3/30/21

The students completed their animal adaptations reports and posters during our ELA time this morning. These posters turned out fantastic and when the two cohorts join together next week, we will have kids present their posters. 

We had one final lesson in our division review section of our fourth unit in math class. The kids are really doing a nice job of using the box or array method to solve these problems. 

3/29/21

We are now one week away from the two cohorts returning to the classroom as one. This was our share out topic during today's morning meeting. The kids are excited to have the classroom return to more of a sense of normalcy. 

We continued to work on division problems in unit 4. The students looked to solve some word problems that required them to work through problems with multiple steps.

Fifth graders also spent some time working on their models of the solar system during our science time.

3/26/21

The last Friday of the month saw the fifth graders wrap up their second to last division review lesson. The kids continue to work on refining the box method and they did a great job with that today.

We also continued on our animal adaptation projects during ELA time. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend and as a reminder, the kids in this cohort will not be in attendance for any in-person days next week.

3/25/21

 The Big Brains cohort looked to put the finishing touches on their opinion writing today. Many students have crossed the finish line, while a few others were looking to make some last minute edits during our ELA time this morning. This papers are turning out fantastic.

We also had a chance to return to our solar system during science class. The students concluded the planetary classification activity that we started last week.

3/23/21

The fifth graders completed the second of their introductory solar systems projects with a partner during our science time. Great teamwork in evidence as the kids classified and organized the planets.

We also continued to use the array/box method to solve division problems during math class. 

3/22/21

We began the week by continuing to work on our solar system models. While constructing these, the students are looking for unique characteristics of each of the planets. Tomorrow, small groups will work to classify the planets by their composition, size and other important details.

Math class was spent working on division problems. After revisiting multiplication work recently, it is now time to touch upon some division problems. 

3/19/21

We wrapped up a productive week today. The kids, as a whole, completed their opinion writing final drafts. I was terribly impressed with the dedication that the students put into this important work. I look forward to going through each piece and reading the fifth grader's thoughts concerning animals and zoos.

Many students were able to finish their model of the solar system during the later stages of the day. Small groups also worked with planetary cards to classify them by shared characteristics. 

Really solid work across the board, I hope everyone has a nice weekend.