Another week has passed. The students were very active this week due to the weekend festivities. I hope they have fun on Saturday!!
In Social students are continuing to work on Galleon. The students wrote Log Entry 1 which was about how they felt leaving their home for a year, what the ship and crewmates were like, the route they were taking, and any fears they had. Ask your child to tell you about the entry and where they are on the map.
In Writer's Workshop students had free writing this week, they were able to write about anything they wanted.
In Language Arts the Daily 4 was the focus. Students worked on Read to Self, Word Work, Work on Writing, and Read to Someone. We went to Ms. Neyssen's Kindergarten Buddies on Friday. We also worked on combining sentences, singular and plural possessive nouns, and making inferences.
In Math this week we continued to work on Number Sense.
Have a great weekend!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
October 19-23
You may have heard about how sick our class has been the last few weeks, but we are finally on the mend!!
During Social Studies we are continuing to work on our Explorers unit Galleon. The students have formed their groups, chose what route they are going to take to the new world, and one group has volunteered to be the English Privateer. We discussed how they needed to take a ocean route that had as many stops as possible so they can resupply their ships.
During Writer's Workshop we read the book The Mysterious Disapperance of Harris Burdick and the students chose one of the pictures/captions to write a story about. Ask your child what story they wrote.
During Language Arts we have our Daily 4 down. The students worked on Read to Self, Word Work, Work on Writing, and Read to Someone. On Friday we went to read to our Kindergarten Buddies and Ms. Martini came to our class to give book talks on the Maud Hart Loveless books for this year.
In math students are continuing to work on Number Sense. Some classes are working on collecting data and completing graphs. Ask your child what they have been working on this week.
Have a restful weekend!!
During Social Studies we are continuing to work on our Explorers unit Galleon. The students have formed their groups, chose what route they are going to take to the new world, and one group has volunteered to be the English Privateer. We discussed how they needed to take a ocean route that had as many stops as possible so they can resupply their ships.
During Writer's Workshop we read the book The Mysterious Disapperance of Harris Burdick and the students chose one of the pictures/captions to write a story about. Ask your child what story they wrote.
During Language Arts we have our Daily 4 down. The students worked on Read to Self, Word Work, Work on Writing, and Read to Someone. On Friday we went to read to our Kindergarten Buddies and Ms. Martini came to our class to give book talks on the Maud Hart Loveless books for this year.
In math students are continuing to work on Number Sense. Some classes are working on collecting data and completing graphs. Ask your child what they have been working on this week.
Have a restful weekend!!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
October 12-14
This short week went faster than expected. It was great seeing all the parents during conferences, thank you for coming in.
In social studies we started Galleon. Students have chosen their groups and are figuring out which route to take to the New World. Ask your child to tell you some of the advantages and disadvantages to certain sea routes.
In Writer's Workshop students are beginning to write a second personal narrative. During Language Arts we learned about homophones and homonyms. We worked with our Daily 4 this week. Ask your child which of the Daily 4 is their favorite. The students took their spelling test on Wednesday. We also went to Ms. Neyssen's class and read to our book buddies.
In math students have been working on whole number operations, whole number estimation, order of operations, and variables and expressions.
Pakrat books should be coming home Monday-Thursday. Some students are choosing to read their own independent book instead of the pakrat book, this is fine. You should be seeing their green folder home every night so that you can sign their reading calendar as to how many minutes they read each night. The students are trying to get into the school wide 400 minute Read Club. If you have not seen the green folder please ask your child about it.
Have a great weekend!!
In social studies we started Galleon. Students have chosen their groups and are figuring out which route to take to the New World. Ask your child to tell you some of the advantages and disadvantages to certain sea routes.
In Writer's Workshop students are beginning to write a second personal narrative. During Language Arts we learned about homophones and homonyms. We worked with our Daily 4 this week. Ask your child which of the Daily 4 is their favorite. The students took their spelling test on Wednesday. We also went to Ms. Neyssen's class and read to our book buddies.
In math students have been working on whole number operations, whole number estimation, order of operations, and variables and expressions.
