I look forward to seeing you all this week for conferences!
Spelling: Unit 9 Spelling Words will be uploaded Monday. Make sure studying occurs throughout the week!
5H Math: This week students will get their unit 3 tests back. We will begin unit 4 by discussing what division means and the vocabulary we need to know to discuss division. We will practice basic computing as well as solving division story problems. New unit 4 links have been added under the "math" tab.
Reading: We've been practicing a lot of comprehension strategies, and this week we will also practice an accuracy strategy that will help kids correctly read words: triple checking: does it look right? does it sound right? does it make sense?. We will be reading from our social studies text and determining main ideas in order to summarize the section. We will also discuss how to write a summary including quotes from the selection.
Writing: Kids have been reading each others' persuasive writing pieces in order to determine whose is the most persuasive and why. This week we will be doing a variety of weeks with opinion/argument writing. I will model this for the kids and give the opportunities to orally discuss opinion in groups as well as write their own opinion/argument.
Spelling: Unit 9 Spelling Words will be uploaded Monday. Make sure studying occurs throughout the week!
5H Math: This week students will get their unit 3 tests back. We will begin unit 4 by discussing what division means and the vocabulary we need to know to discuss division. We will practice basic computing as well as solving division story problems. New unit 4 links have been added under the "math" tab.
Reading: We've been practicing a lot of comprehension strategies, and this week we will also practice an accuracy strategy that will help kids correctly read words: triple checking: does it look right? does it sound right? does it make sense?. We will be reading from our social studies text and determining main ideas in order to summarize the section. We will also discuss how to write a summary including quotes from the selection.
Writing: Kids have been reading each others' persuasive writing pieces in order to determine whose is the most persuasive and why. This week we will be doing a variety of weeks with opinion/argument writing. I will model this for the kids and give the opportunities to orally discuss opinion in groups as well as write their own opinion/argument.
Social Studies: We finished our first social studies unit "exploration", and as a fifth grade team we've decided to begin the second quarter with our second social studies unit instead of switching back to science; science will come second this quarter. This week we are learning about the founding of the 13 colonies as well as everyday life in the colonies. Throughout the week I will be asking the kids to keep the question "Is living in the English colonies enjoyable?" in their minds; we will be incorporating opinion/argument writing into our social studies learning. Later in this unit, we will be focused on the Revolutionary War.
Citizenship: We began discussions last week about empathy and will continue this week. The kids had such thoughtful things to say. It was a great conversation about how to treat each other, how to determine others' feelings and how to problem solve in different situations.
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