What's happening this week in room 34? Aug. 28th-Sept. 1

This week in 5th grade....

Science: This week we are discussing tools that scientists use and  participating in several activities where students will classify, compare, contrast, and think like a scientist.

Writing: This week will continue to work on our writing unit, personal narrative. We will look at other author's words to inspire our own, set goals, and flash draft our first piece. We have been busy the last week brainstorming ideas to write about and building our stamina. 

Reading: This year, 5th graders will be pushed and encouraged to read more than ever!! We will be tracking our reading by completion of books, as well as minutes read. Each student has a goal to finish up to 40 books. This is a very BIG challenge, and I  am going to cheer them on every step of the way. We will track the 40 book challenge in their binders. In their student planners they will use the monthly view to record at least 20 minutes of reading Monday-Thursday. Parents, please sign their planner at the end of the month. 

Math:  We will focus on writing decimals through the thousandths place  as well as ordering and comparing them. Students will be asked to work on ALEKS ( our individual online program) each week for 20 minutes at home, as part of their homework. 

Social Studies: We will continue building our classroom community through several team building activities. We will also start reviewing the causes of the American Revolution. 

Please join me this Thursday at 7:00, for Curriculum Night If you have not been able to fill out the parent survey please fill  it out to help me know a little bit more about your child- Parent Survey

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Here is what is happening in room 34 this week, August 21st- 25th! 

WHAT AN AMAZING DAY!!! We spent the entire day learning about the Solar Eclipse, and then were able to share this once in a lifetime event together as a class. Thank you to the volunteers who were able to come make this day even more special. 

Welcome to our first full week of school!! I am eager to get this school year started. Our first two days were fantastic, we spent a lot of time organizing our supplies, getting to know each other, and discussing our individual and class mission statements. Please fill out the parent survey to help me know a little bit more about your child- Parent Survey

As a reminder, at Lindbergh students are allowed to bring in their own devices to school (i.e.- kindles, iPads, tablets, etc.) and use for educational purposes during the school day. We love using technology in our classroom and the more devices, the better! Make sure your student knows how to download apps.

     This week will continue to build our classroom community. Each student will apply for a job and get "hired" by me. They will be the leader of their position for two weeks, and then apply for a new job. I look forward to see how this group of amazing students take on the role of being LEADERS in and out of the classroom this school year.  I am sure they will be excellent roles models for all of Concord.

 Here is what to expect this week in room 34:

Science: We will begin setting up our science notebook, and will explore  the tools and important terminology we will be using  throughout our science investigations and activities this year.

Writing: We will begin walking through the expectations of writer's workshop and begin building our writing stamina. Ready or not, we will be writing a LOT this year. We will also be generating many ideas we can put into our notebooks.

Reading: We will be going over reader's workshop and the importance of picking a good fit book. We will begin building our independent reading stamina, and I will begin conferencing with each student about their book and how to ignite their love for reading.  In fifth grade we stress the importance of REAL reading verse FAKE reading. We want to teach our students to think while they read in order to become better readers!

Math; We will be learning the expectations during math workshop, through exploring math stations.
We will also begin our first unit on place value this week.  ***Students will need a computer or device with Internet access for their nightly math homework (beginning Friday ). They will either log in to their Google account to access their homework through the Google classroom or they can use the Google classroom app. I will also send out the option for parents to access their student's Google classroom as well (should be sent via email later this week). Students will show their work in their math notebooks, and be encouraged to bring home their math textbooks for extra help. 

Social Studies; We will begin next week.

I cannot wait to talk more with you about our classroom on Curriculum Night! Please mark your calendars and plan to attend on Thurs., Aug. 31 from 7-7:30 in our room.

Have a WONDERFUL week!!!

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First Day Fun!!!!

Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year! I am super excited to begin our leaning adventure. I even more excited about getting to know each one of you, starting at the ice cream social. It is going to be an amazing year!! Check out who will be joining you on this fun filled, learning journey in 5th grade!

Gio

Olivia

Madi

Ethan

Jotham

George

Aurora

Cecelia

August

Cole

Payton

Emma

Lara

Emma R.

Zach

Hannah

Sylvio

Abigail

Austin

Anna

Marisa

Justin

Sam