Happy Friday all!
We had such a fantastic week sharing so many wonderful picture books and chapters from favorite novels together. So many of you were able to come in and share your love of reading and we all appreciate it so very much! Be sure to check out the photo gallery as I tried to capture as much as I could! We also finished, Mr. Terupt Falls Again, be sure to ask your child what they thought of the different twists and turns in this book. Who was their favorite character in this sequel? Had it changed from the first book Because of Mr. Terupt? If they did enjoy a different character this time, ask them to explain why! Our focus this week has been on drawing conclusions. Using clues in our texts to infer answers to questions about the setting, problem or events in the short stories we dug into. Students are asked to be thinking about this as they are finishing up The War that Saved My Life. I have been very impressed by the connections they have been making, not only to the characters in this book but to other books and events we have read about this year. GREAT WORK! In Math, this week we dug into Line Plots, specifically ones using fractions! Students did a nice job finding and using efficient strategies to add lots of fractions (finding pairs that add to whole numbers etc). Dividing number lines into fractions is challenging to many, this will be something we continue to work on as we move to multiplication and division after February break. We will explain what we have learned in a flipgrid, which I will share with you next week. We will also take an assessment to show what we know, as well as areas weare still developing! Nice effort by all! In writing, we put the finishing touches on our Narratives. We would like to invite you to our classroom next Thursday, February 13th from 8:30-9:00am to celebrate this accomplishment. Come and let us show you all of our drafts and how we pulled them apart to add dialogue and detail to make them something we are proud of! In Science, we are taking a deeper look at the Earth's systems. We reviewed the layers of the Earth and atmosphere and are now talking about the water cycle and how weather impacts changes to our Earth's surface. Great work so far! I think students are always amazed to hear how little fresh water we have on Earth! We will be able to work on our graphing skills within this Science unit as we graph % of salt vs fresh water and then also graph where we would find fresh water. Lots of great discussions are going on! A reminder that our compliment hearts are due on Monday. Please be sure they come to school signed by your child and in a ziploc bag so we will be ready to distribute on Friday! Friday is also our 100th day of school, which means the 1000th day for 5th graders (K-4 = 180 x 5 years = 900 + 100 this year = 1000!!!). Can you believe it?! We are celebrating with Mix It Up Day ! Our student government reps will be helping to facilitate table discussions with "mixed up tables". We are hoping students will have some great conversations with students they may not know and may realize they have many things in common with these new friends! To celebrate, we will also be wearing mixed up clothes. So get out your stripes, plaids and florals and MIX IT UP! Should be tons of fun! Thank you all for sending in more glue sticks and kleenex, we definitely have had some stuffy noses over the past few months and quickly went through most of our supply! We appreciate your generosity! Have a wonderful weekend! Cheers! Maura Important Dates to Remember:
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