The fifth graders have been busy this week, some days I wish we had school longer so that we could get through everything.
In Social we have started learning about the Ice Age. Ask your child to tell you about some of the animals that lived during that time and what a nomad is.
In Writers Workshop this week the students picked one seed story to publish. They have been learning about retellings and strong leads.
In Language Arts we have 4 of our Daily 5 up and running. The students have build stamina to 30 minutes for Read to Self, 20 minutes for Work on Writing, 10 minutes for Read to Someone, and 10 minutes for Word Work. Ask your child to explain each of the Daily 4/5 to you.
In Math this week we began switching. Students are in either Mr. Christie's, Ms. Schmidt's, Ms. Ebent's, or my class. Ask your child who their math teacher is. All of the fifth grade is using the same math program, we are just learning at different paces.
We are now asking that the planners (agendas) get signed daily, your children should be showing you the agenda every night and asking for a signature, thank you for helping with this. I am going to be gone next week on Monday and Tuesday for a conference in Rochester. Have a great weekend!!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Sept. 14-18
We have had another busy week in fifth grade. The students are getting into the routine of school and have been working very hard.
In social studies this week the focus was on timelines. The students have been making a Personal Timeline, these are due on Monday. We will be sharing these in class.
In Writers Workshop the focus has been on little seed ideas, not giant watermelon ideas. Ask your child to explain the difference. The students have been writing personal narratives with this idea in mind.
In Language Arts we have been continuing our work on the Daily 5. The students have been building stamina in Read to Self, we are up to 25 minutes!!! We have added the second component of the Daily 5, Work on Writing. We are building stamina in Work on Writing and are up to 9 minutes. Ask your child to tell you about Work on Writing.
In math we took our NWEA test on Tuesday. They did a terrific job. Ask your child to tell you about the test. We also continued to talk about funny numbers.
The planners should be signed this weekend. I will look for parent/guardian signatures on Monday morning. Have a great weekend!!!
In social studies this week the focus was on timelines. The students have been making a Personal Timeline, these are due on Monday. We will be sharing these in class.
In Writers Workshop the focus has been on little seed ideas, not giant watermelon ideas. Ask your child to explain the difference. The students have been writing personal narratives with this idea in mind.
In Language Arts we have been continuing our work on the Daily 5. The students have been building stamina in Read to Self, we are up to 25 minutes!!! We have added the second component of the Daily 5, Work on Writing. We are building stamina in Work on Writing and are up to 9 minutes. Ask your child to tell you about Work on Writing.
In math we took our NWEA test on Tuesday. They did a terrific job. Ask your child to tell you about the test. We also continued to talk about funny numbers.
The planners should be signed this weekend. I will look for parent/guardian signatures on Monday morning. Have a great weekend!!!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Please write who your favorite character from the book is and why.
Steven, Jeffrey, Annette, Mom, Dad, Renee
Steven, Jeffrey, Annette, Mom, Dad, Renee
Friday, September 11, 2009
September 8-11th
The first week of school went by amazingly fast. We spent most of the week getting to know each other and building classroom community. Ask your child if they can name everyone in the class.
In social studies this week we began making classroom rules, worked on our Hopes and Dreams, and started work on our bus safety curriculum.
In writing this week we began Writers Workshop. Students wrote about various topics and we learned about two strategies for generating personal narrative writing ideas. Ask your child to tell you about the two strategies.
In language arts we began working on our Daily 5. The first component of the Daily 5 is Read to Self. We have been building our stamina and are up to nine minutes of Read to Self. Have your child describe what if looks like in the classroom during Read to Self.
In math we were able to play a couple of math games: Kryptos and Funny Numbers. Ask your child to play these games with you, they have gotten really good!!
The planners should be signed this weekend and brought back on Monday. Have a great weekend. I have really enjoyed the class this week and am looking forward to a GREAT year.
In social studies this week we began making classroom rules, worked on our Hopes and Dreams, and started work on our bus safety curriculum.
In writing this week we began Writers Workshop. Students wrote about various topics and we learned about two strategies for generating personal narrative writing ideas. Ask your child to tell you about the two strategies.
In language arts we began working on our Daily 5. The first component of the Daily 5 is Read to Self. We have been building our stamina and are up to nine minutes of Read to Self. Have your child describe what if looks like in the classroom during Read to Self.
In math we were able to play a couple of math games: Kryptos and Funny Numbers. Ask your child to play these games with you, they have gotten really good!!
The planners should be signed this weekend and brought back on Monday. Have a great weekend. I have really enjoyed the class this week and am looking forward to a GREAT year.
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