Our Hill visit today was wonderful! The kids got to ask lots of questions and were able to go on a tour guided by current Hill students. It's an exciting time... moving forward to middle school!
Thursday is Jump Rope for Heart day...make sure kids have PE shoes, water bottles, comfortable clothes for jumping rope!
Spelling: The new spelling list and homework are posted in the spelling tab.
5H Math: Last week we began a very timely math task. Students are working with partners to create their "Fantasy Fifth Grade Farewell". There are guidelines, but kids are able to plan the farewell of their dreams. Students will be adding,multiplying and dividing with decimals. Students will also need to draw a map with correct dimensions, and we will continue to work on converting within a measurement system. Kids will spend a few more days researching the costs of the components, and then plan out their map, schedule, and presentation.
During this time, I will also be reviewing division with decimals. The kids will take a quiz on this on Thursday.
Reading/Writing: We are continuing our "firsts/pioneer" project this week. Most students have begun writing their scripts, any students completing research are doing so for homework tonight. We will be uploading pictures into a program called Photo Story, and students will be narrating their chosen photos with the scripts they are writing. Students should be done by Wednesday uploaded photos and playing with the effects on this program. Please check in with your child to see that they are making progress. Thursday and Friday students will be recording their audio.
Please encourage your child to continue reading at home!!
We will have a grammar quiz this Friday over the 8 parts of speech. It will require students to identify the different parts of speech in sentences and describe the job of each part of speech.
Science: This Wednesday there will be a quiz over the parts of a compound microscope. The students have a diagram to study from. We will take part in a few activities this week including looking at a penny and a strand of hair through the microscope.
Social Studies:
So far, we have had one group teach the class about their chosen topic...and it was wonderful! Tomorrow the rest of the groups will teach us about their chosen topics.
Next, we will move into The Civil War. I'm going to try something new, and we are going to learn about The Civil War through inquiry. So, we will begin by accessing our prior knowledge as well as building more background knowledge. Throughout this process we will be thinking critically and asking questions. Once we have some "big questions", we will break into groups based on interest to research these "big questions".
Kids need to be watching the news or checking the news web sites in the social studies tab to prepare for a current event presentation. I've only had 2 students present so far
Thursday is Jump Rope for Heart day...make sure kids have PE shoes, water bottles, comfortable clothes for jumping rope!
Spelling: The new spelling list and homework are posted in the spelling tab.
5H Math: Last week we began a very timely math task. Students are working with partners to create their "Fantasy Fifth Grade Farewell". There are guidelines, but kids are able to plan the farewell of their dreams. Students will be adding,multiplying and dividing with decimals. Students will also need to draw a map with correct dimensions, and we will continue to work on converting within a measurement system. Kids will spend a few more days researching the costs of the components, and then plan out their map, schedule, and presentation.
During this time, I will also be reviewing division with decimals. The kids will take a quiz on this on Thursday.
Reading/Writing: We are continuing our "firsts/pioneer" project this week. Most students have begun writing their scripts, any students completing research are doing so for homework tonight. We will be uploading pictures into a program called Photo Story, and students will be narrating their chosen photos with the scripts they are writing. Students should be done by Wednesday uploaded photos and playing with the effects on this program. Please check in with your child to see that they are making progress. Thursday and Friday students will be recording their audio.
Please encourage your child to continue reading at home!!
We will have a grammar quiz this Friday over the 8 parts of speech. It will require students to identify the different parts of speech in sentences and describe the job of each part of speech.
Science: This Wednesday there will be a quiz over the parts of a compound microscope. The students have a diagram to study from. We will take part in a few activities this week including looking at a penny and a strand of hair through the microscope.
Social Studies:
So far, we have had one group teach the class about their chosen topic...and it was wonderful! Tomorrow the rest of the groups will teach us about their chosen topics.
Next, we will move into The Civil War. I'm going to try something new, and we are going to learn about The Civil War through inquiry. So, we will begin by accessing our prior knowledge as well as building more background knowledge. Throughout this process we will be thinking critically and asking questions. Once we have some "big questions", we will break into groups based on interest to research these "big questions".
Kids need to be watching the news or checking the news web sites in the social studies tab to prepare for a current event presentation. I've only had 2 students present so far
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