Welcome to B1!

We have been chugging along in our Math. So far this quarter, we have learned about various decimal place values, powers of ten, exponents, and today we just completed our test on rounding and comparing decimals! In ELA, we completed our Literature reading - where we were able to highlight the parts of a narrative for when we start our writing. This week we shifted to writing narratives, and have been using our Spooky Story we started for Halloween to help us learn about the other parts of a 5th grade narrative (dialogue, sensory details, plot, characters, setting, problem/solution, descriptive details, figurative language, etc.). In Social Studies, we have been learning about the difficulties that colonists had when they came to America! Check out Class Dojo for their skits!

 

Looking ahead:

Not only was it a short week, but we were also able to have our fourth Activity Day! So excited that so many of our kiddos were able to complete their missing assignments, and had the points to be able to participate! We had study hall for those friends who weren't able to meet the point goal, or needed to work on missing assignments. Our outdoor game was an obstacle course, the indoor games was Pictionary, and the hands-on activity was a Scarecrow (Popcorn) Hand to celebrate Fall! Please check the Class Dojo Story for the Missing Assignments Slides to see what other assignments your child needs to catch up on for Quarter 2! 

 

We were also able to discuss what makes the holiday tomorrow so important. We are so grateful for the men and women who sacrifice their time, talents, and potentially lives for us to enjoy the freedoms we have! Thank you for all you do!

 

IMPORTANT:

Thank you so much for your efforts to make it to your child's conference! I appreciate your flexibility with technical difficulties and conferences that went over time! I hope you were able to go through your child's progressfolio, and see how they've grown in each subject area since the beginning of school! As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to Dojo me!

 

With the craziness of Halloween, and an AWESOME Spirit week, we had lots of fun dressing up and celebrating being in school! Also, I make efforts to post on Class Dojo, at least once a week! Please be sure to check out the announcements, pictures, videos, etc. of what your child is doing in school!

As we completed our assessments, we spent a good portion of our week preparing for Parent Teacher Conferences next week! We organized our progressfolios, which will show you what we have learned and how we have grown this quarter! We are excited to be able to share our learning with you!

 

Looking Ahead:

 

So excited to meet you next week in conferences! 🤩

We spent much of this week finishing up our Quarter 1 assessments! In Math we focused on multiplication and division of multi-digit numbers. In ELA, we completed our first explanatory writing piece about playing on a sports team. We also completed the Explorers unit in Social Studies with our portraits and prints!

 

The highlight of the week was this past Wednesday, Unity Day! We stood together with the rest of the State to pledge to be a little kinder, a little more inclusive, and a little more proactive in preventing bullying in our classroom! Thank you for encouraging your child to support the cause by wearing orange! 🧡