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   I hope you all enjoyed your four day weekend!! I can not believe October is creeping up, time flies when you are having fun! As we are getting more in depth with our curriculum, this is a reminder if at any time homework is overwhelming or your child needs extra support on a topic, please email me and let me know. Also, your child should never do more than an hour of homework, if this occurs please stop your child and email me what they did not finish, and we will work on it at school. I completely understand the busy life of a 5th grader!

This is what is happening this week in room 34....

Science:  We are starting new science stations with a focus on "What is the water cycle?"

Writing:    We are completing our narrative unit this week. We will look at powerful leads, and appropriate use of commas. We will work on publishing our second narrative and celebrate this Friday with the entire fifth grade! 

Reading:  We are wrapping up our unit on  interpreting  books clubs by analyzing and comparing characters' connections to a theme, study the choices an author did not make to better understand the ones they did, and delve deeper into literary analysis. We will celebrate on Thursday with sharing their thoughts and recommendations on both of their book clubs books!

Math  We will review and have our chapter two test on Tuesday, tomorrow. Your child complected this study guide and we went over all the answers. Please help them to feel confident with each  topic. We will also began our unit on division on Thursday!  We will relate division to multiplication through fact families and  divide with and without remainders

Social Studies:  We are focusing on a various native american cultures from early settlements-  peoples of the Northwest, Southwest, Plains, and East.

Reminders: Picture Day is this Wednesday!! 

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What is happening this week in room 34!

One theme this year that we are focusing on is having a growth mindset! The above image is an example of how to change our thinking from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset. You may have heard some quotes from your students that we use in class--- "When you're done, you've only just begun!" or "We learn from our mistakes!" and "It's okay to fail- that's how we get better!" There is ALWAYS room to grow and room for improvement- this is just another reason why we always set goals and WORK to achieve them!

Here is what is happening in room 34......


Science- We are wrapping up our unit on scientific investigations with a test on Wednesday! Students should study their science notebooks and study guides (we will go over these in class on Tuesday). Students can also use this link to study the vocabulary words---Scientific Investigations Quizlet We will begin our next unit on weather this Friday!

Test Information: Please use the study guide, science notebook,

and Ch.1 in the science book to review. We did not cover all of Ch. 1 in the book though so I strongly advise you to stick with the notebooks and study guide for review. The test covers the following topics:

• science tools
• types of observations
• testable questions
• hypothesis
• variables
• how to perform a fair test
• steps of an investigation (scientific method) in order 

Writing- Thank you for taking the time to celebrate your 5th grader's 1st personal narrative in their writing portfolios and supporting them as they evaluated their work using the checklist! Today, we made goals based on the checklist and will be working towards them as we complete our 2nd personal narrative. As we draft and revise our narratives this week we will focus on stretching out the tension, catching the action or the image that produced emotion, and noticing how each character has an important role in our stories. We are learning that we become better writers by working hard to apply what we learn in mini-lessons to our own writing!

Reading- This week we are continuing to work on having meaningful and thoughtful discussions within our book clubs. All of our book clubs have finished theirfirst book and starting a 2nd one! Students are expected to be reading up to their group's stopping point each day so they are prepared to be an important contributor within their book club discussions. This week we are:

• debating to promote rich book club discussions
• reflecting on ourselves as books clubs
• comparing more than one text
• rethinking our themes to allow for more complexity
• comparing characters' connections to a theme

Math-  We are wrapping up our study of Ch. 2 this week as we learn partial products & the distributive property, estimating products using rounding & compatible numbers, and multiplying 3-digit numbers by 1-digit and 2-digit numbers. We will review on Thursday and Monday with a test on Tuesday, Sept. 27. 

It is SO IMPORTANT that your student knows their basic multiplication facts. Please quiz your child and have them practice in ALEKS (Quick Tables) or try this site---MATH MAGICIAN

Thank you for all your hard work at home- it REALLY pays off! 

Social Studies- We are continuing our study of Ch. 2- Ancient Americans. Students are participating in stations that include using mycapstonelibrary.com, creating a Native American regions map, and a textbook scavenger hunt gathering details about different tribes, while also meeting with a teacher to read and discuss parts of our textbook.

Reminder-- No School this Friday!

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What's Happening in room 34 this week? 9/12-9/16

What's Happening in room 34 this week? 9/12-9/16

Here is what is happening in fifth grade this week...

Science-  We are finishing up our on scientific investigations with our paper towel and  paper airplane investigations. We are leaning how true scientist use the Scientific Method to answer a testable question. 

