of the story.

Later in the day, the fifth graders in A303 watched the movie Wonder. While watching, they were kept track of significant differences between the novel and the movie. This will lead into a piece of writing next week.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

11/1/18

November began with another literary essay writing session. Some time was spent with students partnering up to make peer edits. While that was going on, other students were conferencing with me. Back-to-back very productive writing days.


Homework

Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading per night, fill out log on nightly basis. Due Friday November 2nd

Math - workbook page 62, due Friday 11/2