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

Science:  Today we continued Unit 3: Earth's Systems. We are focusing on the 4 spheres of Earth- geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. Today each student started their Earth' Sphere Project in which they randomly choose a city in the world, and will create a google slide presentation explaining how the 4 sphere's interstate with one another at that location.  

Writing: We are finishing our first nonfiction  research piece on a Westward Expansion topic. They will work on revising with a more formal tone and publishing this week and they will be do next Tuesday.

Reading:  We will continue to focus on reading complex nonfiction texts as we think about a text's structure, summarizing, and using morphology of words to tackle tricky vocabulary.

Math: We will be adding and subtracting decimals, using base ten blocks and models. We will also be reviewing addition properties. We will begin reviewing for our test  Friday and Monday, and the test over chapter 5 will be Tuesday, November 7th.

Social Studies: We are studying the Constitution and they will work with a partner to pass their Constitution Law Exam, it will cover the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branch, as well as the Check and Balances, Amendment Process, and The Federal System. This is all done in class and open book. No need to study, a fun way of learning the information. 

FALL FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES !!! 10/31

The Pumpkin Run for 5th grade will be from 11:40-12:00 at Sperreng. Please come an join the fun run! 

  

The Halloween Parade will begin at 1:40. We will be parading inside and outside of the building.

The classroom party will be from 2:00-3:00.

 Looking forward to visiting with everyone for our student led conferences Monday and Wednesday. Your child will lead the first 5-7 minutes and we will have the remaining time to talk.  Please use this link if you need a reminder of your conference time. 

SOOO much happening this week...





 Our field trip to the Sheldon Theater for a performance on the history of jazz is this Tuesday. We will be leaving Concord at 9:15 and returning by 11:45. 

It is RED RIBBON WEEK!!! Please see below how we celebrate each day! 




Science-   We are continuing our unit on Earth's systems. We will be working towards being able to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.

Writing- We are working hard on our research reports on our Westward Expansion event. We are focusing on writing as historians do with the geography and timelines in mind. 

Reading- We are learning how nonfiction texts are getting more complex as we uncover what makes a main idea complex, strategies for determining implicit main ideas, and using context to determine meaning of vocabulary.

Math-We will begin on chapter on adding and subtracting decimals.

Social Studies- We are finishing presenting our chapter 8 Constitution project.

We will begin our study of the Bill of Rights on Wednesday. 

Reminder there is no school on Friday! 

What is happening this week October 16th-20th:

This week in 5th grade...

We will be heading to the Sheldon, October 24th to see the Jazz Story. We will leave at 9:00 and return by 11:45. There will be a paper copy going home today. Please return the form and payment by this Friday, October 20th. The Jazz Story field trip form

Science-   We are continuing our unit on Earth's systems (focus on weather and Earth's place in space). We will be working towards being able to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.

Writing- We are working hard on our research reports on our Westward Expansion event. We will be working on taking notes, organizing the notes, drafting their paper, and paying attention to the geography where our events take place and it's impact.

Reading-   We are beginning a new unit on reading nonfiction and tackling increasingly complex texts with a focus on determining main ideas. Each student is encouraged to keep reading their choice book, but also to try a nonfiction text, article, magazine, or book too:)  We are learning how nonfiction texts are getting more complex as we are moving up in reading levels- the main ideas are implicit and the vocabulary is more difficult. We are learning strategies to overcome these challenges!

Math- We are wrapping up our unit on division. Our ch. 3/4 test will be on Thursday. Please see email for more study resources. Students will work on a study guide in class Tuesday and Wednesday. 

We are in our last week of the first quarter!! Reminder,  Friday is a half day.  There will be no lunch served and students will get out at 11:50. Please have your child wear their grey Concord Shirt for Friday.

If you have not signed up for a fall conference, please use this link to set up a time.

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

Science: We are starting a new unit on Earth's systems (focus on weather and Earth's place in space). We will be working towards being able to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.

Writing: We are beginning our new unit on informational writing. Our first research topic will be on an event from the US Westward Expansion. Each student will pick a topic and be placed into research teams to start gathering information about their event . We will be working on taking notes, organizing the notes, and then drafting their paper next week.

Reading: We are beginning a new unit on reading nonfiction and tackling increasingly complex texts with a focus on determining main ideas. Each student is encouraged to keep reading their choice book, but also to try a nonfiction text, article, magazine, or book too:)

 Math: We are interpreting the remainder , determining extra or missing information within problem solving, estimating the quotients with  2 digit divisor, and dividing by 2 digit divisors.    


Social Studies- We are continuing our study of the Constitution and will wrap up a group project later this week. We will also be integrating Westward Expansion into our Reading and Writing.   

 


   I hope you all enjoyed this past weekend's gorgeous weather!! I can not believe October is here, 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 continuing the engineering design process as groups construct, present, give/receive feedback and revise their prototypes (an arm for the character Ganwar from our read aloud Home of the Brave).

Math: We are continuing our unit on division as we divide using patterns, estimate quotients, show our complete understanding of the process through models, distributive property, partial quotients, and the standard long division algorithm. 

Writing:    We are completing our narrative unit this week. Students are publishing using Google docs and  Google classroom. We are focusing on looking at our Narrative Checklist, in particular the craft and elaboration of their piece.  We will  celebrate our finished pieces this Thursday, with "Pajama Day for Personal Narratives. "

Reading:  We are wrapping up our unit on  interpreting  books clubs by analyzing and comparing characters' connections to a theme, study theme across texts, as well as comparing authors craft. We will celebrate on Friday with sharing their thoughts and recommendations on both of their book clubs books!

Social Studies:  We are studying the drafting of the Constitution. We will focus on the Articles of Confederation and it's weaknesses. We will begin to focus the opening on the Constitutional Convention and it's importance to our country today.