Happy Sunday!!
Sorry that I was not able to get out our weekly update up until now! What a great week we had in 5th grade. I can't believe how quickly October is flying by and soon it will be the end of October and time for parent-teacher conferences. I sent home conference sheets with the kiddos on Friday. Please take a look at the sheets and send them back as soon as you are able to! Many of you already scheduled a time for your conference at Curriculum Night so I just need you to confirm that that time still works for you. :)
Lots of learning was taking place in our classroom this week...
In science we have been learning about a variety of weather tools which has been a subject that the kids have really enjoyed. We have continued using science stations this week and the kids were able to lots of hands on activities. We constructed anemometers and we hope to find a windy day this week to put them to use. This has been something that the kids have been anticipating for several weeks!
In writing we finished up our drafts of our second and final personal narrative pieces. We started publishing on Friday and will continue working on them for the next couple of days. On Thursday we are going to have a celebration where the kids will get to share their writing with other 5th grade classes and teachers. We are super excited!
In math we are continuing to work on division. I can see that the more we practice multiplication facts, the better the kids are getting at division as well. We are going to start Chapter 4 in math this week which will build on the division concepts that we know. We will not have a chapter 3 test because we are going to combine chapters 3 and 4 into one test. This test will not be for a couple of weeks.
In reading we have been focused on learning about characters and how our characters can help us understand more about the story we are reading. I cannot say enough about how many great readers we have in our class. It is amazing that they enjoy reading so much!
This is the last call for anyone who would like to place a Scholastic Book Order. Our orders are due on October 20th so please send in your orders or place them online if you wish to order any books!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
Thank you for all you do,
Meredith DiFranco
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