Writing- We are finishing our final revisions on their first personal narrative this week. We will have a celebration on Wednesday, and then their final narrative and writer'e checklist will go home in their leader binder. Please take this opportunity to celebrate and reflect with them on their writing and sign the checklist by Friday the 16th. We will begin our second narrative piece on Thursday.

Reading- Our study on book clubs continues this week with a focus on interpretations of theories and what the text is truly about. They are going beyond summarizing what they read, instead they are  focusing on what is the life lesson to be learned from the text. Each member is gathering and finding evidence where they can add to or change their initial thinking about the text! I am truly impressed at their level of engagement during their club meetings!

Math- Today, chapter one test will go home and I could not be more proud of our mathematicians in room 34!!  They put forth so much brain power on this test, I was blown away! We began chapter two, multiplying whole numbers,  and this week will cover prime factorization, powers & exponents, multiplication patterns, and problem solving!

Our class homework is posted daily on the blog. Each day they will have two to three problems from that day's lesson, as well as a short video previewing the next day's lesson along with a couple questions.  

Social Studies- We will  be working on second round of stations in which they will be  working on their political map of the United States, identify and describe the 4 regions of the U.S. in a Google slideshow, and meet with the teacher to discuss different types of resources. 

Every morning as we gather on the rug for our morning meeting,  we are building a classroom community in which every voice is heard and respected. Each day my excitement for teaching sparks with every smile that greets me, I am so lucky to have such a vibrant and caring class. They are the reason why I LOVE my job:) Have a great week! 

                                                  

9/14 Early Release, students get our at 1:40

9/23 No School

STEM Scouts comes to Concord!   This program is a hands-on, fun, and challenging way for youth to learn about STEM and the different career avenues STEM offers.  With the new STEM Scouts pilot program, we want to invigorate excitement around STEM knowledge in youth. STEM Scouts is a coed program for youth in 3rd – 12th grade and helps them learn the values of Scouting through immersion in STEM activities. This program is designed to offer a program to students who are interested science, technology, engineering, and math and may not be interested in the typical Scouting program.

Through weekly afterschool meetings using four- to six-week thematic modules that cover a variety of disciplines, STEM Scouts is designed to be fast paced, thought provoking, and fun. The coed program provides a great opportunity for collaboration and gives all youth a chance to develop better STEM understanding and skills.

STEM Scouts is designed to be youth led with adult guidance, teaching youth the inner workings of a lab through fun, interactive modules designed for the perspective age groups. STEM Scouts focuses on showcasing STEM professionals and STEM organizations/companies as partners.  If you would like to learn more, please attend an informational meeting with your child on Wednesday, September 14th @ 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria.  If you are unable to attend, please For more information, please visit www.stemscouts.org or contact Joey Stokes at 314-814-2838 or joseph.stokes@scouting.org.  

What's happening in room 34?

This week in room 34! 9.6-9.10

I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing three day weekend.  I hope you all got a chance to get out and enjoy the weather and sharpen the saw!

Here is what to expect this week in 5th grade...

Writing- This week we are continuing our unit on personal narratives. Last week we chose our seed story, flash drafted and even RE-drafted to bring out the heart of our story- what it is really about. We will continue to work on revision this week as we bring forth the story arc, elaborate on the important parts, adding scenes from the past and future, and revising our leads and endings. 

Science- We are continuing to work hard during our first unit as scientists. This week will be participating in an evaporation investigation and a paper towel investigation. Our focus is to become familiar with the scientific method while using our scientific notebook to predict, record, and analyze our data. 

Reading-  I am so proud at the determination each student is bringing to our class challenge to read more than ever! We will continues to focus on the quality of our reading by using our metacognition (thinking about our thinking) to go deeper into our books. This week we will aim at noticing story elements, carrying our thinking in the text as we read on, considering perspective, and looking closer at characters. We will also begin our first book clubs later this week!

Math-  We are reviewing our lessons on place value with comparing and ordering whole numbers and decimals. Our first test will be this Thursday September 8th. Students are always encouraged to study by doing practice problems in their textbook. Because we do not complete every problem in their book during school, there will always be an abundance of practice available to them. Study guide details will be given via an email. Another fantastic resource is their online textbook. Each lesson has practice problems students can complete and the computer will check their answers (look for the checkmark icon).

 Click to view how to connect to our online textbook. Online Math Textbook. 

Social Studies-  We are beginning our Social Studies workshop this week as we dive into our study of Ancient Americans. We will participate in stations that include reading and discussing the textbook with a teacher, continuing to explore the textbook and Native American cultures, eCapstone library, and completing a regions map in their notebooks.

BLOCK for the week:

Tues:  C Day, Art

Wed: D Day, P.E.

Thurs: E Day, Music

Fri: A Day, PE

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