Tonight's homework is to read for 20 minutes do Alex for 10 minutes and make sure to check the blog.

Math Homework 9.9.15

This Week in Room 34!

 

This week in room 34! 9.7-9.11

I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing three day weekend. I would like to thank all the parents that were able to come to Curriculum Night! If you were not able to attend, your child should have brought a yellow sheet, The ABC's of our Classroom. I have attached it as well. 

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

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 learning to think analytical! 

Math-  We are finishing our last lessons on place value with comparing and ordering whole numbers and decimals. We will also be preparing for our first test next Tuesday, September 15th. For a review, your child can always do the even problems from their homework pages or the practice pages within the lesson. 

Social Studies-  We will begin our station work with social studies this week. We will also have library and our fist visit from Mrs. Critchlow, our school councilor during this time. 

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• Friday, September 11:
  6:30 PTG movie night at Concord-Big Hero 6
• Wednesday, September 16:
•  Early Dismissal 

ABC's of Mrs. Turek's Classroom

Homework for tonight

Don't forget about curriculum night

Scientists at work

What's happening this week in room 34? Aug. 31-Sept. 4

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 begin our first writing unit on personal narratives. We have been busy the last week brainstorming ideas to write about and building our stamina in our "home journal". This composition notebook will go home every Tuesday and Thursday for their writing homework. They are to free write for 10 minutes.  This is a great opportunity for them to write about a topic they are passionate about, and I get a chance to get to know them even more through their writing:)

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. The entire school also has a goal, to read 1,000,000 minutes by the end of the school year. We will track the 40 book challenge in our student data binders, and the minutes in their 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. They will tear this out and turn into me.

Math: We will begin our first unit on place value this week. We will focus on whole numbers through the millions.  Students will be asked to work on ALEKS ( our individual online program) every Monday and Wednesday night for 10 minutes as part of their homework.

Social Studies: We are excited this year to extend our workshop model, that we use for every other subject, into social studies. Students will collaborate in stations and small group instruction with me each week. This week we will dive into navigating our textbook, defining and understanding geography, political maps, and our states and capitals.

Curriculum Night: I hope to see you all this Thursday night from 7:00-7:30 in our classroom. I am looking forward to sharing with you the ins and outs of our classroom and what your child will experience in 5th grade!! We are going to have an amazing year!!!

Be sure to scroll down and view last weeks posts from our fabulous blog leaders, Ethan and Althea. Blog leader is just one of the many jobs applied for, by students. Everyone was hired, and each student is actively involved with our classroom running smoothly. I am simply amazed by the leaders in room 34!!!!!