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This Week in Room 33! Oct. 10-15

***Parents-- please check out the following sign-up genius link and make sure you have signed up for a student-led fall conference! Click HERE to sign up for fall conferences. Please email me with any questions.

***Please turn in Cahokia field trip permission slip by Tuesday. We are going to Cahokia this Thursday!!! Students must bring a SACK LUNCH!

***Friday is a Half Day- Dismissal is at 11:50. There will be no lunch served!


This week in 5th grade...

Science- This week we are focusing on what causes weather and what tools scientists use to collect weather data. Some important words we are learning this week include- meteorologist, barometric pressure, atmosphere, anemometer, weather vane, temperature, humidity, and hygrometer.

Writing- We are beginning a new unit on historical informational (nonfiction) writing!  Our first research report will focus on an event from the American Revolution. Students will continue their research, take notes, and begin to draft this week. 

Reading- As in writing, we are beginning a new unit on reading nonfiction and tackling increasingly complex texts with a focus on determining main ideas. Students are encouraged to continue reading choice books but can also spend their time reading nonfiction texts! Check out our reading tab for more websites with awesome nonfiction articles/videos such as curiosity.com, wonderopolis.org, newsela.com, tweentribune.com, and dogonews.com! As we say often in class... the possibilities are endless! :) There are also links to 3 very famous speeches students can read and discuss at home with families- be sure to check them out!

Math- This week we are finding quotients with zeros, interpreting the remainder and determining extra or missing information within problem solving. 

Social Studies- Students did a FANTASTIC job teaching others about different Native American tribes last week! We are integrating Social Studies content within our reading/writing units as we research and learn more about the American Revolution!

Fun Friday!

Click through the below albums to see our Native American project celebration and our impressive American Revolution research!

Book Club Celebration

We are so proud of our book club work, we just had to celebrate! In total, our class read 16 books- wow!

Science Stations!📗

We ❤️ science stations! We even learned so big words like, hydrosphere, desalination, and lots more!! ~Social Meadia Leaders📱

Awesome Books!

Here are some of our amazing book club books! ~Social Meadia Leaders📱

This Week in Room 33! Oct. 3-7

Parents-- please check out the following sign-up genius link and make sure you have signed up for a student-led fall conference. If you did not receive my email last week, please email me to let me know that you are not on my parent email list- thank you! Click HERE to sign up for fall conferences.

Here is the information on 5th grade student-led conferences:

As another component of our "Leader in Me" initiative here at Concord, the 5th grade teachers would like to give the opportunity for students to lead their conferences. 

We are proposing that your student lead the first 5-7 minutes of your conference time where they will report to you their achievements and progress so far this year. For the rest of your conference time, your student will be dismissed to the hallway, so you may have the opportunity to voice any questions or concerns.

We really feel this is a fantastic way for your child to take ownership of their learning and prepare them for student-led conferences that are being held at the middle schools. Please let me know if you have any questions or if your child will be unable to attend. Thanks! 

This week in 5th grade...

Science- This week we are learning that the ocean is a major reservoir in Earth's water cycle. Students are engaged in science stations as they learn the material through technology (online textbook and mycapstonelibrary.com), guided reading lessons with the teacher, and other hands-on projects. By the end of each cycle, students are expected to show their learning and understanding of the material with a lesson quiz.

Writing- We will begin to research for our first historical research report. Our focus will be on an event relating to the American Revolution.  Later in the unit, our second research report will be on a historical event of students' choice.

Reading- This week we are finishing our read aloud book Home of the Brave, continuing to delve into literary analysis, and applying all of our interpretive thinking into our book club discussions and guided reading lessons with the teacher. We will celebrate our amazing book club work at the end of the week!

Math- We are continuing our unit on division as we divide using patterns, estimate quotients, show our complete understanding of the process through models, distributive property, partial quotients, and the standard long division algorithm. 

***It is SO IMPORTANT that students know their basic multiplication and division math facts! It is becoming increasingly difficult for those students who do not know their facts to complete the higher level thinking and problem solving that 5th graders are expected to do. Thank you for taking the extra steps to make sure your 5th grader is working towards mastery of these facts!  Math Magician is a great website to practice math facts. Students can also work on their QuickTables in ALEKS.

Social Studies- We are wrapping up our study of Native Americans with an student choice project. Students will choose a tribe and a way of presenting their knowledge (Google slides, create a Kahoot, prezi, video, etc.) We will begin presentations on Friday!