Mrs. Schaefer's 5th Grade Class: May 2017

Sunday, May 21, 2017

LAST Week in Room 33! May 22-26

I really cannot believe we have made it to the last week of 5th grade! I am so happy that I had the opportunity to student teach and long-term sub with this awesome group of kiddos! We have a lot of fun end-of-year things happening this week in addition to completing our countdown to 6th grade with a fun surprise each day.

Here is a quick glimpse of our last week together:

Monday- Monday is hat day! The fifth-grade strings will have rehearsal for their concert. Students will begin writing their letters of advice to Mrs. Schaefer's future fifth graders.

Tuesday- Tuesday is Superhero Day! This event is being organized by all of the 5th grade classes across the district to help raise funds for Officer Crosby for a wheelchair accessible home. Bring a $1 and you get to dress like a superhero. We will also be having our read-a-thon from 1:30-2:30.

Wednesday- 5th Grade Party at Epic 6!

Thursday- We will have our final Home Run Club of the year! We will also have our final ALEKS Pie Party for those who met their ALEKS goals. We are hoping to spend time cleaning out our cubbies.

Friday- Last day of school and half day! There will be NO lunch served.

We had such a great time on Fun Day last Friday! Here are some highlights...

Sunday, May 14, 2017

This Week in Room 33! May 15-19

We have an exciting week ahead! We will be heading to the middle schools for our Fly Over Day on Tuesday! We will begin walking to Sperreng after lunch (around 12:45). Please join us for our DARE Graduation and 5th Grade Recognition Ceremony on Thursday at 10:30 in the gym! Lastly, we have Fun Day on Friday (wear clothes you wouldn't mind getting wet and maybe bring an extra set of clothes for after!)

With all of our activities, we will try our best to squeeze in as much learning AND fun as possible! Here's what else is happening this week---

Social Studies- Students will work in groups to portray a cause of the American Revolution in a creative way. We will focus on the Stamp, Tea, & Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and Valley Forge!

Writing- This week we will continue learning about and creating different types of poetry. We will also create "block-out" poetry (see example below!).

Math- We will continue to work towards our ALEKS goals! We will also continue working on skills for 6th grade.

Reading- We will finish up our final realistic fiction book clubs. We are hoping to have opportunities this week to read our books outside! :)

Reminders/Upcoming Dates-

5/16- 5th Grade Fly Over Day

5/18-10:30 a.m. 5th Grade Recognition and DARE Celebration

5/19- Fun day!

5/24- Fifth Grade Party-- Please use this link to volunteer your time!

5/26-½ Day School/ ½ Day Records Day

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Having Fun Bottle Flipping in the Classroom!

We had fun getting started on our bottle flipping investigation today! Here are some highlights from the experiment!

Sunday, May 7, 2017

This Week in Room 33! May 8-12

I hope everyone was able to enjoy the sun this weekend after all of the rain we had! We have another busy and exciting week coming up in fifth grade!

This week...

Social Studies- We will be researching causes of the American Revolution in research teams. Each team will come up with their own creative and exciting way to present their information to the rest of the class.

Writing- We will be learning about and creating different types of poetry throughout the week including color poems, concrete poems, free style poems, etc!

Math- The class will learn how to find the mean, median, mode, and range of number sets. We will be practicing with a lot of examples, videos, and games to help us learn!

Reading- Book clubs will continue this week as we read and discuss important features of our books. As always, we will continue reading and recommending choice books to our classmates.

Science- Due to the flood days and junior achievement day we were not able to complete the "bottle flipping" investigation last week. We will begin the investigation tomorrow!