Please come to the fifth grade promotion assembly next Tuesday at 1:45 PM. We will be serving cake to the parents and fifth graders at 1:15 PM before the assembly! Requiring daily reading over the summer will help your child keep their skills fresh for sixth grade; there are several good reading...
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The Declaration of Independence is being written as I write this! The colonists are in revolt, and spies have been reported around the colonies. We’re having a lot of fun! No homework this week in reading and my math class is using this week to get caught up so no new...
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The colonists are becoming rather unruly over the taxes they are paying! The King of England is even taxing them to use their pencils, paper for assignments, and the glass in the windows! On Tuesday the soldiers entered Concord and searched for hidden stashes of weapons. Colonists were not happy about...
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Amazing! Last week we had a full week of camp without rain and wind at the beach, and we really appreciated that! A BIG THANK YOU to Jay Miller, Eddy Bringelson, Jackie Dirks, Chris Lynch, Daniel Petersen, Sue Gottfried, Tiffany Cook, Dan Hack, Tim Burkhart, adults who supervised fifth graders at camp....
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We’re at the beach this week hopefully soaking up the sun and learning science! We’ll tell you all about it when we return on Friday!
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Here we go! Next week at this time we will be at camp have a fun and educational time! All camp money was due last Friday; we still have a few students who need to pay for camp. Let me know if this is a problem; we may be able to...
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We have finished our wonderful colony models, as you can see from the pictures at riedlteach.com. We will be wrapping up the unit this week, as we look forward to see which simulation colony earned the most wealth in the New World. In our math group, we will be starting our math work samples...
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Last week we finished most of the speeches, and they are wonderful! We are enjoying the character details and stories, many with authentic accents and memorable props! This week will be full of Colonization: Building our colony models, writing diary entries of our interactions with the Native Americans, and finishing as many Settlement Rounds...
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We started character speeches on Thursday and Friday last week! We will finish the speeches this week. Sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in our colonization simulation has been quite the experience! One ship has already sunk because of bad weather, so let’s hope for pleasant weather as we prepare to land in the New...
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We have been transforming our Mayflower character autobiographies into speeches, and we plan to begin the presentations on Thursday this week. Please help your child with memorization and listen to them as they practice at home. They are sure to do well with enough preparation! As for colonization, we will be sailing this week...
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I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! Thankfully there was a nice bit of sunshine to get us all excited about summer, which is right around the corner. Two weeks ago, we had a wonderful time wrapping up the Read-a-thon. Remember to get the pledge money and forms turned in by March 31st!...
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Colonists have finished our mapping assignments and are currently developing a flag for each colony. Finished flags will be hung over each colony; drop in to take a look at the designs! Lots of events happening this week: visit to Reed College (Tuesday afternoon), making seed packets (Wednesday afternoon), the school...
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We started our OMSI Camp Read-a-thon this week! Everyone is reading up a storm; we read daily for 30 minutes right after lunch. Our Kindergarten buddies will miss us over the next two weeks, but we will resume our reading time with them in two weeks when the Read-a-thon concludes. I...
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We visited the Cooley Gallery at Reed College on Monday. The printmaking exhibit by Terry Winters is very interesting; it is open until March 7th if you would like to visit it. Today we went to Sellwood Middle School for a tour of the building and classrooms. A big thank you...
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If you haven’t had a chance to take a look at the science projects outside our fifth grade classrooms, please take some time to drop by. The science projects are very impressive; also your children did a wonderful job explaining their investigations. Thank you for your support with these projects. We...
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We are really excited to see all our students’ science projects. Each student will be sharing a more formal presentation next week during class, but feel free to come by and look at the projects. The science projects will be exhibited in the hall outside our room. Reed Science started last...
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We have finished our classroom science work samples and are moving on to US geography. Each student has a list of important geographical features of our country and after finding each feature will label a blank map. We will be learning the states and capitals during the next few months, and I...
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This week fifth graders are finishing their experiments at home. Due on Friday is a summary of what they worked on this week; please sign their homework. We took our first statewide reading assessment on Tuesday; students worked hard on completing their work accurately. Please continue to encourage your child’s nightly...
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We changed seats today and are sitting in groups so that we can easily work on our science work sample over the next two weeks. Each fifth grader will design an investigation and complete it in class; all investigations will be scored with the state scoring guide and reported to the state. During...
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This week’s science homework includes writing a list of materials, creating a list of steps for procedures, and developing a chart for data collection for the experiment. Each student is keeping their all of their weekly science assignments in their homework folder. Homework folders should be brought to school each day and...
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Happy New Year! Your children brought home two science homework assignments this week and we are beginning a six week long homework assignment. Students each chose a question to develop a science investigation. Please sign their homework each week! They will need help collecting the materials for their experiment. ...
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Happy Holidays! There will be no formal reading homework or math homework over Winter Break; however, I do expect students to keep reading daily and working on those math facts. Remember…books and flashcards make great gifts for your children! Have a great vacation and see you next year.
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