Week of September 14-18

Our newest Leader of the Week is...

Alley!!!

      Alley does an awesome job of using the 7 habits!  She is particularly good at being proactive and seeking first to understand, then to be understood.  Alley is a hard worker with a "can-do" attitude.  She is also a leader amongst her peers when it comes to being an active listener.  She listens to others and engages in all lessons during class!  Keep it up, Alley!!

Dates to Remember

Monday, September 14^th ~ Beginning of our PE rotation (Please have your child where tennis shoes.)

Tuesday, September 15^th ~ Picture Day & MAP Testing

Friday, September 18^th ~ Classroom Guidance with Mrs. Murphy

Wednesday, September 23^rd ~ Hands On Science

Friday, September 25^th ~ Husky Hustle

Upcoming Tests:

Math Test over Order of Operations and Mathematical Expressions on Thursday, 9/17

This Past Week in Pictures!

Below you will see 3 pictures of the kids working on math during station teaching.  On this particular day, the stations included an order of operations activity, an expressions activity, and a game called Factor Captor.  The kids really enjoy station teaching during math!

The Knot Game!  This is a fun brain break competition that we do from time to time.  The boys' are featured below trying to undo their knot!

The girls' knot was even bigger because we have more girls!

The following 4 pictures feature our sweet 5th graders reading with the Kinderpups in Mrs. Rankin's class!  We try to work with them each Friday.

Curriculum Plans for Next Week

7 Habits:  Our focus this week will be on habits 6 and 7, synergize and sharpen the saw.  On Wednesday, the kids will then create a Haiku Deck presentation on the iPads to showcase the 7 habits.

Social Studies:  We will begin a one week unit on U.S. regions Monday.  This unit will allow the kids to learn about and explore the various characteristics of the 5 major regions of the United States.

Math:  This week we will wrap up our unit on Order of Operations and Mathematical Expressions.  We will review, complete a transfer task, and test on Thursday.

Reading:  The focus of writing will be to explore idioms, proverbs, synonyms and antonyms to learn how writers play with words.

Writing:  During reading this coming week, the kids will use the research they’ve gathered and “play with words” to create a biopoem and a short report on a scientist or inventor of their choice.