Good afternoon,
Room 15 continues to make steady progress as we dig into the fifth grade standards. We started the week with our first meeting of our Connections Groups. Students were read Tough Boris and then completed a STEM challenge with their Connections team members. Today, we revisited what we built on Connections Day and gave our all to re-engineer our "boats" to hold more "pirates". Please be sure to ask your child about this activity. What did they learn about the structure of the boats that helped them hold more "pirates" (marbles)? We definitely have some great scientific minds in Room 15! Also in Science this week we kept working with Matter. Following our look at the States of Matter, this week we focused on why materials are different and how they can be identified. We discussed solubility and did a hands on lab today. See our photo gallery for some great pictures. We talked about electrical conductivity as well as thermal conductivity and are looking forward to testing different substances next week to determine what makes a substance a good electrical conductor. I have been very impressed by their questioning! In Social Studies our Landmark projects are completed and WOW the creativity was awesome! I loved how many chose a theme for their projects and kept all details on their map related to that theme. Donut Island, Basketball Island, Hogwarts and even Sponge Bob - so great to see their individuality shine through! In Math we worked hard this week with variable expressions. We were challenged to create algebraic expressions and to also evaluate them when given a specific variable. We had a great day of review, using Jeopardy as our class game! It was great to see teams working together (but I forgot to take pictures! I think I was trying to be a true game show host!) . We showed unbelievable perseverance today on our tests. Each student made an attempt at the Bonus questions - challenging themselves to use the order of operations to solve problems. Tests will be sent home on Monday for review and signature! In Reading and Writing our focus has been to increase our stamina and stay connected to our work. How do we set goals for our reading? How do we stay connected to the story, even when we hit a dull spot or a tough word? We worked hard using post it notes to set page goals where we would stop and jot what we were thinking. We went back into our writing to elaborate with details and check spelling rules. Next week our focus will be on strong leads, how can we change the beginning of our stories to really capture the attention of our readers? Looking forward to more great work! In another week, we will be starting our first round of literacy circles! Stay tuned next week for details! I cannot wait to get these started and watch students listen and learn from each other as we dig into some great novels! A few questions to ask?
~Cheers Maura Important Dates to Remember
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