Pakrat books should be coming home Monday-Thursday. Some students are choosing to read their own independent book instead of the pakrat book, this is fine. You should be seeing their green folder home every night so that you can sign their reading calendar as to how many minutes they read each night. The students are trying to get into the school wide 400 minute Read Club. If you have not seen the green folder please ask your child about it.
Have a great weekend!!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
October 5-9
Yet another busy week in 5th grade. We had the opportunity to read to our Kindergarten Buddies (Ms. Neyssen's class) on Thursday. It was great, the students read with such expression and asked their buddies great questions. This is something we will do every Friday. We have also been asked to be Book Buddies with Ms. Schleper's 1st grade class, this will start next week. Ask your child about the books they read to their buddies.
In social this week we began an Explorers unit. The students will be acting as if they are Spanish Galleon ships voyaging to the New World in search of gold. One group of students will be the English Privateer ship trying to steal the gold. This is a fun unit, ask your child to tell you about what we have done so far.
In Writing we have finished our first final draft. Look for these to come home in the next week or so. We will begin writing another personal narrative next week.
In Language Arts we have our Daily 4 down pat. The students have built their stamina in Read to Self to 30 minutes each day. During Word Work students have the opportunity to study their spelling words, they are doing amazing. Work on Writing is phenomenal, we have a class full of authors. The students get a chance to practice their Reading Buddy book during Read to Someone, their fluency is really improving.
In math students are continuing to work with order of operations and/or basic facts. Please check your child's math homework every night.
We have the field trip on Friday. Students will be learning about environmental changes and get a chance to hear the St. John's Boys Choir Boys on Broadway concert.
It was exciting to see all of you at conferences on Thursday evening and I look forward to seeing some of you on Tuesday. Have a great weekend and try to stay warm and dry.
In social this week we began an Explorers unit. The students will be acting as if they are Spanish Galleon ships voyaging to the New World in search of gold. One group of students will be the English Privateer ship trying to steal the gold. This is a fun unit, ask your child to tell you about what we have done so far.
In Writing we have finished our first final draft. Look for these to come home in the next week or so. We will begin writing another personal narrative next week.
In Language Arts we have our Daily 4 down pat. The students have built their stamina in Read to Self to 30 minutes each day. During Word Work students have the opportunity to study their spelling words, they are doing amazing. Work on Writing is phenomenal, we have a class full of authors. The students get a chance to practice their Reading Buddy book during Read to Someone, their fluency is really improving.
In math students are continuing to work with order of operations and/or basic facts. Please check your child's math homework every night.
We have the field trip on Friday. Students will be learning about environmental changes and get a chance to hear the St. John's Boys Choir Boys on Broadway concert.
It was exciting to see all of you at conferences on Thursday evening and I look forward to seeing some of you on Tuesday. Have a great weekend and try to stay warm and dry.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
September 28-October 2
Another week has speed by. The students are getting into our fifth grade routines and we have been getting a lot accomplished.
In social studies we learned about the Ice Age and the impact it had on people and animals during that time.
In Writers Workshop students began the process of taking a piece of writing and making a final draft. Hopefully I will be able to share these at conferences.
In Language Arts our Daily 5/4 is up and running in the classroom. We added spelling words to our Word Work. You should see a copy of the spelling words coming home on Monday or Tuesday each week. The students also learned about Kinds of Sentences, Base Words and Endings, and Subjects and Predicates.
In math class the students have been working on a variety of skills. Multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, and exponents to name a few. Please ask your child what they are working on right now.
Conferences are coming up and I look forward to seeing all of you. Have a great weekend.
In social studies we learned about the Ice Age and the impact it had on people and animals during that time.
In Writers Workshop students began the process of taking a piece of writing and making a final draft. Hopefully I will be able to share these at conferences.
In Language Arts our Daily 5/4 is up and running in the classroom. We added spelling words to our Word Work. You should see a copy of the spelling words coming home on Monday or Tuesday each week. The students also learned about Kinds of Sentences, Base Words and Endings, and Subjects and Predicates.
In math class the students have been working on a variety of skills. Multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, and exponents to name a few. Please ask your child what they are working on right now.
Conferences are coming up and I look forward to seeing all of you. Have a great weekend.
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