September 21-21

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!!