This Week in Room 33! March 9-13

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

Science- We are continuing our stations on forces and motion and will begin to discuss simple machines. 

Writing- Dr. Stryjewski has returned our argument letters and has a response for us! We will be taking our arguments up a notch this week and bring a critical perspective to our writing. Argument essays will come home on Tuesday to be shared and celebrated with families. Portfolios will be due on Friday!

Math- Our chapter 11 test on measurement is on Wed. Study guides (pgs. 883-886) are due Tue. We will begin chapter 12 on geometry after spring break and will spend some time later this week on order of operations. 

Reading- We are continuing our lessons on what good reading test takers do such as using boxes and bullets to organize main idea and details, using text features to understand nonfiction, answering questions about purpose and main idea by thinking about the whole passage, and paying close attention to step by step directions. "Connect Four to Comprehend More" assignment is due Friday! We will also begin a book review project this week that will be displayed at Concord's Family Literature Night on March 27th!

Reminders-

Fri. 3/13- Half day and Blue Ribbon Assembly- Wear your Blue Ribbon T-shirt!

3/27- Concord's Family Literature Night!

Working on Our Writing Goals!

Complete this form today! The only responses I have so far are- Emma, Lainie, and Chris. 

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Metric Song Videos

Our Metric Song!

The Metric Song

Milli, Centi, Deci, meter

Deka, hecto, kilo, too

Put them with a gram and liter

That is all you have to do

Milli is the smallest measure

Ten of these a centi makes

One hundred centis make a unit

That’s not very hard to take

Liters measure only liquid

Grams measure weight or mass

Meters measure length or distance

You can go to the head of the class

Hump Day!!!

Science- Today in science we watched Bill Nyes video about FRICTION

Music- We practiced for our musical this weekend!!

Math- We converted metric units of length. 

Just remember King Henry died by drinking chocolate milk!

Writing- We celeberated our opinion essays on chocolate milk and had them delivered to Dr. Stryjewski!

Friction!

Check out this padlet we used today to show our learning from a Bill Nye video on friction!
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This Week in Room 33! March 2-6

REMINDER- Please send in memory book ad pictures by Friday! Thanks! :)

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

Science- I am so impressed with the work our students put into their planet project presentations- way to go! We are wrapping up space and beginning our new chapter on forces and motion (chapter 11) this week!

Writing- This week we are analyzing our evidence and explaining our thinking to make our voice more powerful! We are signing, sealing, and delivering our argument letters to Dr. Stryjewski and look forward to hearing her response! We will then work to take our arguments up a notch and bring a critical perspective to our writing.

Math- We are continuing our study of converting units of measurement. We are converting customary units of capacity, displaying measurement data on a line plot, and converting metric units of length, mass, and capacity.

Reading- We are working hard in reading as we tackle reading test taking strategies such as identifying characters' achievements and motivation by extracting important information from biographies, organizing main idea and details with boxes and bullets, and understanding nonfiction passages by paying attention to text features.

Students are turning in their first "Connect Four to Comprehend More" assignment today (Tuesday) and will turn in their next one by Friday. 

Social Studies- We are continuing to study explorers of European settlements such as Cabot, Verrazano, Cartier, Champlain, and Hudson. We will also discuss the settlements of Roanoke and Jamestown.

Reminders-

3/3- Father/Daughter Dance

Friday 3/6- Half Day
3/12- Conferences- Please see email I am sending today about conferences!

3/13- Half Day & Blue Ribbon Assembly- Wear your Blue Ribbon T-shirt!

3/16-20 Spring Break