This Week in Room 33! Aug. 18-22

Happy 1st full week of school! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and had wonderful things to say about their first 2 days of school last week. I am so excited to see our new 5th graders walk in to the door Monday morning!

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This week we will continue to build our classroom community and learn how our classroom runs. Students will be "hired" for their new classroom leader job that they applied for last Friday. All students are responsible for being the LEADER in their job area as well as LEADERS in our school! 

We will also discuss BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) this week. At Lindbergh, students ARE allowed to bring in their technology devices to school (i.e.- kindles, iPods, tablets, etc.) and use for educational purposes during the school day. We will discuss this week how this looks like in our classroom.

Here's what else to expect this week in 5th grade:

Science- We will begin the set up of our science notebook and learn important terms and tools that we will be using in science investigations and activities this year!

Math- We will be learning how our math workshop is run and begin to explore our math stations. 

Writing- We will introduce our writer's workshop this week and begin using our writer's notebooks! We will be doing a lot of writing this year and this week's focus will be on beginning to build our writing stamina.

Reading- We will be discussing how our reading workshop runs and begin our "Read to Self" training! We will explore what read to self looks like and will begin building our stamina so we can read for long periods of time. The absolute BEST way to become a better reader and to learn to enjoy reading is to dive in and READ! We will be discussing how to choose good fit books as well as the importance of REAL reading (THINKING while reading) vs. FAKE reading (reading the words without thinking of the text's meaning).

Social Studies- We will begin Social Studies next week!

Homework- I will be posting homework under the Daily Homework page on this blog (top tab). In 5th grade, students should spend about 50 minutes on homework each night. If the homework given takes less time, please have your child read for the remainder. It is important to help your child find a good time and place to complete homework each night. Thank you for all of your support at HOME! :)

I cannot wait to talk more with you about our classroom on Curriculum Night! Please mark your calendars and plan to attend on Thurs., August 28th from 7-7:30 in our room. Until then, if you have any questions, please email me or Mrs. Smith (nschaefer@lindberghschools.ws and brsmith@lindberghschools.ws).

Have a WONDERFUL week!!!