5V News

We have been keeping busy this week in 5V!

Ask your child about:

• The virtual tour of Plimoth Plantation
• His or her science inquiry project
• Our work with remainders in division problems
• The geography bee
• Our nonfiction reading work
• His or her research-based argument topic (photos below)



Notes and reminders:

• Yankee book swap, pajama day and movie and popcorn on Tuesday!
• Have a wonderful holiday break with your families!  

5V News

Curriculum Topics:

• Writing a research-based argument
• Reading nonfiction 
• Dividing decimals 
• The respiratory system
• Jamestown and Plymouth settlements

Some activities we did this week:

• Estimated quotients to division problems
• Did division problems with decimal divisors
• Took our 13 colonies quiz
• Toured the Mayflower
• Looked at the Mayflower Compact
• Learned about the different parts of the respiratory system
• Created a question about the respiratory system for our inquiry projects 
• Began our nonfiction reading unit
• Previewed our nonfiction texts, tapped our prior knowledge and made predictions 
• Paused and summarized our nonfiction texts as we read
• Found key details in our text to support the main ideas 
• Began research on whether schools should serve chocolate milk or not
• Collected evidence to think through the various sides of the argument for chocolate milk

Notes and reminders:

• Early release next Wednesday, December 17th
• Yankee book swap on Tuesday, December 23rd followed by a movie and popcorn 

Happy Friday! 

5V News

Happy Friday!  Don't forget the Pancake Breakfast and Book Fair tomorrow!

We are learning about:

• 13 Colonies
• The respiratory system
• Division 
• Character study in reading and writing

Some activities we did this week:

• Used base 10 blocks to show division
• Practiced long division
• Culminated our character project by pretending our characters were on social media and wrote about and illustrated what that would like look
• Researched the fort at Jamestown and how it has changed
• Began learning about the 13 colonies and their location
• Participated in a school wide assembly where some of our 5V students shared about their coding experience
• Did our second Mystery Skype!  (you'll have to ask your child where they were located!) 

I was happy and proud to present at the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference this week on the power and value of student blogging.  I'm including a link to the presentation if you have any interest in seeing how I showcased some of our current and past students' work.  

bit.ly/CMTC14studentblog