October 22nd

In Social Studies this week, we learned about a variety of explorers.  We studied Leif Eriksson, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Amerigo Vespucci, Vasco Nunez de Balboa and Ponce de Leon. We had to pick which explorer deserved a national holiday. We each selected an explorer and provided evidence for our thinking.




In Writers' Workshop, we have been working on revising, editing, and publishing our memoirs.  We have been using our Chromebooks to publish our best memoirs.


In Readers' Workshop we have been working on the Signposts.  This week we studied Contrasts and Contradictions.  A Contrast and Contradiction is when a character does something that you do not expect or when he or she acts differently than normal.  We watched a video about a Scarecrow that behaved in a way that we did not expect.  

Scarecrow Video

In Science we have been learning about the water cycle.  We made a cloud in a bottle.  We are observing evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and infiltration. We learned how much a cloud weighs.  Ask your 5th grade scientist how much a cloud weighs.

In math we have been working on powers of ten and multiplication.  We used three different methods of multiplication (traditional, partial products, area model).

Reminders

• The Halloween Parade is on Friday, October 30th at 2:00 p.m.
• The Boo Bash Fun Run is on Friday, October 30th. Please make sure you turn in your collection envelopes
• Read 30 minutes every night
• Sign planners every night