- Students learning about Habit #2: Begin with the End in Mind--Have a Plan...Students have been working very hard to establish goals and take steps to reach them. Our current class goal (and grade level goal) is that 100% of students will turn in their homework on time each day homework is due. In an effort to encourage students and keep track of our success, giant rocket posters have put up in the fifth grade hall. Each time our class meets our goal, a star and stripe are colored in on our rocket. Currently, we have two stripes colored in out of ten. When we color in all ten, we will have a special celebration to honor our success in reaching our goal!
- Students learning about Habit #3: Put First Things First--Work, Then Play...We decided as a class that this was a hard habit to put in to action. Spending time on what is important and staying focused before having fun can sometimes be a challenge. It has been great to see the students work on this habit each day as they work on using time wisely to get things done. Keep an eye out for times your child demonstrates this trait at home as well! :)
- Students making connections to our BIG Question in literacy as they read about immigrants coming to Ellis Island: How can where you are change who you are?
- Students learning how to think about their thinking (metacognition) while reading and recording thoughts as they read using "secret codes".
- Students creating factor trees to find the prime factorization of numbers.
- Mrs. Nickless and Mrs. Thiel debating during math class which is better: prime or composite numbers. :)
- Students continuing to add amazing questions to our Wonder Wall...A few examples are:
- What are the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn for? -Mackenzie
- Why is it when you go to higher altitudes you get colder even though you are closer to the sun? -Justin
- How thick is our atmosphere? -Gavin
- Why do Inuit people hang seal skins on their door frames? -Madeline
- Students creating posters during Social Studies on: The Top 10 Ways to survive as an Inuit in the Arctic Ice Fields
- Students attending their first Tuesday morning choir rehearsal of the year.
- Amazing 5th graders who come to school each day enthusiastic and ready to learn!
Thanks, Parents, for helping your child be the best they can be!
