September 13, 2024

Written by 5th Grade Blog Team

This week was a blast! We have been working on amazing subjects from Social Studies to Math. We have been very busy this week. We are going to tell you about Social Studies, Reading, and Math. Read on to find out more. 

In Social Studies, we are studying for the Western Region test this week! We are also studying the regions of the United States. We have been working on maps for the United States and for the Western Region.  We have also been working on study guides from our blue folder. As you can see in Social Studies we had a blast.

In Reading we have been reviewing the plot mountain and conflict. We watched a short film called “For the Birds”. In the video there were a lot of little birds and one big blue bird sitting on a powerline. The big blue bird sat in the middle of the powerline and pulled it down. All the little birds were pecking on the Big bird because they wanted him to get off. But, soon the little birds realized that if the big bird let go they would get launched into the air. So, after the big bird fell, the powerline launched the little birds. When the little birds fell down to the ground they had no feathers and were hiding behind the big bird and the big bird was laughing so hard.  We watched it and made a Plot Mountain for the film. We also reviewed the three main conflicts which are man vs man, man vs self, and man vs nature. As you can see in Reading we had a blast.

This week in Math we did 4 digit by 2 digit division. We also did 3 digit by 2 digit multiplication. We watched a Math Antics video on long division. The video taught us how to do long division with 2 digits. We have been working on this all week. To do 3 digit by 2 digit multiplication you have to multiply the ones place first then multiply  the tens place. After that, you multiply the sums of each multiplication problem. As you can see in Math we had a blast!

In Conclusion, this week was a blast. We can’t wait for the next! We hope you enjoyed reading about our blast we had this week. We have had lots of fun. 

Sincerely,

5th Grade Blog Team

September 6, 2024

Written by 5th Grade Blog Team

This week we have been very busy. Come with us as we take you through this wacky and wild week. We are going to talk about Math, Why Try, Social Studies, and ELA. We hope you have a fantastic time reading this week’s blog! 

We had so much fun in math this week! We learned how to multiply 3 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers using the standard algorithm. We reviewed  decimals in the hundreds place, thousands place, and the tens place.

This week in Why Try we are working in the unit: Desire,  Time, and Effort. Like, if you desire, but you don’t put the time and effort in, it will not happen. But, if you do desire and you put the time and effort into it, then you will get the thing you desire (usually).

In Social Studies, we marked lots of stuff on a map such as: the Mississippi River, Missouri River, and the Pacific Ocean. After we had labeled  all of the map, we got to color all the Regions of the United States. Later we will cut it out.

In ELA, we are doing independent reading a lot! Also, we worked on comparing and contrasting characters in literature. We also watched a shorts video about a caterpillar and an ant to learn about finding the theme and thinking about how characters face their challenges. 
It was a fantastic week!

August 30, 2024

Written by: 5th Grade Blog Team

This week has been very busy! From Social Studies to Beable we have had a busy 

week! This week we will be telling you about Math, Why Try, Social Studies, I-Ready Diagnostic, and Beable (World of Work). Learn More about the BLAST we had this week!

First in Math, we have been working on volume with composite solid figures. We have also been doing slides on a website called PearDeck about volume. We have been building composite  figures with connecting cubes and then finding the volume of them. We are working on finding the volume of 2 different rectangular prisms then adding up the answers to get the final volume product. We also have been learning that after you multiply the length times the width times the height, when we get the answer, we have to label it with the exponent 3. As you can see we have had a blast.

In Why Try, we filled out a paper about what desire means and what our desires are. Then we played a game where you raised your hand, closed your eyes, then turned around towards the window. After that, we had to guess a certain amount of time like 35 or 40 seconds. When we thought we guessed the right amount of time we would open our eyes, turn around, and put our hand down then look at Mrs.Joy. We also played different versions of this game like singing until we think it’s the right time or saying the alphabet. We also did these stretches which only like 3 people could do most of the stretches. Then Mrs.Joy said if we practiced that every day we would be able to do it. Overall, we had a blast in Why Try.

In Social Studies, we studied our states and capitals by labeling a map of the United States with states and capitals. We also played a game where we ask questions about which state Mrs. Joy was thinking of. At the end of the day, we did a challenge where we played the game but instead of the United States, we did the whole world. We had to ask yes or no questions. We had a blast in Social Studies.

On I-Ready we have been working hard on our Diagnostics. We have been doing Reading and Math on I-Ready and all of us are working very hard on them!

Nobody has been rushing and we have all almost finished them both. Some of us already have. We all have different questions and we all are seeing what our best and highest we can do! As you can see we have had a blast in I-Ready.

In Beable, we are working hard on our articles. We also did an activity where we went to different tables according to our RIASEC code. Then we talked about what our hobbies are and what we like to do.

As you can see this week we have had a blast!!! We can’t wait until the next!

We hope you will have a good week!

Sincerely,

5th Grade Blog Team!!!!!!!! (:

August 23, 2024

Written by Fifth Grade Student Blog Team

This week we are working on so many subjects. It’s honestly really difficult to keep track. From reading to math, there are so many subjects to explore! This week we will be talking about reading, math, Why Try, Social Studies, English Language Arts, and the podcast. Learn more about the time we had this week!

This week, we are all working on Reading. Every day, we have a reading time and everybody grabs their book and starts reading! Sometimes the books could be Diary of a Wimpy Kid or it could be My Weird School! Everybody has their own level and their level only. Also, here in 4th and 5th grade, we read to learn. NOT learn to read.

In Social Studies we are reviewing 4th grade standards to get a refresher. We did a game on a few old standards using a map. We are working in small groups labeling a world map with important information. We have clue cards, and we have to figure out the answer. After we figure out the answer, we label the answer on our map.   

This week in English Language Arts we are working in our Wonders workbook in groups for a few minutes. Sometimes we will read a book in the beginning of English Language Arts. We are learning about primary and secondary sources. We are also learning about the text structure “Cause and Effect”. We are reading and learning about narrative nonfiction. That is all we are doing in English Language Arts.

We had Dale’s birthday this week. We played his Birthday Kahoot which was all about him! It was so much fun! The quiz was about how good people knew Dale. Somehow Emy won, even though she is new to our school and doesn’t really know Dale. 

In Why Try, we are learning about the mountain of success. Many people give up as soon as they are getting ready to accomplish something, and we are working on not giving up. We read a book about a goose named Petunia who had pride and “wisdom”. She learned how you have to put in the time and effort to accomplish something. We also did a number maze activity 3 different times to see how our frustration lessened each time we knew more about the maze. Mrs. Joy showed us the odd numbers were on the left and the even numbers were on the right after we had completed the first maze. We got better each time and felt so good after the 3rd try. That’s all we did in Why Try this week.

In Math we learned how to find volume. We also learned 2 different formulas for finding volume: B x H = Volume and L x W x H = Volume. This week we learned about composite solid figures, and we worked to decompose these figures to find the volume. Once decomposed, we found the volume of each rectangular prism and then added the totals together. We also learned how to use division to find the height if we knew the base. 

As you can see, we had a VERY busy week in 5th Grade! 

August 16, 2024

5th Graders are learning about volume in math! We made cubes and investigated faces. We also made paper cubes and paper rectangular prisms. We learned the difference between filling a container and packing a container in regards to finding volume. We also learned the formula for finding volume. 

We are learning all about the geography of the United States in Social Studies. 

We are reviewing vocabulary such as latitude, longitude, landforms, globe, map, etc. We will be memorizing all 50 states very soon! 

We’ve had a great start to 5th Grade!