A Week in Review
September 16 - 20
Another great week has zoomed by! We were busy learning, working together, and having FUN! We started the week by watching a short clip from a Ted Talk in Toronto, "Leading with Lollipops" by Drew Dudley. The point of the message was for students to begin thinking about leadership in a different light, it doesn't have to be a giant moment, but leadership can come in little moments, too. He called them "lollipop moments" and if someone has made our life better, by something they've said or done - we need to tell people the positive impact they've had on our life. I gave students lollipops as a reminder. You can view the clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVCBrkrFrBE
We also had the opportunity to be one of the first groups of students to watch a brand new show from "The Noise Guy", Charlie Williams. He is trying out a new show and offered a free sneak peek to Medina students. Students enjoyed his reenactment of the Star Wars trilogy (complete with his collectible action figures!!!) and self-made sound effects. He taught students how to do some of the sound effects and invited Mrs. Kaminoff up to perform a reader's theater with him! It was a great way to start our Friday morning!
Virtue Awards:
Nate B. has earned a Virtue Award for demonstrating the virtues of enthusiasm and excellence. Nate is an enthusiastic learner in our classroom and always strives to do his best! Thank you for being a fantastic 5th grade leader!
Anjali K. has earned a Virtue Award for demonstrating the virtues of responsibility and diligence. Anjali has 100% of her homework and class work turned in! She completes assignments with quality work and is a hardworking student! Thank you for always modeling excellence!
Reading:
Our focus this week during Reading Workshop was on genres. We discussed Fiction and Nonfiction and how they are the umbrellas for many genres that fall under these two categories. We found time to "get lost in good books" as well. Students also began recording the books they are reading on their "Independent Reading Log".
Writing:
Students started a baseline writing assessment this week. Our Writer's Notebooks are set up, our ideas now have a place to be store, so students chose one memory from their brainstorm lists and began drafting a personal narrative. I will use these writing pieces to set goals with students and guide my teaching to best meet their needs.
It was a busy week of word problems, multiplication, and division. Students were reminded of the Order of Operations in math in order to solve more complex problems (Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally or PEMDAS or Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction). Using their knowledge of PEMDAS, students worked with word problems with misleading language - challenging themselves to slow down and think carefully about what the problem was asking them to do. Students also had time to begin working on the computers with the math program, Dreambox! Login cards with usernames and passwords were sent home today. The website to access this program at home is: https://play.dreambox.com/login/x5s9/medinae
Social Studies:
Latitude and Longitude rap? Yes, that's right - in order for students to become proficient in these geographic terms, Mr. Thiel found a short video of the Longitude and Latitude rap to help students solidify their learning! Latitude are like the rungs of a ladder and I taught students a hand motion to remember longitude is like "long hair", it runs up and down. Here is the link to the rap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0c1idtn3e8
Science:
Ms. Keenan taught our class Science this week (while I taught her class Social Studies). Students watched an erosion video to learn about why people care about erosion and deposition.Students began answering these questions:
- What are erosion and deposition?
- Why do people in the Skokomish River area and other areas around the world watch and study erosion and deposition?
- How can we model erosion and deposition in the stream table?
Thanks for another great week of learning! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Go Seahawks!
~Mrs. Hatlestad
Upcoming Events:
9 Oct - Walkathon
11 Oct - No School (Teacher Professional Development Day)
25 Oct - 5th Grade Parents Cocktail/Wine Tasting Party (7:30pm-9:30pm)
5 Nov - PTA General Assembly Meeting, 8:15
11 Nov - No School, Veterans' Day
18-23 Nov - Missoula Children's Theater
28-29 Nov - No School, Thanksgiving Break
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