Welcome Back!

A Week in Review

September 3 - 6

 

 

Welcome back! We've had a fantastic first week back! I'm so impressed with our students, their positive attitudes and flexibility! Each week, I will send out our "A Week in Review" newsletter to let you know what we've been learning. So, here is our first one of the year!

 

Virtue Awards:

Sahar A. has earned a virtues award for demonstrating the virtue of helpfulness. Thank you Sahar for helping to organize the classroom community supplies!

 

Jacob L. has earned a virtues award for demonstrating the virtue of responsibility. Thank you Jacob for always making sure our class beta fish has been fed!

 

 

Weekly Reports:
Every Friday I will send home a Weekly Report. This report grades students in three categories: Behavior, Study Habits, and Work Completion. These reports are to be signed by parents and returned to school the following week. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!
 

Reading:

Students have checked out books, had time to read independently, and learned our "Guidelines for Reading Workshop" to ensure that all of us can do their best learning. We discussed how "Reading is Thinking" and we took not one, but TWO reading assessments already, so that I can learn more about my fabulous students.

 

Writing:

We started Writing Workshop this week with a Virtues Poem. We are hoping to have our poems revised and edited by curriculum night, so that they can be on display! Students chose a virtue that represents them or one they think is important and wrote a poem from the virtue's perspective.

 

 

 

 

 

Math:

The Basic Fluency Plan is our first mini-math unit in 5th grade. Students are reviewing key terms they learned in 4th grade and dusting off their math brains as they work through word problems. While the numbers in the word problems are small, the focus has been on understanding the operation needed to solve the problem.

 

Science:

Have you ever wondered if gummy bears dissolve faster in water or vinegar? Well, you're in luck because we conducted our first experiment in class to answer that very question! Students reviewed the Scientific Process and together we wrote a procedure, collected data, and wrote a conclusion to find out if our hypothesis was right!

 

 

 

 

Thank you for a great first week of school! I look forward to continuing to get to know these amazing students! Thank you so much for entrusting me with their learning!

 

Go Seahawks!

 

~Mrs. Hatlestad

 

Upcoming Events:

 6 Sept - Ice Cream Social (6:00-7:00pm)

10 Sept - Curriculum Night (5:30pm)

11 Sept - Hearing Screening

13 Sept - Picture Day (our class time is TBD)

11 Oct - No School (Teacher Professional Development Day)