Week of February 16-20

Happy SPIRIT WEEK!

Monday- Touch of Class
Tuesday- Sports Day
Wednesday- MisMatch Day
Thursday- School Colors
Friday- Winter Carnival -Bring all your snow gear!

Due to yet another 2-hour delay, we have to reschedule Meteorologist Skarupa once again! Ms.Connor will let the kids know as soon as we have a new date!

This week in Fifth Grade:

Writing: We are still plugging away on the How-To's! Students are just beginning to write up their first draft.

Science: We will be doing our green screen's of our forecasts this week.

Social Studies: We are starting to read Lydie together, in preparation of our trip to Lowell Mills. We are also discussing more in depth about mill life and the Industrial Revolution.

Math: We will be finishing Topic 7 and starting Topic 8 this week.

Reading: Some literature circle groups have been able to start new books already last week, and the rest of the students should start new ones this week.

Week of February 10-13

Happy Tuesday!

We hope that you enjoyed your Blizzard Bag Day and were able to spend some time outside! Hopefully you didn't have to do too much shoveling!

Meteorologist Kevin Skarupa will be coming next Monday- Presidents Day. Please watch for us on News 9 Tuesday Morning! If you miss it, don't worry I will post a link to it here on the Blog.

This Week:

Writing: We are starting to write our own step-by-step directions and How-To's.

Science: We are creating our own weather maps and will be doing our forecasts in front of the green screen this week.

Social Studies: We continue our exploration of the start of the Industrial Revolution.

M:We will finish up Topic 7 this week and begin talking about Topic 8. Feel free to check out some of the materials  on your child's Pearson Realize account. They can never be too prepared!

Reading: We continue to work on fluency and reading with expression.

Week of February 2-6

We hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend!

Ms.Connor is currently working on rescheduling Meteorologist Skarupa for a date in the near future.

Don't forget about our new Parent Lunch Menu- A notice went home last week about the new pasta choices for Parent Lunch - which will be this Wednesday. We hope to see you there!

This Week:

Writing: We are beginning to discuss How To writing and the importance of listing every step.

Science: We are working on the water cycle in technology with Mrs. Palin and we continue to talk about meteorology and weather forecasting in class.

Social Studies: We are starting our exploration of the Industrial Revolution.

Math: We are about half way through Topic 7: Dividing Decimals.

Reading: We continue to work on fluency and reading with expression.