5V News

We participated in our second Mystery Skype this week! The class was from Iowa and we guessed their location in only 7 questions!  The best part was after we guessed the location we learned several facts about Iowa and we shared important facts about New Hampshire.  It was interesting to see that they were also a class with 1:1 Chromebooks.  This class is now on our blogroll and we have already started commenting on their blog posts.  Ask your child about his or her job during this Skype session!

Curriculum topics:

• Measurement
• Persuasive essay
• European explorers
• Reading nonfiction 

Some activities we did this week:

• Practiced measuring using US customary units
• Converted between customary units 
• Found supporting details for main ideas in our nonfiction texts
• Problem solved unknown words in nonfiction
• Explored the five most common structures of nonfiction text 
• Continued drafting our persuasive essays 
• Met in small groups to help each other revise our persuasive writing
• Finished our explorer information sheets using Google Docs and templates 
• Worked on the first pages in our altered books

Notes and reminders:

• The second quarter closes today, report cards go home Friday, January 31st 
• Spelling bee: Monday, January 27th 

Have a great weekend!