I had so much fun at my very first Bedtime, Books, and Brownies and loved seeing so many of you there! We are all relaxing in our pajamas today and reading some awesome books. This afternoon we will be looking at Dr. Seuss and his role in World War II as a political cartoonist. You should check it out if you've never seen any of his illustrations!
Coming up next week...
Writing- We have published our Dust Bowl DBQs and they look really good! These informational essays sound like experts wrote them. Next, we will be taking a look back at narrative writing. At the beginning of the year we focused on personal narratives, but now we will look at some other ways to write narratives. For example, writing a story from a different point of view or responding to a specific situation. We will focus in the beginning on creating strong characters by looking at character traits and change in character throughout a story.
Reading- We will continue preparing for End of Grade testing by looking at the "Extended Constructed" response on the ELA test. This is a narrative type of writing which will tie in well with our writing topic for the week. We will look at the rubric and grade some student samples to get a better idea of expectations. We also will be finishing up our World War II novels and have our last group discussions.
Math- We are wrapping up fractions and geometry in math. We have also started doing some coordinate plane activities and making mystery shapes with ordered pairs. Coming up soon we will move into volume which is one of our last big fifth grade units!
Social Studies- We are moving right along through our history standards. We will be moving into the Cold War next week. Students will take an open note assessment on World War II and The Cold War on Friday, March 10th. It will be beneficial to them to have an assessment on multiple topics as we prepare for the End of Grade assessments. Students will be able to use their journals and any notes they have on the topics, but, of course, stronger knowledge and familiarity with the topic will help them perform better.
Let us know if you have any questions or concerns!
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