Report Card Week

A Week in Review

March 25 - 29

 

Dear Families in Room 210,

 

The "books" have been closed on the 2nd Trimester of 5th grade! REPORT CARDS were sent home with your student today!Spring Break is right around the corner, only a week away and we have lots of learning and fun planned for next week!  Here's what this week had in store for us:

 

Virtue Awards:

Audun K. has earned a Virtues Award for showing the virtues of FRIENDLINESS and KINDNESS. Audun treats everyone with kindness and respect. Thank you for making our classroom a great place to learn!

 

Isabelle E. has earned a Virtues Award for showing the virtue of ENTHUSIASM! Isabelle is friendly and an enthusiastic learner! Thank you for making our classroom a happier place!

 

 

 

 

Reading:

The DRAs (Developmental Reading Assessment) are FINISHED! The students worked with such focus and diligence to complete this challenging reading test. I will sit down with each student, go over their scores with them, and set goals for our final trimester of 5th grade.

 

 

 

Writing:

We focused our writing on grammar and "free writing" this week. We reviewed past, present, and future tense verbs, as well as helping verbs. Students also found time to return to the JOY of writing and write about topics that interest them.

 

 

 

Math:

As Unit 7: Multiplication and Division with Whole Numbers and Decimals begins to wind down, we worked hard this week on division! Students learned how to divide a decimal number and how to divide when a decimal is the divisor. We will continue to practice these strategies, so that we become more fluent with them.

 

 

 

 

Social Studies:

We finished up our colonial job presentations. The PowerPoint's that the students developed were spot-on and really provided the background knowledge that students will need in order to truly understand the link the colonies had to Britain and how the tensions built before the Revolutionary War.

 

 

 

Science:

The UW was back to help us begin our final Science Unit of 5th grade! Students took the pre-test this week for our Environments unit. We also worked through a QFT where students asked opened-ended questions about a focus picture and statement (that are related to our unit). This allows student to begin to use their critical thinking skills to generate ideas they want to explore in our unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Missoula Children's Theater:

We were so fortunate to have the Missoula Children's Theater host an improv workshop for our class! We combined with Mrs. Bethel's class, as two actors taught both classes the essentials needed for improv. We've taken what we've learned and used that in our class presentations, tips such as: keep your toes pointed to your audience, eye contact, and speak in a loud clear voice. A special thank you to Karyn (Kate) for organizing this workshop for us (and for the entire school!).

 

Another week of 5th grade has come to an end and already I can feel the end-of-the-year creeping up on us! Maybe it's the sun reminding me that summer is right around the corner, but I just truly enjoy teaching your students and look forward to finishing out the year with just as much diligence and focus as we started with!

 

~Mrs. Hatlestad

 

Upcoming Events:

29-Mar - Missoula Children's Theatre FREE performance of Snow White, 7:00pm

30-Mar - Missoula Children's Theatre FREE performance of Snow White, 5:00pm

02-April - PTA General Assembly Meeting, 8:30am

3-April - Heritage Night, 5:45-8:30

03-April - Lego Club Applications due in the office by 12:15pm 

08-12 April - Spring Break

15-April - Spring session of Smart with Art begins

23-April - Spring session of Lego Club begins

07-June - Medina Elementary Family Night at Safeco Field