A letter was sent home last week informing families about our upcoming 5 day (all day) field trip to StarBase. If you want to get a sneak peak and see what sort of things we will be doing, click here and watch the 5th grade video. The letter sent home states that all permission slips, bag lunch information and money are due on Monday, January 25th, which the students informed me is a day off. Please have all forms completed and returned to school by Friday, January 22nd. If you have any questions please contact your child's homeroom teacher.
2016 Goals
Take a look at this presentation to see what your child's 2016 goal is (Mrs. B's homeroom only)!
Math
We started out our week back by taking a Moving With Math Assessment on the computer. The students took this test early in the fall and we wanted to check in to so see how their math skills have grown so far this year. Our current unit is Unit 6 - Data and Fractions.
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During our math 2 time we were able to check out this fun website called Estimation 180. The students had to use their estimation skills to figure out the number of miles, cheese balls, diet coke and people's height to name a few.
Reading
The students enjoyed picking their own partners for partner reading a short story this week.
The students have been enjoying their read to self books of their choosing. Next week we will be starting our survival unit which will include Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain, Island of the Blue Dolphins and Esperanza Rising which were chosen by the class. This week we read the short story Kaddo's Wall and contemplated whether or not the wealthy should be responsible for sharing their wealth. Below the students were participating in a socratic seminar where they were able to discuss the story, answer questions and use the text to support their thinking.
Science
The students learned this week how the famous Moai statues on Easter Island may have been moved using levers during the time period 1100-1640. Check out this website if you are intrigued as well.
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