Happy (almost) weekend, families! 8/26/16

It has been another great week in Trailer C! I am continually amazed at the hard work and perseverance that my students have. We have explored many of the different aspects of fifth grade, and they are all doing great with it. Here are a few updates from this week and for upcoming weeks:

Math: We have finished the content of Topic 1: Place Value in our math curriculum. As some students were confused with place value to begin with, most students were able to work through the difficulty and learn and understand the topic. We spent Friday reviewing with a Jeopardy game and we will be doing a review packet on Monday. The Place Value test will be Tuesday, Aug. 30.

Reading: We have been working on building stamina when independently reading, and as a class we have done great! We all earned PBIS stickers for our sticker charts on Wednesday because we have done so well this week. We also have been doing DRA testing, which the students have been VERY patient with.

Writing: We have started our narrative writing unit. This week we have been focusing on brainstorming using mentor authors to think about times we felt strong emotions toward something, special people in our lives, special places, and first times that we have experienced something unique. The kids are off to a great start! Stay tuned for great narrative writing updates. :)

Science: We started science stations this week to move around and practice collecting and graphing data. The students seemed to really love the activities. Next week we will be starting variables and experimental design.

Thank you all for your continued communication and support. I am amazed every day at the abilities that your kiddos bring to my classroom. Teaching is such a fun job!

Have a great weekend,

Mrs. Sanders