Earth!

Looking good now

Painting our paper mache

Painting with our buddies

Painting our earths

Going to be Earths for Earth Day

Spring Update

Yikes!!!!  
We've only got about a month and a week of school left!!

To finish out April, we are meeting with our buddies today (Friday the 22nd) and one day next week to complete an Earth Day paper mache Earth.


Also, our first day of AIR state testing for Math is Friday the 29th.
Part 2 of Math will be Monday, May 2 and Science will be Wednesday, May 4 and Friday, May 6.

Our next big event that we are working hard in class to prepare for is the Elementary's Art Night on Thursday, May 12.
The first artist the fifth grade chose is Norman Rockwell.  Our class is reenacting some of Mr. Rockwell's paintings in modern times.



The second artist we chose is Claude Monet.  For this, each student will complete a watercolor painting.



Be sure to ask your child about how the art is going :)

Dividing Fractions Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn3-qzzVu6g

Science Fair

More projects

5th grade science fair

more projects

Science fair projects

Getting ready for the science fair

Getting ready for the science fair

Practicing our presentations

Practicing for science fair

Practicing our presentations

Writing poems

Buddy day

Science Fair Display

Here are a few tips if you need them when putting together your child's Science Fair Tri-board:

I think the picture below is a great example of what the students should have on their display.

-Project Title could be their Research Question.  Example: What is the effect of different heights of ramps on the distance a marble rolls?

-Materials: Just a list of everything your child used in/during the investigation

-Procedure: The steps your child used to complete the investigation

-Results: What happened?  Maybe organize these in a table/chart/graph

-Abstract: Don't need!
            -Instead of Abstract, I would include the Hypothesis (guess=what did your child think would happen) & the Variable Tested (what did you change in the investigation/what were you testing; example: 3 different height ramps)

-Background Knowledge: Optional!
           -Instead of this section, I would make room for pictures during the investigation if you have them.

-Conclusion: We are working on this in class!!
          -If you'd like to work on this at home please try to include: 

• Summarize your science fair project results in a few sentences
• State whether your results support or contradict your hypothesis (Was my guess correct or not?)
• Summarize and evaluate your experimental procedure, making comments about its success and effectiveness (What went well & not so well?)
• What can people/the scientific community learn from your investigation/what was the importance of your study?

-Future Recommendations: What would you suggest to someone who wants to repeat your experiment?  Now that you've done this, what would you do differently next time?

Here are few other examples:

April Update

Spring is Here!!!!!

There's a Newsletter going home tomorrow or Tuesday from the 5th grade; however, below is a more specific update for just our class.

What are we doing this week?

Musician Projects are due this week!

Monday, 4-4-16=

Final MAP Assessment for Science and Reading-this will help me guide/plan my instruction for the rest of the year; basically, what do the students still not fully understand or need more practice with?

Tuesday 4-5-16=

Final MAP Assessment for Math-this will help me guide/plan my instruction for the rest of the year; basically, what do the students still not fully understand or need more practice with?

-I am also our this afternoon (all the fifth grade teachers have a meeting), so the students will have a sub from 1:40-3:30.

-David's Birthday!! 

Wednesday 4-6-16=

Make-up MAP Assessments/if anyone didn't have time to finish.

-Buddy Day 2:45-3:30

Thursday 4-7-16=

Science Fair Projects due!!!!!

Visit the Middle School (9:10-10:00) to learn more information about the Art program offered next year!

Friday 4-8-16=

No School=Wavier Day (teacher meetings)

Popping in to Poetry

The popsicle poems we wrote and made with our second grade buddies.