5V News

We are having a great time with Jeff Warner this morning in our classroom!  We have been singing songs, playing instruments and learning about our country's history.  Check out http://www.flickr.com/photos/msvalentisclass/ for the latest photos and videos. You can also check out Jeff's website to learn more about him: http://www.jeffwarner.com/

We are learning about:

• Fractions
• Persuasive essay
• 13 colonies
• Matter
• "Reading" characters

Some activities we did this week:

• Looked critically at magazine advertisements with Mr. Fosher during Life Skills
• Enjoyed singing and learning with Jeff Warner. 
• Played "Fraction Action, Fraction Friction" during math
• Practiced adding and subtracting fractions
• Experimented with calculators and fractions
• Worked on our glogs to persuade colonists to move to our colonies
• Watched a Bill Nye video on the phases of matter
• Built our schema for matter
• Continued writing our persuasive essays 
• Experimented with different leads for our essays

Notes and reminders:

• Jeff Warner evening sing-along- Thursday, April 19th at 6:30
• Jump Rope for Heart- Friday, April 20th
• Report cards go home- Friday, April 20th