October and November Highlights

October has been a busy month in 5B! We have been participating in the school wide read aloud reading The Wizard of Oz. The read aloud ended with our harvest fair, which had the same theme. The class participated by creating an engineering game with an Emerald City theme to play with the second grade, and by doing a reader's theater skit of a scene from the book. It was a great day!

In Reading we have started to read a new novel, Where The Mountain Meets The Moon by Grace Lin. The students have read the first twelve chapters and are really enjoying it, while working on many reading skills as well.

In math students are hard at work practicing multiplication strategies for two digit by two digit multiplication.

In social studies we have been learning about European Explorers and how colonies began in the new world. Students have learned about the Vikings, Portuguese Explorers, Christopher Columbus, and the Spanish Conquistadors. We will be getting into the early English colonies in November.

In Science students are working on ecosystems and animal adaptations. Mrs Demers is asking that students bring in clean egg shells next week for an experiment.

I am trying to finish my schedule for parent conferences, if you do not yet have a time please email me at Kelly.Barnaby@Leominster.mec.edu

Barrett Park

Open House Slide Presentation

Below is a link to 5A/ 5B's Open house slideshow. This will be running during our Open House on Tuesday September 13th. It has information on our classes, contact information, and curriculum.

Open House Presentation

Computer Programs

Students have their passwords for Pearson realize and reflex math in their agendas. They may sign on to access their math books/homework as well as practice their math facts. 

Week of September 5th

I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend! Students went right to work today with a regular schedule, switching classes and having all four subjects. We worked on a globe scavenger hunt in social studies to hone our map skills, and read a readers theater excerpt to talk about close reading and expectations during the ELA block.

Students do have homework this week. We spent time this morning writing in agendas, so that students can use time management to complete their tasks by their due date. Math is given daily, science and current event are due Thursday, and they have one reading log this week due Friday. There is a tab on my blog where current events and reading logs can be printed if they do not find their way home. 

Here are some pictures of the students on task during reading and social studies:

Birds of Prey Presentation