5V News

Parent conferences:
Please check out the Google Doc sign up here and check your time or sign up for one.  They begin at the end of October!

Flickr page:
Don't forget to check out our Flickr page- it will give you a great idea of what we are up to!

Check out our blog:
We are up and running and we have a class full of talented writers!  Check us out!  www.kidblog.org/SMS5V

Ask your child about: 

• Our team building day at Stratham Hill Park
• Powers of 10 and scientific notation
• How powerful readers read between the lines for an author's subtext
• Turning points in their memoir stories
• the Northwest vs. the Southwest Native Americans 

Have a great weekend!  

5V News

We are learning about:

• Place Value
• Writing personal narrative
• Reading with power
• The three worlds meeting- North America, Africa and Europe

Some activities we did this week

• Played "Decimal Destruction" in math 
• Did a room walk with place value task cards
• Demonstrated that we know how to read, write and compare decimals to the thousandths place
• Practiced recounting and retelling during reading workshop
• Read Time of Wonder and noticed sensory details 
• Mapped our hearts during writing workshop 
• Played online games to help us locate the continents and oceans 
• Learned about our essential questions for our "Three Worlds Meet" social studies unit with 5S
• Sang the "5 Themes of Geography song"
• Researched the 5 themes of geography for New Hampshire

Notes and reminders:

• Fifth graders will be visiting Stratham Hill Park next Wednesday, September 24th 
• Visit our Flickr page for photos!  

Picture Day

Picture day is tomorrow- Thursday, September 18th.

5V News

It was great to see so many of you last night at Curriculum Night!  Your child is taking home a curriculum packet today with an overview of the fifth grade curriculum.  

Curriculum topics:

• Place value
• Reading with power
• Writing personal narrative
• Building classroom community

Some activities we did this week:

• Used the place value chart to convert numbers
• Read, wrote and compared decimals to the thousandths place 
• Participated in "The Candy Rush" with 5S 
• Logged in and tried out IXL 
• Wrote out "I am" poems using the 5 senses
• Discussed and practiced making positive and meaningful comments on blog posts
• Brainstormed special people and places in our lives
• Thought of strong emotions and wrote about times we experienced them 
• Met with our second grade reading buddies for the first time 
• Began typing practice on Typing Pal 

Parent conferences:

I created a Google Doc for parent conferences this year.  Here is the link:  Parent Conferences Fall 2014  Please sign up when you have a chance!

Have a great weekend! 

5V News

Happy Friday!  We are continuing to have fun in 5V while we get to know each other, build classroom routines and expectations and ease into the curriculum.  We have an amazing group of kids and I'm looking forward to being a part of their lives and watching them grow this year.

Please join us for Curriculum Night next Thursday, September 11th from 6:30 to 7:30 to learn more about 5V and the fifth grade curriculum.  I hope to see all of you there!

Here are some of the things we've done this week:

• Brainstormed and decided on class jobs
• Painted our self-portraits 
• Discussed our 5V classroom rules and what they look like and sound like
• Wrote a paragraph about our hopes and dreams for fifth grade
• Began reading workshop and went over expectations
• Logged our reading using Biblionasium or a paper log
• Discussed digital citizenship
• Tried out Google Classroom to respond to posts and to hand in work
• Signed the 5V agreement for technology use
• Read student blogs from the past two years
• Collected ideas for what makes a good blog post 
• Started writing an "I am" poem
• Collaborated with 5S for a problem solving activity called "Can You Save Fred?" 

Have a great weekend and I hope to see you next week!