Ryan B began our morning tell us about his trip to Alabama this summer. Fun times, minus the sick car ride home!
In science we answered the question: Does string length change the cycles a pendulum swings in 15 seconds. Ask your child the answer to this question based on our experiment!
In math we discussed square numbers and squaring numbers. It is vital that fifth graders understand that exponents show how man times the base number is multiplied by itself.
an example of square numbers that we did in class
a challenge for advanced students
In writing we focused on putting our brain on paper. Students chose the "place" story that they could describe in the most vivid details and began drafting. I am most impressed with how this class has taken to writing. Ideas are flowing and soon we will be picking one of our draft starts to turn into a larger writing piece. Here is some more information on Exploding the Moment in Writing.
Today in reading, we continued a bit more in Sign of the Beaver and guided reading groups wrapped up the first half of this lesson. Text evidence, page numbers and elaboration are our focus along with story structure and summaries. My goal is to have all students using text evidence, page numbers and quotes to justify their reading responses by the end of the first marking period. From there we will focus on elaborating and explaining the text evidence in our own words.
Homework
- Math: SL 1.7
- RELA: read 30 min; PINK and BLUE groups vocabulary reader responses (text evidence and page numbers supporting your answers! two paragraph minimum!); GREEN and PURPLE groups critical thinking questions (page numbers to justify your responses!)
- Spelling/Vocab: Spelling due tomorrow; "ped" sentences due tomorrow
- Other: planner signed, fall fitness fundraiser in ASAP
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