Dear Amazing Parents of Amazing Children!
Let me just say I am so thankful for such a sweet class. It has been difficult with testing, schedules, recess at different times, keeping quiet, etc... Let me just say, this has been difficult, but our class has been great!! We have 2 more days of testing and then we will be done. We were testing buddies with another 5th grade class and the students have written letters, created cootie catchers, and written jokes for encouragement. I have heard from the teacher and some of the students--they absolutely love the notes from the children!
Curriculum:
Science: We are watching caterpillars begin to create a chrysalis. The students are fascinated to see them crawl up the side of the jar and hang from the top, just like they are hanging from a branch in nature. Hopefully we will see these become a butterfly soon. We created a life cycle chart for the butterfly out of macaroni, planted wheat seeds, made sprouted whole wheat bread (big hit, more of this to come!), and we are watching our lima beans grow in the window. Next week we will be talking about the life cycle of a frog, take a seed walk outside, and begin our projects for Spring Showcase. Your child might be asking to bring some things from home to help create their project. They will be creating a puzzle, game, or their choice of project (has to be approved by me :) to illustrate their knowledge of the lifecycle of 2 different living things.
English/Writing: We are learning about synonym and antonyms this week. Some of the students have been learning about analogies using synonyms and antonyms. They will be completing an activity demonstrating their knowledge of these concepts.
Reading: We continue to study fiction and students are really enjoying getting into their reading club groups and reading their book series together. Next week I will be meeting with each group and discussing the main character, summarizing the story, and favorite parts (with reasons why). The students took a quiz today after I read the excellent story Enemy Pie. These grades are posted on Home access. I am so pleased with how the students did on this quiz. They are using sentence starters (this helps them reinforce the question they are suppose to answer) and used details from the story to support their opinion of the story.
Math: 2.2- I sent home the quiz the students took last week in math. We will have another quiz over arrays, story problems, and premultiplication concepts. Continue to have your child get on iReady for math. I have noticed that some of the students have not been getting on this at home.
3.2-We continue to study fractions. We began to compare fractions using models and number lines. We will have a quiz on Friday over everything we have learned so far in this unit.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Laura Lamaster
Let me just say I am so thankful for such a sweet class. It has been difficult with testing, schedules, recess at different times, keeping quiet, etc... Let me just say, this has been difficult, but our class has been great!! We have 2 more days of testing and then we will be done. We were testing buddies with another 5th grade class and the students have written letters, created cootie catchers, and written jokes for encouragement. I have heard from the teacher and some of the students--they absolutely love the notes from the children!
Curriculum:
Science: We are watching caterpillars begin to create a chrysalis. The students are fascinated to see them crawl up the side of the jar and hang from the top, just like they are hanging from a branch in nature. Hopefully we will see these become a butterfly soon. We created a life cycle chart for the butterfly out of macaroni, planted wheat seeds, made sprouted whole wheat bread (big hit, more of this to come!), and we are watching our lima beans grow in the window. Next week we will be talking about the life cycle of a frog, take a seed walk outside, and begin our projects for Spring Showcase. Your child might be asking to bring some things from home to help create their project. They will be creating a puzzle, game, or their choice of project (has to be approved by me :) to illustrate their knowledge of the lifecycle of 2 different living things.
English/Writing: We are learning about synonym and antonyms this week. Some of the students have been learning about analogies using synonyms and antonyms. They will be completing an activity demonstrating their knowledge of these concepts.
Reading: We continue to study fiction and students are really enjoying getting into their reading club groups and reading their book series together. Next week I will be meeting with each group and discussing the main character, summarizing the story, and favorite parts (with reasons why). The students took a quiz today after I read the excellent story Enemy Pie. These grades are posted on Home access. I am so pleased with how the students did on this quiz. They are using sentence starters (this helps them reinforce the question they are suppose to answer) and used details from the story to support their opinion of the story.
Math: 2.2- I sent home the quiz the students took last week in math. We will have another quiz over arrays, story problems, and premultiplication concepts. Continue to have your child get on iReady for math. I have noticed that some of the students have not been getting on this at home.
3.2-We continue to study fractions. We began to compare fractions using models and number lines. We will have a quiz on Friday over everything we have learned so far in this unit.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Laura Lamaster