Musical Assembly

Today I thought the Musical assembly (Brass, Woodwinds and Jazz instruments) was fun because the music teachers where funny and explained everything clearly. Don't forget to do your homework! Have a good weekend! Go Blues!

Thomas Schodl

The Summer my Father was Ten

For reading today we read a story called The Summer my Father was Ten. Then during and after the story we talked about story elements like characters, plot, setting, problem, and solution.

Counseling

Today at the end of the day we had counseling. We watched a video about kindness and tried to focus clearing our mind with stuff not important.

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Today we researched different fifth grade classes in different states and addressed envelopes. At the end of the week we are going to send these schools a survey for the great mail race.

This Week in Room 33! Jan. 7-11

Happy 2013 to you and welcome back! It was so nice to see your students last Thursday and Friday for our very short week back to school! :)

Here is what to expect this week in 5th grade:

Math- We are working on chapter 15 on fractions. Students received their first 25 question review assignment last Friday. These will be handed out each Friday and due the following Friday (similar to our cold reads). These review assignments ARE graded each week and will be a part of their math grade. These assignments are extremely beneficial as we prepare for our comprehensive MAP test. 

Social Studies- We are discussing the middle and southern colonies.

Reading- In reading we will focus on visualizing and the story elements of characters, setting, plot, problem, and solution. We will also have our literature circles continue and guided reading groups. The cold read titled "The Boy Who Didn't Know Fear" is due Friday.

Writing- I will be conferencing with individuals this week to discuss our narrative writings from 2nd quarter. We will also begin our unit on expository writing. 

Early Release is this Wednesday!

Don't forget to check our blog daily for student posts!

Have a fantastic week. :)

-Mrs. Schaefer

The Great Mail Race

Today during class, we hooked up with another class all the way in Colorado! It's called the "Great Mail Race!" What you do is pull 2 states out of a container, you look up a school in that state, fill out an envelope to that school, then send a survey. It's called the great mail race because you are trying to get 1 survey from each of the 50 states the fastest. Don't forget to do your math homework, cold read, math review, and word contract :)

-Jessie H.

Fractions

Today we learned simplest form and equivalent (=) fractions. We also went to StudyJams.com to practice simplest and equivalent fractions.
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