Happy Halloween!

A BIG THANK YOU to ALL the wonderful parents who made our Halloween party a success! The kids had SO much fun! 

Pumpkin Run!

Writers of History Pay Attention to Geography

CLICK HERE:

Questions to ask yourself as you are writing about geography!

The main idea

Today Mrs.Ballard taught us the main idea of a book.-julia

Native American tribes

Today we did a flash draft for our native amercian.-Lainie and Julia and Emma

job leaders

Today we applied for new classroom jobs and we all are anxious to see what jobs we got!:) _ Emma and Abbi

This Week in Room 33! Oct 27-31

Here’s what to expect this week in fifth grade:

This week is Red Ribbon Week!  Don't forget to dress according to each day's theme!

Science- This week we will be finishing our unit on weather by learning about climate.  Our unit test will be the first week of November.

Writing- We will continue our work on historical informational (nonfiction) writing.  Our first piece of writing will focus on a Native American tribe of each student’s choosing.  At this point, each student should have chosen a tribe and began researching.

Word Work- The students received their words last week for their next spelling test and will be working on their contract this week.  Their test will be on the first Thursday or Friday of November.

Math- After two more days of review, we will have our division unit test on Wednesday.  Students should continue to practice their basic multiplication and division facts at home!

Reading- We have completed our unit on characters in fictional books and will begin a series of lessons on pulling out main ideas and supporting details in non-fiction works.  Students should be reading at least 20 min. a night with a goal of completing a book about every 1-2 weeks! Thank you for your continued encouragement and support at home!

Social Studies- Students will complete a Native American project on the tribe they have chosen for their writing research report. ClickHERE for more details! Students will be building models of their chosen tribes’ living structures (teepee, wigwam, etc.) at home. The due date will be 

​Wed. Nov. 5th​!

REMINDERS-

*Oct. 27 & 29- Conferences 
*Oct. 30- Pumpkin Run, Fall Festival, Halloween Parties
*Oct. 31- No School!

Red Ribbon Week!

Next week is Red Ribbon Week!

Monday- Strike Out Drugs! (Wear baseball or Cardinals gear!)
Tuesday- Put Drugs to Bed! (Wear your PJs!)
Wednesday- Stomp Out Drugs! (Wear boots!)
Thursday- Chasing Drugs Out of My Life! (Wear running gear for the Pumpkin Run!)

Leader in Me Assembly

We are so proud of our October CLC (Concord Leader Coucil) members! 

Below are our September CLC members with their CLC families at last month's assembly!

Haunted House Foldable

Today in Reading we did Haunted House Foldables where we compared two characters from different books

Some Tips for Researching!

Check Out Our Personal Narrative Podcasts!

We are still working on getting everyone's podcasts up, but here is a link! I hope everyone has enjoyed sharing their personal narratives at home in their portfolios! Click here for--- Our Personal Narrative Podcasts!

This Week in Room 33! Oct. 20-24

Here’s what to expect this week in fifth grade:

Science- This week we will be finishing up our work on how clouds form and starting to learn about climate.  We’re in the process of making murals of the different types of clouds.

Writing- After last week’s awesome personal narrative celebration, we will begin a new unit on historical informational (nonfiction) writing!  Our first piece of writing will focus on a Native American tribe of each student’s choosing.

Math- We are coming to the end of our unit on division!  This week we will be dividing greater numbers using two digit divisors and learning problem solving strategies for word problems.  We anticipate the division test to be given during the last week of October.  Students should continue to practice their basic multiplication and division facts at home!

Reading- We are wrapping up our study on how good readers think deeply about characters in order to determine the bigger message or theme. This week will focus on comparing characters from different books to make connections.  Students should be reading at least 20 min. a night with a goal of completing a book about every 1-2 weeks! Thank you for your continued encouragement and support at home!

Social Studies- Students will complete a Native American project on their tribe they have chosen for their writing research report. Click HERE for more details! Students will be building models of their chosen tribes’ living structures (teepee, wigwam, etc.) at home. The due date will be Wed. Nov. 5th.

*Field Trip on Thursday to Cahokia Mounds

*Oct. 27 & 19- Conferences 
*Oct. 30- Pumpkin Run, Fall Festival, Halloween Parties
*Oct. 31- No School!

This Week in Room 33! Oct. 13-17

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

Science- This week we are continuing to study the layers of the atmosphere, weather instruments meteorologists use, and we will begin discussing how clouds and precipitation form. 

Writing- We will be publishing our final personal narratives this week and celebrating our finished pieces! 

Math- This week we will be using the problem solving strategy of determining extra or missing information, estimating quotients with 2-digit divisors, using base ten blocks to show division, and dividing by 2 digit divisors. Students should continue to practice those basic multiplication/division facts at home! 

Reading- We will continue to discuss how good readers think deeply about characters in order to think deeply about the story as a whole and determine the bigger message or theme. We will work on showing how good readers organize their thoughts to notice patterns and see how our thinking changes as the story evolves. We will begin to discuss how we can compare and contrast between texts. Students should be reading at least 20 min. a night with a goal of completing a book about every 1-2 weeks! Thank you for your continued encouragement and support at home!

Social Studies- We are continuing our study of Native Americans!

*This Friday- Oct. 17- Half day and end of 1st quarter
*Oct. 27 & 19- Conferences 
*Oct. 30- Pumpkin Run, Fall Festival, Halloween Parties
*Oct. 31- No School!

northwest peoples

today we learned about the northwest peoples - Emma 

This Week in Room 33! Oct. 6-10

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

Science- This week, we are working on Lesson 3 of Chapter 7- What is Weather? Students will be able to describe the factors that determine weather, such as barometric pressure, temperature, winds, water in the atmosphere, and circulation. We are LOVING our science stations as we are engaged in several activities throughout the week including a water cycle game, the layers of the atmosphere project, videos on our online textbook, and close reading with a teacher!

Writing- We are busy working on our 2nd personal narrative piece, using all we have learned about how to write a powerful personal narrative! We are focusing on catching the action or image that produced the emotion in our characters, recognizing how every character plays a role, editing with commas in mind, and beginning to publish! We are so proud of our writers!!!

Math- This week we are continuing our study of division including using division models with larger numbers, distributive property & partial products, dividing 3 and 4 digit dividends & placing the first digit, quotients with zeros, and interpreting the remainder! Keep practicing those basic multiplication facts at home! It makes a WORLD of a difference! :)

Reading- We will be focusing on figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, etc.) and noticing how it makes writing more interesting to read and visualize! We will also continue our study of thinking deeply about characters in our fiction stories. We will think about how paying attention to objects that the characters keep near and dear as well as noticing that different characters can be affected differently by a single event.

Social Studies- We are continuing to discuss and study Native Americans, specifically peoples of the northwest and southwest!

October Dates-

*Oct. 17- Half day and end of 1st quarter
*Oct. 27 & 19- Conferences (I will send out time slots in a separate email this week!)
*Oct. 30- Pumpkin Run, Fall Festival, Halloween Parties
*Oct. 31- No School!

Writing Post From Yesterday

We learned from a mentor narrative what techniques we could add to our own writing.-Tommy

Paleo Indians

Today we learned about people crossing Beringia (the land bridge between Asia and America).-Tommy