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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Brrrrr! Hope you are staying warm! Please make sure your child comes to school with a coat, hat, and gloves. Many of our students are going outside without adequate outerwear…blue children are not attractive. We finished our investigation of pendulums on Tuesday and have started investigating lifeboats and capacity with the fifth grade science...
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The Modern Explorer reports were fabulous! We learned a lot about people who explored many different places. Thank you for the support you gave your students on this project. Our next big homework project will be a science project that will be assigned after Winter Break. This week we will begin our next science...
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We are wrapping up our Old World Explorer reports in class this week. Modern Explorer reports (homework) were due yesterday. Extra credit work needs to be turned in on Friday. My math group is working hard on learning how to use protractors to measure angles. They may use calculators on their math homework packets...
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Last Friday your child brought home a new homework project: research and write a report about a modern explorer. Please help your child find appropriate materials for note taking this week. By next week your child should be writing their rough draft at home. This week we began Bike Safety class! Each afternoon from...
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We finished sharing our Astronomy projects early this week. Our students did a nice job on their presentations and projects. Last Wednesday we had cold feet (literally) after working on the cob bench; please drop by and see our work! This week we are finishing up the last of our Astronomy planet posters and...
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We have been sharing the Astronomy projects brought in last Friday, and everyone has learned about many different topics in Astronomy! Thank you for supporting your child’s learning at home with this project; we can tell that many families got involved in helping their fifth grader put together a successful project. The projects are...
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We are wrapping up our Astronomy unit in the next two weeks; all projects are due this Friday. Thank you for helping your child work on their project! We will begin sharing these projects next Monday. We are also finishing up our number sense math unit in the next two weeks. If you haven’t...
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Welcome back to school! We spent lots of time getting to know your student last week and working on assessments. Astronomy projects were assigned on Monday and students should begin to work on them this week; due date is October 2nd. Your child’s project should reflect four weeks of work; please help monitor their...
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The colonists are becoming restless and angry about the taxes imposed by King George and Parliament. At present, colonists are paying wealth units for writing paper, drawing paper, math assignments, paint (art supplies,) tea, sugar (daily meals) and lead (pencils.) The stamp agent is becoming very busy (and tired) collecting taxes all day long....
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Monday we moved to our new colony, but we are 130 years in the future! The year is 1750 and there is much unrest in Boston, Concord, Philadelphia, Charles Town, and Richmond. Ask your child where they are living and what they’ve learned about the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies this week. We...
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We wrapped up our colonization simulation on Monday; everyone had a great time participating in these activities, and we learned a lot about how Europeans first settled in our country. This week we are studying the systems of the human body (nervous, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, and skeletal.) The end of school is coming fast...
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As you can see, we made it back from camp! We had a fabulous week with actual sunshine at times; we even survived the very cold nights. Best of all we learned lots of science. This week we will taking the state-wide science test that all Oregon fifth graders must take; we can’t wait...
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If your child is not attending camp, I need to know whether they will attend school next week. If you let me know before Friday, I will leave fabulous work for them to do here next week! If your child is attending camp, they will need to bring a lunch with them on Monday....
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Colonists have arrived in the New World, have located their land, and have been struggling to construct their settlements. If you can, stop by our classroom and look at the amazing models students have been working on this week. Our fifth graders have been writing diary entries in the “voice” of their colonist, and...
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This week is Ms. Breen’s last week in our classroom, and we’re very sad to see her leave. However, the good news is she will still be here at Lewis and be working in Ms. Logue’s classroom with first graders! We wish her lots of luck with that! Our colonization simulation continues with colonists...
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On Monday, we attended a fun assembly on water conservation; we hope your child shared something they learned! Ms. Breen is working with our class on health materials titled, “Steps to Respect.” This week we continued to work on how we can be kind to others; look for random acts of kindess around your...
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Welcome back to school; hope you had a great holiday! Thank you to all the parents who took time to meet with us last week to discuss your child’s progress; we appreciate your support in our classroom. Lots of our fifth graders also attended conferences to hear about their work and effort! We have...
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By the time you read this, we will know the results of our election! Ask your child about who won. At this time I will not be assigning a BIG homework project on our next unit; your child will have another project assigned after Winter Break. However, regular math and reading homework will continue...
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This week we are holding our Presidential Whistle Stop on Friday; students from Ms. Jen’s class will be voting for their choice of candidate! We will also vote and listen to speeches for her candidates on Thursday. Pop-up books were due on Wednesday, and we will be sharing them through the week. I am...
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The Presidential Election may be over for you, but we are finishing up our Election Unit and will be presenting our candidates next week! I am extending the due date for pop-up books; pop-up books will be due on Wednesday, November 12th. Our next unit will be a science unit, and students will be...
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Ms. Breen taught a new problem solving technique called “act out by using objects” on Monday. We are continuing the work on our candidate. The election is next week so we registered to vote and started to prepare our candidate and write speeches. Students brought home their script and a letter to be signed...
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