A Social Studies Test and a Fire Drill!

A Week in Review

October 14 - 18

 

 

Happy Friday! Our week has come to an end, but we were hard at work in room 210! I was out sick on Monday and had a meeting on Tuesday morning, but both guest teachers were so impressed with our polite, hardworking, and focused students!! It was nice to come back to such great news! Here is what we've accomplished this week:

 

 

Virtue Awards:

Alan Y. has earned a Virtue Award for demonstrating the virtues of responsibility and diligence. Alan always works hard and has 100% of his class work and homework turned in! Good job Alan!

 

Gracie S. has earned a Virtue Award for demonstrating the virtues of responsibility and commitment. Gracie has 100% of her class work and homework turned in. She completes all of her assignments with quality work! Way to go Gracie!

 

Reading:

Our main selection in Journeys this week was a nonfiction piece, Blasting Off to Space Academy: From Ultimate Field Trip 5 by Susan E. Goodman. Students worked to use the text and graphic features to deepen their comprehension and analyze the author's craft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing:

In Computer Lab this week, students drafted their first descriptive paragraphs of their monster face. They brainstormed how the original sample was not clear or specific and what they needed to do to make sure their writing was.

 

 

 

 

Math:

We have started our third math unit of the year, Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers and Decimals. We worked this week to understand place value and how to correctly write and also compare whole numbers and decimal numbers.

 

 

 

 

Science:

Ms. Keenan and our students continued analyzing the proposed sites for the development in their science groups. Then students began designing a procedure for a science experiment to answer the investigative question, "How does increasing the amount of water affect the length of the delta?"

 

 

 

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Social Studies:

Students finished analyzing artifacts from the New World. We discussed the importance of the artifacts and how the explorers used them. We also learned about the reasons the explorers set sail and how each artifact related to their motives. We ended the week with by taking our Chapter 4 Social Studies test!

 

 

 

 

 

Another week of 5th grade has concluded and it ended with a planned fire drill. We have planned fire, lockdown, and earthquake throughout the year in order to ensure that we are familiar with all of the emergency procedures. Our students were very focused and determined to beat our school record of 5 minutes to evacuate! It's a tough time to beat!

 

Have a wonderful weekend! How about those Seahawks?!?

 

Go Seahawks!

~Mrs. Hatlestad

Upcoming Events:

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