December 10th

Blog written by the students of Room 14

We have had a busy week in room 14.  We had the Holiday Shop on Wednesday.  We started using Google Classroom in our class to discuss books and post our thinking.

In Readers' Workshop this week, we have been working on making claims about characters and providing evidence to support our claims.  We also read a book called Voices In a Park by Anthony Browne.  There was a little girl (Smudge), a little boy (Charles), the mother and a father.  We were in different groups as different character perspectives. We used the book to analyze character voice and perspectives.


In writer’s workshop we are finishing our Tall Tales. Also we are working on “Voice.” We are starting our writing project. Some of us are drafting our projects.


In math we are working on fractions.  Specifically reducing, adding, equivalent and subtracting fractions.  We also played a game called "Fraction of" and it is about seeing how many times a fraction can going into a whole number.   

In science, we have been working on physical and chemical reactions.  We are doing experiments that create really cool items.  We made chalk and weird fizzing stuff that we think is Sprite.  

In Social Studies, we have been studying the first colonies in the "New World." We have been learning about The New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. This week each of us are assigned to a colony and we need to write pretending to be colonist.

December 3rd

Blog written by the students in Room 14.

Reader's Workshop

In reading we started a new book with Mrs. Athan called Phantom Tollbooth.  We are finishing Fish in a Tree with Mrs. Faley.  We have been working on using our meta-cognition while reading.  We are working on thinking about our thinking.  We have also been working on finding word study parts while reading.

Writer's Workshop

In Writer's Workshop we have been working on publishing our tall tales.  As we finish our tall tales we are starting new writing projects. This can include; fiction, realistic fiction, informational, or horror. 

Math

In math we have been working with fractions.  We have been adding and subtracting fractions.  We have been converting improper fractions into mixed numbers.  We have compared fractions on a number line.  We learned how to estimate fractions by playing a game called Build It.  

Social Studies

In Social Studies this week we have been studying the 13 original colonies.  We have been studying the New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.  We learned that the people in the New England Colonies were Puritans looking for religious freedom.  The Middle Colonies came to the new world looking for trade and profit and religious freedom.  They were people from many countries and religions.  The Southern Colonies were filled with people looking for trade a profit.  There were many plantations in the Southern Colonies.

Science

In Science we are learning about mixtures and solutions. There are many solutions.  These include saturated, super saturated, concentrated, and diluted.  If the solution has more dissolved salt or citric acid it is called concentrated.  When a solution has less salt or citric acid dissolved in it.  It is called diluted.

Fine Arts and PE

In Art we have been working on our yearbook covers.  Some 5th graders have started to trace their covers while other 5th graders are sharpening their yearbooks.

In Music we are working on a project with a partner.  The project is to make our own song.  

In Media we have been working on logging into our accounts and logging out properly.  We have also been working on practicing our typing in Typing Master.

Reminders

1. Friday is group picture day at WLE

2. Next Wednesday, December 9th our class will shop at the Holiday Shop

3. Don't forget to read at home every night.