Good afternoon!  It has been a busy week in 5th grade.  We are getting very close to the end of the year...3 more weeks!  We have a lot of fun things happening during the next couple of weeks and also lots of important learning!

Social Studies:  This week we have been learning about the 13 colonies.  We spent most of our time this week discussing the New England colonies.  We wrote a letter to Queen Elizabeth pretending that we had just arrived in the New England colonies and also researched some of the games played during this time.  Some students even wrote songs to express some of the strong emotions of various groups.

Writing:  In writing we are working on our DARE essays.  Each student will write an essay and a few will be picked to be shared at our DARE graduation during the last week of school.  The kids have used their DARE books and their experiences from DARE class to create a strong argument about why people should not do drugs.

Math:  This week in math the kids have been paired up to work on creating a math station.  They were each given a topic that we covered this year and then began creating a fun activity to go along with the topic.  We have so many creative thinkers in our classroom!

Reading:  We have started a unit on becoming a fan of an author.  We have spent time getting to know one of my favorite authors, Patricia Polacco.  The kids have learned about how they can find out more about their favorite authors by looking more closely at characters from the books they read.

Upcoming Events:
5/7: Fly Up Day @ Truman and Sperreng 1-3 PM
5/8 : DARE essays due

Have a wonderful weekend.  Thanks!

--Miss DiFranco--