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.