WOW, we had a great first week back and we are ready for a busy second half of the school year! 💗 💗
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK📌
MATH:
In math last week we continued moving through Chapter 5. Students practiced multiplying decimals by 10s, 100s, and 1000s. We also learned how to divide decimals by whole numbers.
READING WORKSHOP:
Last week our readers began their first whole class book club, Rules. We are already fully immersed in this heartwarming story, and students have practiced the first three roles for our book club: Discussion Director, Passage Master, and Illustrator.
The Discussion Director is responsible for thinking about questions that arise while reading the text, and presenting these questions to discuss with their group. We learned that the best questions come from our thoughts, feelings, and concerns, and they often have more than one answer.
The Passage Master's role is to find important or memorable sections of text. During book club meetings, our Passage Masters will read these sections to the group and discuss why they are important. We learned that it's important to look for events that may change the course of the story, provide evidence for theme, or help us better understand characters and plot development.
The Illustrator's job is to try to visualize the reading and create some kind of picture that is related to the reading. It can be a poster, flow chart, Venn Diagram, stick figure scene, cartoon....anything that can retell an important event from the reading.
WRITERS' WORKSHOP:
Our writers were busy last week continuing their work with fiction writing. Students explored character, setting, and plot development and selected a draft to take through the publication process next week.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
The American Revolution continued last week in fifth grade! Students compared and contrasted the British and Continental Armies, and discovered the challenges both armies faced while fighting this war.
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS💡
Math:
We will continue moving through Chapter 5. Students will practice estimating decimals and decimals by 10s, 100s, and 1000s. We will also learn how to convert metric units.
READING WORKSHOP:
Our Rules Book Club will continue this week! Students will examine our next three book club roles: Summarizer, Connector, and Dictionary Detective.
WRITERS' WORKSHOP:
This week in writing we will begin revising our fiction stories.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Our study of the American Revolution will come to an end this week as we examine the push for independence, war allies, and the Treaty of Paris.
UPCOMING EVENTS📆
Wednesday, 1/15: READING MAP TEST (AM)
Friday, 1/17: MATH MAP TEST (PM)
Monday, 1/20: NO SCHOOL (MLK, Jr. DAY)
Tuesday, 1/21: MONDAY SCHEDULE
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK📌
MATH:
In math last week we continued moving through Chapter 5. Students practiced multiplying decimals by 10s, 100s, and 1000s. We also learned how to divide decimals by whole numbers.
READING WORKSHOP:
Last week our readers began their first whole class book club, Rules. We are already fully immersed in this heartwarming story, and students have practiced the first three roles for our book club: Discussion Director, Passage Master, and Illustrator.
The Discussion Director is responsible for thinking about questions that arise while reading the text, and presenting these questions to discuss with their group. We learned that the best questions come from our thoughts, feelings, and concerns, and they often have more than one answer.
The Passage Master's role is to find important or memorable sections of text. During book club meetings, our Passage Masters will read these sections to the group and discuss why they are important. We learned that it's important to look for events that may change the course of the story, provide evidence for theme, or help us better understand characters and plot development.
The Illustrator's job is to try to visualize the reading and create some kind of picture that is related to the reading. It can be a poster, flow chart, Venn Diagram, stick figure scene, cartoon....anything that can retell an important event from the reading.
WRITERS' WORKSHOP:
Our writers were busy last week continuing their work with fiction writing. Students explored character, setting, and plot development and selected a draft to take through the publication process next week.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
The American Revolution continued last week in fifth grade! Students compared and contrasted the British and Continental Armies, and discovered the challenges both armies faced while fighting this war.
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS💡
Math:
We will continue moving through Chapter 5. Students will practice estimating decimals and decimals by 10s, 100s, and 1000s. We will also learn how to convert metric units.
READING WORKSHOP:
Our Rules Book Club will continue this week! Students will examine our next three book club roles: Summarizer, Connector, and Dictionary Detective.
WRITERS' WORKSHOP:
This week in writing we will begin revising our fiction stories.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Our study of the American Revolution will come to an end this week as we examine the push for independence, war allies, and the Treaty of Paris.
UPCOMING EVENTS📆
Wednesday, 1/15: READING MAP TEST (AM)
Friday, 1/17: MATH MAP TEST (PM)
Monday, 1/20: NO SCHOOL (MLK, Jr. DAY)
Tuesday, 1/21: MONDAY SCHEDULE
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