This blog was created to help you stay involved with what we are doing in class. You will be able to see what we learning about at school, and find additional resources to continue the learning at home. I invite your comments and suggestions!

The blog posts on this page will provide you with a weekly schedule for homework, projects, and assignments. On the left side of the page you will find links to blogs for each unit. On those sites you will get more specific information about current and upcoming projects.

If you have any questions about using this blog, or if you would like your student to bring home a hard copy at the end of every week, just send me a quick email at naylorm@seattleu.edu and let me know what I can do to help.

Sunday, April 26

Week of April 27 - May 1

Dear 5th Grade Families,
Welcome to the 5th Grade Spring Blog. I hope that this can serve as a valuable resource for you and your children. I'm very excited to be working with your students this spring. One of my passions is technology, so I am trying out this blog as a means of home communication. Please let me know what you think, if it works for you, or if there's anything you would like to see up here.

As I mentioned above, this blog will simply give you an outline of each week and will highlight upcoming due dates for projects. Over on the left side of the page you will see "Unit Blogs" underneath you will find a link to a blog for each of our current units. Those blogs will give you more specific information in the content area.

The Immigration and Microworlds pages are currently under construction, but check back by the end of the week and they will be read for you to use.
Please let me know if you would like me to send a hard copy of the blog home with your student each Monday.

-Ms. Melissa

Here's a look at the highlights for this week (things may change as the week progresses, so check back from time to time for updates):

Throughout the week we will continue to work on math lessons, our service project for migrant workers, our narrative writing, and our FLASH curriculum.

Also, students will be pulled out periodically to work on the 5th Grade Play. I would like to encourage you to go to the JSIS 5th Grade page to listen to and practice the songs students will be singing in the play at home.


Homework Due:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday: 1st reading assignment (see reading schedule in reflection journal)
Thursday: Math: Volume Around Your House
Friday: Math: 9.9

Monday:
  • FLASH - Nurse Marie will be joining us to talk more about puberty and reproduction.
  • Students will continue working on their posters and skits for our service project.
  • We will do our pre-assessment for literacy looking at what it takes to carry us through hardship.
  • In science we will learn about different lenses in preparation for working with microscopes tomorrow and on our field trip Wednesday.
Tuesday:
  • We will finally get back into our math curriculum after two weeks of WASL testing. We will pick up with our study of volume.
  • In social studies students will receive their characters for an Ellis Island simulation we will be doing next week.
  • In science we will practice using microscopes, so that we are all professionals when we are in the field tomorrow morning!
Wednesday: FIELD TRIP TO THE CENTER FOR URBAN HORTICULTURE AT UW
  • Today will be our first Book Club meetings. Students should come prepared with a reflection in their journal and a completed book aid. Each student has a reading schedule for his or her book glued in his or her reflection journal.
Thursday:
  • Roots of Empathy today!
  • We'll spend some time in the afternoon debriefing the field trip and the first Book Club meeting.
  • We hope you join us tonight for Family Health Night!
Friday:
  • After math, students will spend most of the morning preparing for our Ellis Island simulation on Wednesday 5/6.
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