End of the Year Party

Shaving Cream Cleaning

5th Grade Send Off

We celebrated the fifth graders heading to middle school with a parade! 

Singing Yearbooks

Paper Roller Coasters

Hat Day

The Last Weekly Happenings!

We are on our last week of school! This has been an amazing class! I know they will all excel in fifth grade!

Here's what is happening this week:

Monday: We are working on finishing our essays and book club books!
We will also conduct an Egg Drop experiment. They will work with groups to create a device that will protect the egg from breaking.

Tuesday: The students will come up with describing words for each classmate. I will then create Wordles for each student with the words their classmates chose for them.
With the craziness of the end of the year, we were not able to get to spelling as much as I planned. Because of this, we will not be having the spelling tests.
We will also have a read-a-thon at the end of the day.

Wednesday: We will have a fun 'balloon pop' surprise that will take up most of the day!

Thursday: Students will receive their yearbooks on Thursday. We will spend time signing yearbooks.
End of the year parties are from 2:00-3:00.

Friday: Friday is our LAST DAY! It is also a half day! We will have an assembly at 9:00. Dismissal is at 11:50.

Dress Like a Superhero Day

Fun Day!

Paper Helicopter Experiment

Board Game Day

Our second 'balloon pop' was board game day! The students brought in board games and played with the other fourth graders! 

Daniel Boone Field Trip

Weekly Happenings 5.15-5.19

Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend! Can you believe we only have two weeks left??

Here is what's happenings this week:

Writing: We will work to finish the literary essays by this Friday. We will spend this week focusing on revising and editing!

Reading: The students will continue to read and discuss their book club books. We will focus on finding the theme and providing evidence to support our thinking!

Word Study: The spelling test will be Tuesday, May 23.

Science: We are learning about force and motion! The students will learn to calculate speed and perform experiments. We will also focus on the scientific method. There will not be a test over this unit. We will have mini projects along the way.

Math: The students are finishing up their tessellation projects! Our next project will be to create a paper obstacle course. They will have a certain area they can use for their course! They will work together to build the obstacles and create the course.

Important Dates:

5.17 - Daniel Boone Field Trip

5.19 - Fun Day

Gum Day

Our first 'Balloon Pop Day' was gum day!! 

Class Soccer Game

Our class voted to have a class soccer game! We have some star athletes in our class! 

Weekly Happenings 5.8-5.12

Hello! I hope everyone had a great extra long weekend! It was good to see everyone back today!

Here is what's happenings this week:

Writing: We are still working on literary essays. We will work on using transition words to bring their evidence together. We will also work on explaining how the evidence highlights their thesis.

Reading: The students will continue to read and discuss their book club books. This week, we will also focus on character perspective as we read. We will also start looking for the theme of the book.

Word Study: Because of the 'flood days', the spelling test will now be Tuesday, May 23.

Social Studies: We will still have the social studies test this Tuesday. It will be an open note test. We will fill out the study guide today which they can use during the test.

Math: The students have already made their shape they will tessellate with. We will work on their tessellation posters this week. Here is an example:
 

Important Dates:

5.9 - Social Studies Test

5.12 - No School
5.17 - Daniel Boone Field Trip
5.19 - Fun Day

Tessellations!

The students began tracing their shapes today! 

Junior Achievement

Weekly Happenings 5.1-5.5

Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend! I am happy to say that MAP testing is over! I am so proud of the hard work each kiddo put forth!!

Here is what's happenings this week:

Writing: We are still working on literary essays. This week, the students will continue finding evidence to support their thesis statements. They will also put their evidence together using transition words.

Reading: The students are taking part in historical fiction book clubs. The students are responsible for reading the assigned pages and taking notes that will lead to a strong discussion. We will also focus on character perspective as we read.

Word Study: The students received new words this week. Their test will be Tuesday, May 16,

Social Studies: This week, the students will learn about Reconstruction after the Civil War. We will learn about growing industry and the difficult working conditions in the factories. They will take an open note test on Tuesday, May 9.

Math: We've begun creating tessellations this week! We will work on their tessellation posters this week. Here is an example:
 

Important Dates:

5.2 - Junior Achievement 

5.9 - Social Studies Test

5.12 - No School

Freedom Quilt

We learned how the slaves would use quilt squares as secret codes to help people escape on the Underground Railroad.

Historical Fiction Book Clubs

The students met with their book club books for the first time recently! They read a picture book set in the same time period of their chapter book. Each group also wrote a Book Club Constitution.

Reviewing for the MAP Test