Sunday, January 15, 2017

Week 19!

A lot of learning, exploring and wondering took place in 5L this past week.  Check out some of the happenings below:

*Math:

  • learned about equivalent fractions and fractions as decimals
  • learned about decimals, fractions and percents
  • took a quiz on Friday
  • our next unit will being on Tuesday and will focus on adding and subtracting decimals
*Literacy:
  • studied mentor texts and brainstormed ways to make our writing more powerful
  • wrote flash drafts of our topics using a specific text structure for each paragraph
  • bench marking began so I could assess reading growth from the beginning of the year

*Social Studies:

  • push and pull reasons for colonization
  • similarities and differences between 13 colonies
  • conquistadors
  • mysteries of Roanoke








*Reading Buddies:
On Friday we got together with our buddies and made Valentine's day cards for the troops.  Next week we will begin an exciting change to buddies...Mrs. Healy and I will be introducing STEM/STEAM bins to kids!  Each Friday, buddies will begin participating in rigorous stem building challenges using various materials.  We are really excited to launch this new aspect of buddies!






*Spelling Tests went home Friday
*Math quizzes will go home Tuesday 

Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Loh

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