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To kick off the month of December, we will be focusing on Random Acts of Kindness. Our class is excited and ready to spread joy! We hope it spills out of our  classroom, down the halls, and out into our community! 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! What a wonderful time to relax and gather with friends and family.

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

Science: We are learning how plants are classified based on their characteristics. 

Math: We are working on multiplying decimals with and without visual models, multiplying decimals by powers of 10, problem solving by looking at patterns, and multiplication properties.

Writing: We are publishing our final historical nonfiction writing piece and will celebrate this Thursday. We will then move onto our unit on Memoirs.

Reading: We are excited to start a new unit on social issues within book clubs! We will be reading through the lens of identifying and interpreting the author's and our own view on social issues. We will learn that reading for social issues can help you better understand and empathize with people in books, movies, and the world!

Social Studies: We are wrapping up on study of early explores and will present our projects today and tomorrow. We then begin studying the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the settlement of Jamestown.

This Friday will be WACKY HAIR DAY, bring a dollar in for our Concord Helping Hands.

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     I hope you all have a  restful and enjoyable Thanksgiving break with family and friends. I am so much to be thankful for this year, one being my job. I LOVE coming to work each day, and getting the opportunity to inspire and be be inspired by your children! Thank you for all your support at home. 

Science: We are wrapping up classifying animals. 

Writing: We are working on editing and publishing our historical event research paper. We will have more time after the holiday break to publish as well. We will celebrate on December 1st.

Math: We are working on multiplying decimals with and without models, base ten blocks.

Reading:  We are beginning our new unit on social issues. Book clubs will be assigned after Thanksgiving break. 

Social Studies: We are finishing up comparing and contrasting explorers of the New World. 

Mrs. Turek's Fifth Grade Facebook

Be sure to click on our Facebook page and check our our #mannequinchallenge, celebrating the end of our reading unit on researching our historical events.

Age of Exploration Project

Dear Families,

     It is a great time of year to reflect on how lucky we are and think about what we are thankful for. Today, your child has brought home strips of construction paper for members of your family to fill out. We are creating a chain of thankfulness for our classroom and we would love for you to join us!

      Please write one thing you are thankful for on the strip of paper with your name on the back. This is not a required assignment, but more so a fun way to involve you in our classroom.

If I don’t see you before the break, I hope you have a safe and wonderful holiday with friends and family! I personally am extremely thankful for the amazing class I have this year. Your kids make me smile every day. It truly is a joy teaching them. Thank you for your time and hope to see some links come back soon!

Mrs. Turek

This week in 5th grade...

We have reached our first goal of 100 items with our Helping Hands for Concord!! Thank you for your donations. the students can bring in a stuffed animal of their choice tomorrow. On Friday, it is a Flyer Family day, so please have your child wear their shirt to school.

Science: In our science workshop, students will be able to explain how animals are classified based on their characteristics. 

Math: Our chapter 5 test on adding and subtracting decimals will be on Wednesday. Next up, multiplying and dividing decimals!

Writing: We are working on adding text features into our research report on historical events as well as fine tuning our introductions and conclusions. We are elaborating by blending facts with our thoughts and teaching about our event like it's a story to make it more powerful to our readers. Each student should be finished with their draft and be ready to start publishing after the break.  

Reading:  We are continuing to look at reading complex nonfiction texts by comparing and contrasting what authors say and how they say it by looking at a variety of texts on the same topic. We will focus on how readers don't just think about information in a text, they also try and figure out the perspective of the author of the text and how they may be swaying you to think a certain way.

Social Studies: This week we will focus on European explorers!  

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I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful 4 day break! 

What's happening this week in room 34....

We will be honoring all of our veterans this Friday at our assembly, and then a reception immediately following. Please let any veteran you know, we wold love to celebrate them at 9:00, on November 11th.

       Science: We are working on classifying living and nonliving things using a dichotomous key and learning Linnaeus's System of classification. 

Writing- This week we are drafting our research reports by organizing our research into sections, focusing on our structure, multiple points of view, and creating cohesion among each part. 

Math-  We will be  adding and subtracting decimals, using base ten blocks and models. We will also be reviewing addition properties. 

Reading- We are continuing to focus on reading complex nonfiction with lessons on approaching texts as experts, writing about reading in nonfiction, lifting the level of questions to drive research forward, and synthesizing across subtopics. Students are reading both nonfiction and fiction during independent reading time. Many of them are spending the time researching more our their research reports. They are becoming quite the expert on their topics!

Social Studies- This week we are studying Europeans arriving in the Americas and the conquest of the Americas. 

11.11: Veteran's Day Assembly @ 9:00 am, wear red, white, and blue
This week 2: Paper products.  We are so proud of all the amazing donations that students have already sent in.  This week we will be collecting paper products such as toilet paper, napkins, paper towels, plates, etc.  Keep up the great work!

11.11 : Mom's Night out is  November 11th in Concord's Gym. 6-9 Featuring the Movie E.T.

The cost is $5.00 per child. Please pay cash at drop off. To get an approximate head count, we ask you to register ahead of time on the Dads of Concord website - dadsofconcord.org  

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