Explorers, Decimals, Venn Diagrams, Oh my!

A Week in Review

October 21 - 25

 

Explorers, decimals, Venn Diagrams, oh my! We were busy this week learning and challenging ourselves to find evidence in our texts to support our answers! We had many opportunities for group work and independent work. It was a great week, here's what we've been up to:

 

Virtue Awards:
Danny W. has earned a Virtue Award for demonstrating the virtue of friendliness and kindness. Danny is always friendly and kind to his classmates. He is a great 5th grade leader!

Soha M. has earned a Virtue Award for demonstrating the virtues of responsibility and diligence. Soha has 100% of her class work and homework turned in for ALL subjects! Keep up the good work!!

 

 Reading:

Our main selection in Journeys this week was an excerpt from Gary Soto's book, Off and Running. We compared and contrasted the two main characters, Rudy and Miata to deepen our comprehension. Both students were running for class president, we had an in depth discussion about who we would vote for and why (using evidence from the text). We also discussed who we thought would win. With our own local election around the corner, it had a nice tie-in to real life.

 

Writing:

We wrote drafts for another narrative, focusing on using more description language and expanding our vocabulary. This is such a great group of writers and we are learning a lot from each other!

 

 

Math:

Adding decimals and identifying place value from billions to billionths was our focus this week. The students are grasping these new concepts quickly and applying them to problem solving in math.

 

 

Science:

On Tuesday with Ms. Keenan, students conducted an experiment investigating the question, "How does changing the amount of water affect the length of the delta?" Then students wrote a scientific conclusion with me today using the data they gathered from their experiment.

Social Studies:

Students researched seven explorers and analyzed their background, sponsors, motives, dates, route of exploration and their impact on the native people. We created a giant matrix to organize our findings and to help us learn more about how the "new world" was discovered and developed.

 

Thanks for another great week of learning!

 

 

Enjoy your weekend!
 

Go Seahawks!
 

~Mrs. Hatlestad

Upcoming Events:

25 Oct - 5th Grade Parents Cocktail/Wine Tasting Party (7:30pm-9:30pm)
31 Oct - Halloween Party (time TBD)

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
13 Dec - Class Store (time TBD)
21 Dec - 5 January - Winter Break