Miss Kay’s Fifth Grade News
September 18, 2015
Reading
The class loved Out of my Mind, our
first shared novel. I used some
chapters as mentor texts, and
students practiced their reading skills
and strategies independently with
other chapters. Students did a great
job with Stop and Jot, a strategy in
which they briefly stop reading to jot
down a question, response,
connection, or other thought about
the text.
The first round of Book Talks is
finished! The class did a nice job
recommending books to their
classmates. In October each student
will present another book to the class
and one more item will be added to
the criteria for success!
Math
Excellent job on the first math test!
The class was very proud of their
Module 1 test, and I have to say I was
impressed as well. Super job!
Social Studies
This week in social studies our
simulations took us through the
battles of Lexington and Concord. I
am very pleased with the writing the
kids have done after their activities!
The first one was a newspaper article
on the Boston Massacre, then they
wrote a letter to Aunt Bertha about
the Lexington and Concord battles.
The writing has a great deal of voice,
description, and emotion.
Writing/English
The class continues to enjoy and
analyze examples of feature articles.
Miss Kay’s Fifth Grade News
September 18, 2015
We have determined that feature
articles examine a topic in an
unusual or unique way, such as
Animals that Build, or The Life and
Times of the Peanut. Students are
doing a bit of brainstorming and
sharing of topics of their own daily,
and we will work on that more
intensely next week.
Coming Up
*Feature articles
*Simulations of American Revolution
*Fractions
*Tuesday, September 22: Picture Day
*Friday, September 25: Institute Day
*Monday and Tuesday, September
28-29 will be our MAP testing days
*Wednesday, September 30: Early
release