This Week in Room 33! Nov. 2-6

Party on the Playground:

Please join us in celebrating the grand opening of our Concord playground.  We will have 2 food trucks if you would like to purchase dinner or feel free to bring your own.  We will have a special guest, 5^th grader Miles Hoffmann from the C-PLAY team, to lead us in our ribbon cutting celebration.  We will also enjoy music from Mr. Joe Gassel.  This should be a fun way to celebrate our new addition

When: Monday, November 2, 2015

Time: 5:00-7:00

Where: Concord Playground

Food Trucks: 

• The Meltdown serving soups and sandwiches for purchase.
• Walk Away Waffles (cash only): Fresh fruit and flavors mixed right into the waffles.

What to expect this week in 5th grade...

Science- We will focus on lesson 4 within our chapter on weather (ch. 7 in textbook) as we answer the question-- How do clouds and precipitation form? 

Writing- We will finish up our 1st research report on our Native American tribes. Check out the writing tab to see the writing checklists we use in class and to assess our work. We will celebrate our finished pieces on Friday! 

Reading- We will continue to focus on reading complex nonfiction texts as we think about a text's structure and summarizing.

Math- This week we will finish our last lesson of this unit on problem solving by solving simpler problems within a complex multi-step problem. Our test on division will be this Thursday. It will cover chapters 3 and 4 of our textbook (dividing by 1- and 2-digit divisors). Don't forget about the online math textbook! There is a video in the math page explaining how to access it from home. 

Social Studies- I couldn't be PROUDER of our Native American projects! Wow! I was SO impressed! I will be posting the google presentations on the blog this week. Also, if you are able to, feel free to check out the models on display in the library- they are outstanding! 

This week we will begin our study of chapter 3 on the age of exploration! We will focus on the importance of previewing a nonfiction text's features to help aid in understanding the content. 

Dates/Reminders-

Mon., Nov. 2:

• Helping Hands Campaign begins-Food collection week
• Party on the Playground 5:00-7:00 p.m

Fri., Nov. 6: 

• Building Assistant Day
• Jingles for Jammies
• Adult Trivia Night 7:00 p.m.

Wed., Nov. 11: 9:00 a.m. Veterans Day Assembly