Thursday, March 20, 2014

5V News

Parent conferences:
Please check out the shared document to sign up for a conference time.  You can find it here.

Curriculum topics:

  • Volume
  • Reading and writing nonfiction
  • Colonization 

Some activities we did this week: 

  • Found the volume of composed figures
  • Reviewed volume and took our math test
  • Started Front Row Math 
  • Wrote introductions and conclusions to our nonfiction books 
  • Decided on text structures that matched our nonfiction book subtopics 
  • Theorized about the mystery at Roanoke
  • Compared Roanoke, Jamestown and Plimoth 
  • Memorized the locations of the 13 colonies 
  • Began researching for our 13 colonies travel commercial 
  • Experimented with the WeVideo app on Chrome to make our travel commercials 
  • Started to read Something Upstairs by Avi during read aloud 

Notes and reminders:

  • Our Boston Freedom Trail date has been set!  We will be going on Tuesday, May 20th.  All parents are welcome to attend- more details to follow.  
  • Jeff Warner, our 5th grade artist in residence will be joining us soon!  He begins with us on Monday, April 7th.  

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