Happy Weekend!

I hope everyone enjoys their 3-day weekend! Thanks to all the parents that made it out to curriculum night! Check out the parents tab for a couple more updates! Some photos from our week....

This Week in Room 33! Aug. 25-29

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

Science- This week we are discussing tools that scientists use and participating in activities where students will classify, compare, contrast, and think like scientists!

Writing- We are continuing to build our writing stamina and completing our writer's notebook training! Ask your student why writer's use notebooks and what they have been writing about.

Math- We will be learning all about our new math textbook and online component called ALEKS. We will begin chapter 1 on place value while participating in our math stations and small group instruction.

Reading- In reading, we are continuing to build our stamina of reading to self (we are up to 30 minutes!) and making sure we are reading good fit books using the I-PICK method (ask your student to sing the song!) We are continuing to discuss what real reading looks and feels like and how reading is THINKING! We will also discuss genres, how we will keep a record of our reading, and how we will track our thinking.

Social Studies- We will start social studies this week by studying geography, landforms, maps, and resources!


***Curriculum Night- We hope to see you all this Thursday from 7-7:30! We are looking forward to sharing with you about how our classroom works and what your student will experience this year in 5th grade!

-Mrs. Schaefer, Mrs. Smith, and Ms. Ballard

Back to School Pep Talk

Today we watched a video and wrote down a message we learned from kid president! Check it out below! 

Book Frenzy

Today we did a book frenzy when we pick six books and see if we wanted to read them. By- Tommy

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!

*Parents- If you have not already done so, please fill out THIS SURVEY. I am LOVING the responses so far and am so thankful that you took the time to complete this for me! 

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!!!

Student Survey

Happy Weekend! I hope everyone enjoyed their 1st two days of school! I just LOVE our class and can't wait to get to know everyone better! Please help me by completing this survey (click the link) See everyone on Monday! :)

STUDENT INTEREST SURVEY

Share a Summer Picture and Parent Survey!

Want to share a summer picture with your new classmates and teachers? Please follow these steps:

1- Email the picture to met62marry@photos.flickr.com. Include your name as the subject and write about your picture in the body of the email along with your picture.
(Parents- If you have a signature on your email, you may want to delete it so it doesn't show up on the Flickr page as part of the picture's caption.)

2- Go to https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsschaefer/ to view everyone's pictures and captions! The link to our Flickr page is also on the right side of this blog under Our Class Websites.

***Parents- Please fill out this quick survey to help me better understand your child. I truly appreciate all of the information you give so I can better meet your child's needs this school year! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this! Click HERE for the survey.

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Meet Your Teachers!

This year I could not be more excited to have not one, not two, but THREE teachers in our room to give the absolute best instruction and guidance to our 5th graders! To learn a little more about your teachers, check out our About Us page!

We can't wait to meet you at Meet the Teacher Night next Tuesday from 5:30-7!