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.