Cardboard Box Challenge

This Week the students showed perseverance, collaboration and amazing problem solving skills while creating their cardboard creations. We had arcade games, a pet shop, robot costumes, a birthday cake, a cow, a plane, a laptop and more! We were so impressed. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Week in Room 5

We had a busy week in Room 5. It started with our Vocabulary Parade on Monday. 

We had our Publishing Party where we shared our Personal Narratives with each other. 

We continued our work with Informational  text and finding the main idea. 

In Math we worked on writing and solving division stories. Everyone is working hard and doing a fabulous job. I am so very proud of them.

Next Week we will be taking part in our cardboard challenge. Thank you for sending in boxes. Donations of masking tape would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Just a reminder, there is no school on Tuesday 11/8 and Friday 11/11. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plimoth Plantation

We enjoyed a perfect day exploring Plimoth Plantation on Friday. Thank you to the PCC, the chaperones and the parents we joined us. Official Goose Chase scores will be revealed on Monday... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad Kitty Author Nick Bruel Visit

 

 

 

 

 

This Week in Room 5

We had a fabulous first week of October in Room 5. 

In Writer's Workshop we made some hands-on revisions to our Personal Narratives by cutting and taping :

 

We worked on our first Google Classroom assignment in Reader's Workshop. After reading an article about football safety and watching a video clip on the topic, students wrote a mock letter to the New England Patriots explaining why football needs to be safer for players. 

In Math we continue to work on using patterns to help us multiply. Here some of the students are explaining their thinking when solving problems . 

 

We ended the week with a fun-filled Open House. It was so great to see the students sharing their classroom with their families. They are so very proud of all of their hard work. Thank you for joining us.

On Friday, November 4th we will be going to Plymouth Planation. Field trip forms went out on Friday. Please send them back to school by Friday, October 14th. 

 
 

 

 
 

This Week in Room 5

This week we started our Math Workshop.  The students all gathered in the rug area for the lesson (multiplication patterns : 0s, 1s, 2s,5s, 9s, 10s), then they broke off into small groups .
1. Teacher Directed Mini-lesson
2. Independent Work
3. Game/Fact Practice
The students are doing a great job getting used to the routines and enjoying this format.

In Reader's Workshop we worked on figuring out difficult words in our reading by using a variety of strategies from Chunking words to using Context Clues.

In Writer's Workshop we chose a topic and have started drafting.  Mrs. Richards, our Reading Specialist, lead a lesson on 'Showing not Telling" when we draft.  She did a fabulous job of getting us excited about drafting and setting us out on the right foot.  We loved having her!

In Science we are wrapping up our study on the Solar System.  We spent a couple of days learning about the phases of the moon.  Our first test will be Thursday, October 6th.  A study guide was sent home last week.  If you need an extra copy please let me know.

This Thursday night is our Open House.  I'm looking forward to seeing all of you again.

Parent/Teacher Conference Sign Up December Thursday, December 1st

Parent/Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Thursday, December 1st.  Please click on the link below to sign up.  If this day/times does not work for you please contact me.


Parent/Teacher Conference Sign-Up Genius