Dear Fifth Grade Families, The Fun Run today lived up to its name, it was a lot of fun! Seeing my students just get to be kids and run around was a blast! I will be posting pictures later when I collect them from others, as I was having so much fun with the kids I did not take any! We had a really good week overall, in class we have been working hard to become more independent about following class rules and needing fewer reminders to accomplish given tasks. In reading this week we worked on summarizing a text and identifying cause and effect relationships between two events. In writing we started our argumentative writing unit by learning to take notes and gather evidence from both sides of an issue. In math we finished up multiplication of fractions and decimals and have moved on to the other part of this module which is division of fractions and decimals. We should finish this unit right before spring break. Next week I plan to teach lessons 27-30. In social studies we continued to learn about taxation and also began learning about reactions to the quartering act in the colonies. We have our field trip to the Pacific Science Center on Tuesday! We will be leaving school at around 9:15. Students should either bring a packed lunch from home or let me know by Monday if they will be purchasing a school made sack lunch to bring with them. We will not be back at school until right before 2pm. There are still several students who have either not paid the $18.00 for the trip or asked me for a scholarship. We have some money set aside for students who need it but ask that those who can, pay the the $18.00 which covers the cost of each students admission to the center and the lab activity, as well as helps to pay for the bus ride to the science center. Upcoming Dates: Tuesday March 26th: Field Trip to Pacific Science Center & Report Cards go live Friday March 29th- Spring and Class pictures (forms went home today) April 8-12th- Spring Break Here is a link to IVE E-news https://connect.issaquah.wednet.edu/elementary/ive/about/news/b/lastest_news/posts/ive-e-news-3-22-19
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Hello Fifth Grade Families,
Here is an update about what we have been doing in class as well as what we have to look forward too. This week students worked hard to complete their informational writing assignments and their mid-module 4 assessments. We also spent the whole week in reading working on what makes a good summary. Next week students will finish their “passion projects” and we will be doing lessons 14-18 in math. We will be starting a special science readers workshop called Science is Alive. We will be building on the work we have been doing in non-fiction, with high interest non-fiction texts. In social studies students are getting into the story of the revolutionary war by becoming characters in colonial Boston. Looking further ahead we will be in module 4 of math until the end of March we are scheduled to take the end of module assessment in the first couple days of April. We will be doing the Science is Alive unit for 3 weeks and then we will be doing unit 8 of the Making Meaning curriculum which focuses on inferencing. After we conclude the passion project assignments next week, we will be diving into argumentative writing using the Lucy Calkins Writing Units of Study. When we finish our social studies unit we will be starting our physical science unit. On March 11th we will be taking a trip to Issaquah Middle school to help prepare students for their transition to middle school next year. Make sure to participate in the Orange Ruler Fundraiser, so our school can get much needed funds and our class can earn really awesome prizes! Attached below is a link to the latest E-News which has a lot of important information about upcoming events and important information about snow changes. https://connect.issaquah.wednet.edu/elementary/ive/about/news/b/lastest_news/posts/ive-e-news-3-1-19 -Miss Machin Happy February! We got a lot done in this short week. This week students worked on finishing the rough drafts of their informational writing pieces in writing. In reading students worked on using text structures to understand text, they also practiced summarizing non-fiction texts. In math students are learning to find fractions of whole numbers by multiplying fractions by whole numbers ( 1/2 of 24 and 3/4 X 18) this was covered in lessons 5-8 of module 4. In social studies students are setting up the scene for our study on the American Revolution. Our class earned a whole class reward by showing expected behavior! We only have two weeks until mid-winter break! In this time we will be finishing our unit of study on non-fiction, publishing informational texts and preparing for the mid-module math assessment that we will take on February 12th. We will be having a class valentines party on February 14th in the afternoon if your child would like to bring valentines they may but they must have one for everyone in the class, there are 24 students in the class. The Global reading challenge competition will be taking place on Monday February 4th at 1:15pm in the Multi-purpose room. -Miss MachinWelcome back fifth grade families!
I hope that a restful break was had by all. I am excited to get back into the swing of things. This week and next we will be working on adding and subtracting mixed numbers and improper fractions with uncommon denominators. We will be taking the end of module 3 assessment on Wednesday January 16th. In reading we will be practicing how to determine the main idea of a nonfiction text by identifying the key details of the text. In writing we are learning how to research and take notes on what we learned so that we can relay that information in our informational writing pieces. Starting tomorrow we will be doing research students are more than welcome to also research their topics at home. Finally we will be wrapping up social studies in the next couple of weeks and will end social studies with a summative project about different perspectives of European settlement due after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Friday right after school there is a set building party for the 5th grade musical. Happy December! There is a lot of exciting new learning coming soon! In the last two weeks we have been wrapping up our units in math, reading, and writing. Starting this week we will be launching new units in math, reading and writing. In math we just finished our module on multi-digit and decimal multiplication and division. We will be starting Module three which focuses on addition and subtraction with fraction that have unlike denominators. In reading we wrapped up our fiction unit on characters and themes. We will be launching a new unit focused on non-fiction texts. In writing the students just published their personal narrative writing and will be starting informational writing this week. Finally we have begun our social studies unit on US first people and colonization.There are a lot of exciting things coming up in the month of November! In class we aThere are a lot of exciting things coming up in the month of November! In class we are finishing up our first round of book clubs and getting ready to start round two, we have been focusing on understanding theme. We are also finishing our section on multi-digit multiplication and moving on to multi-digit division. In writing we are just about to publish personal narratives. I look forward to seeing the finish products from your students. In science we are discussing heredity and adaptations This week we are having book fair in the library! The book fair will be open for students and parents to shop during recess and before and after school. Students must be accompanied by a parent if they are coming to the library before or after school. There will also have a box with books that I would like to add to our classroom library if you feel like donating one to the classroom. On Friday we will also be having a Veterans Day Assembly with students singing songs, and doing readings to honor the men and women who served in the armed forces. There are two different assemblies this year our class will be performing at the second one from 10:30-11:15 Lastly conference scheduling will come live this week! Enjoy this picture from our Halloween party, hosted by some wonderful parent volunteers! Hello parents, Its the rumor 404 bloggers. So this week we are working on the Tango in dance. We have also started book clubs now in reading. Some of the books that we are reading are The BFG, Time Cat and Rascal. In library we are learning to use computers the right way. In math this week we did the end of module test and finished lessons 13 through 16.
By the way, do not forget to come to Salmon Days over the weekend! We also had ten minutes of extra recess for good behavior. On Monday we have no school! Sincerely Colby and Sofia |
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