Hello 5-2 Parents ~
Can I just tell you that your children are hands down the most special group of 5th graders around?! If they didn't already come home and tell you, your beautiful children threw me a surprise birthday party today. It was the most adorably touching thing ever ♡ They enlisted the support of Mrs. Watanuki a few weeks ago to supervise them today as they decorated another classroom during lunch, then they paged me to the room at the end of lunch to surprise me. We, of course, stayed in the room to celebrate for a little while, and enjoyed a class game of Silent Ball :) I've included a few pictures at the end of the blog post.
My heart is just so incredibly full of gratitude as we begin our Thanksgiving Break that I get to spend my days with your children. Thank YOU for raising such an amazing group of kiddos!!
Important Dates
Progress Reports ~ you should have received your child's email by now. If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to reach out!
Thanksgiving Break ~ Monday, November 19th - Friday, November 23rd. Enjoy the time with your family!
Thanksgiving Break ~ Monday, November 19th - Friday, November 23rd. Enjoy the time with your family!
Math
it took our class a little longer to take the Chapter 3 Assessment than I anticipated, so the Owl Scorecards won't come home until we return from break. We did begin Chapter 4 - Multiplying and Dividing Fraction. Today we worked on word problems, and a few of them didn't finish up the problems, so they may have a bit of math homework to complete over break You might want to encourage your children to spend some time over break reviewing their math facts and skills to keep them fresh!
Science
Our Earth and Space unit ended this week with final quiz on Monday. I will be sending home the final Owl Scorecards when they return to school after break. We will begin our social studies unit on the Revolutionary War when we return with a game of tug-of-war!
Reading
This week, your children were introduced to Notice & Note Signposts. These "signposts" alert readers to significant moments in fictional text and encourage them to read more closely. Learning to spot these signpost and question them enables readers to explore the text and find evidence to support inferential comprehension. This week, your children were introduced to 2 signposts: Contrast & Contradictions and Aha Moments. When we return from break, they will learn about 4 more signposts. They were given a bookmark to keep in their novel with all 6 signposts - they should hang on to it as they will need this bookmark when they complete the exit slips associated with each signposts.
Your children also chose a novel this week to read over Thanksgiving Break. The novel should be complete by the time they return to school in order to complete a Cereal Box project based on skills learned during the fiction unit. They will need one large cereal box when they return to school on Monday, November 26th.
This week, your children were introduced to Notice & Note Signposts. These "signposts" alert readers to significant moments in fictional text and encourage them to read more closely. Learning to spot these signpost and question them enables readers to explore the text and find evidence to support inferential comprehension. This week, your children were introduced to 2 signposts: Contrast & Contradictions and Aha Moments. When we return from break, they will learn about 4 more signposts. They were given a bookmark to keep in their novel with all 6 signposts - they should hang on to it as they will need this bookmark when they complete the exit slips associated with each signposts.
Your children also chose a novel this week to read over Thanksgiving Break. The novel should be complete by the time they return to school in order to complete a Cereal Box project based on skills learned during the fiction unit. They will need one large cereal box when they return to school on Monday, November 26th.
Personalized Learning
I was so impressed with the engagement during our Personalized Learning Experience this week! They worked so hard to answer their questions through research! These questions were challenging, open-ended questions that were not easy to answer with a simple internet search. As they struggled to find research to answer their questions, they strengthened their critical thinking and problem solving skills. After they answered their questions, they created a project to share their findings with the class. Have your child take you to our Google Classroom stream to check out their project!
Hoping your Thanksgiving Break is filled with many moments of relaxing and refreshing time with your families.
As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
It's not happy people who are thankful,
but thankful people who are happy.
~ Loris Malaguzzi
but thankful people who are happy.
~ Loris Malaguzzi
Cheers ~
Theresa Fowler
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