We are the champions!

We're pretty pumped to be World Series Champions! 
Fear the beard!!

4th and 5th grade lunch!

 

Here are a few pictures from my day at Fenway celebrating the World Series win!!!

 

 

Science Discovery Museum Visits

The Science Museum came for a visit back in October. We learned a lot about rocks and minerals and got to do some fun hands on experiments! What a fabulous program!

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of the year party - sign up form

I apologize to anyone who tried to sign up for a food or party item and couldn't. I didn't change the settings from view to edit. If you try again and it doesn't work, let me know. Sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused.
End of year party - sign up form

Week of June 3rd

End of the year party:

Each year, I hold an end of the year celebration where students showcase the work they’ve completed throughout the year. Students made invitations and hopefully, you've received them. If parents cannot attend, students can bring an aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc. If no one can attend on the child’s behalf, please let me know and we can make arrangements with a staff member here at school. Due to space limitations, we will not be able to accomodate siblings. 

It would be greatly appreciated if parents can volunteer to bring food or party items. Please view this google document to volunteer and sign up. If the google document isn't working, send me an email and I'll share the document with your child. 

Important Dates:
June 14th --> Summer Reading rain date.

Book Orders --> Due June 14thRecorder Concert --> June 17th, 9:00am - 9:45am in the gym.

Math Facts Test --> June 19th

States and Capitals Test --> June 21stEnd of the year party - Monday, June 24th from 8:30am - 9:15am in our classroom.
June 25th --> Last day of school

Scholastic Book Clubs:

The final book order forms were sent out to parents. However, the online ordering site doesn't have those flyers listed as the Feature Flyers. To view those flyers online, go up to the tool bar on the site and click flyer. This will allow you to access the flyers that were sent home. Your order doesn't have to be limited to the flyers I sent home as you can access any flyer. If you are ordering books, orders are do this Friday, the 14th.

Science:

Written by: Amy, Annie and Hallie

1. On Monday, we finished our phases of the moon book and finished learning about the phases of the moon.
2. On Tuesday we reviewed for our Sun, Moon and Earth check-in.
3. On Thursday we took our test and finished the moon unit.
4. We started our electricity unit and filled out a diagram of the light bulb since we are going to make light bulbs light up.
5. We read an article about electricity and did a worksheet where we had to find 15 important words from the article.
6. We ended the day with a video about electricity.

Math:

Written by: Tyler, Jack C, Tommy

• On Monday and Tuesday, we learned about writing and we made some boxes to practice our volume skills. We also did some activities to help us to determine the volume of the boxes we made.

• On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, we began a mini-unit about measurement and converting measurements. Also, we focused on things like pounds and ounces, liters and mililiters, kilometers, pints, quarts and cups.

Reading:

Written by: Sophie, Paris, Stacey

• On Monday we read part one of a new Andrew Clements book. We read it all week long.
• We are also answering questions that go with the book.
• We’re working on a tracking project where we track an idea throughout the book.

Writing:

Written by: Liam, Keith, Cassidy, Parsa

• On Monday and Tuesday, we planned our three body paragraphs for our research project that we get to do.

• On Thursday and Friday we got to type our 3 body paragraphs on a google doc for the project that we get to do.

Week of May 28th

End of the year party:
Each year, I hold an end of the year celebration where students showcase the work they’ve completed throughout the year. If parents cannot attend, students can bring an aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc. If no one can attend on the child’s behalf, please let me know and we can make arrangements with a staff member here at school. Due to space limitations, we will not be able to accomodate siblings.

Important Dates:
Band Concert --> June 3rd, 7:00-8:00 (students should arrive to the H.S. at 6:15pm)
June 5th --> Early release day
June 7th --> Summer Reading Day (bring a good book and a beach towel)
June 14th --> Summer Reading rain date.
Recorder Concert --> June 17th, 9:00am - 9:45am in the gym.
End of the year party - Monday, June 24th from 8:30am - 9:15am in our classroom.
June 25th --> Last day of school

Reading
Written by: Keith, Derek and Tommy

• On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, we read the last half of Frindle and had book club conversations with our book club groups. We also tracked our thinking in our reading response journal.
• On Friday, we finished tracking our thinking for Frindle and shared with the class what we learned from the book. It had a good twist ending.

Writing:

Written By: Paris, Hallie,Amy

• On Tuesday and Wednesday we published our poetry books and did a reflection.
• On Thursday, we chose topics for our research reports. Later that day we took out books and started researching our topics with our books.
• On Friday we researched our topics with the databases from the Hanlon Library, and some people used books.

Science:

Written By: Jack C and Cassidy

• On,Tuesday, the class read Gail Gibbon’s book about the moon, which taught us about the moon. Also, we reviewed the moons orbit.
• On  Wednesday and Thursday we worked on the phases of the moon, which we did a demonstration of the phases. Also we read two books and started our own phases of the moon book.
• Lastly, we watched a video of the moon and we learned that the moon looks lit because of the sun lights reflection and it looks different because of how it orbits around the earth.

Math:

Written By: Stacey liam

• On Tuesday we reviewed multiplication and division and how to solve it two ways.
• The next day we took our multiplication and division assessment.
• Then on Thursday, we learned what volume is and we made boxes using length, width, and height.
• On Friday, we did math workshop. Also we practiced determining the height of 
  boxes when we knew the overall volume and length and width.
  
  
  
  

Week of May 20th

End of the year party:
Each year, I hold an end of the year celebration where students showcase the work they’ve completed throughout the year. If parents cannot attend, students can bring an aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc. If no one can attend on the child’s behalf, please let me know and we can make arrangements with a staff member here at school. Due to space limitations, we will not be able to accomodate siblings.

Important Dates:
Band Concert --> June 3rd, 7:00-8:00 (students should arrive to the H.S. at 6:15pm)
June 5th --> Early release day
June 7th --> Summer Reading Day (bring a good book and a beach towel)
June 14th --> Summer Reading rain date.
Recorder Concert --> June 17th, 9:00am - 9:45am in the gym.
End of the year party - Monday, June 24th from 8:30am - 9:15am in our classroom.
June 25th --> Last day of school

Reading:

• This week, students took the district performance assessment, which consists of four parts. On Monday, they watched a video about healthy lunch options in New York City Public Schools. They took notes and wrote a summary of the video.
• They read an article about a school that banned students from bringing lunch from home. They took notes on the article and summarized it.
• On Thursday, they read an article about how school lunches may not be the best choice. They took notes and summarized it that article as well

Writing:

• On Tuesday and Wednesday, students created their poetry books and reflected on their poetry writing. 
• On Thursday, students wrote the essay for the performance assessment. They had to decide whether students should bring their lunch from home or if they should buy school lunch. They had to include evidence from the sources and organize their writing.

Math

• We continued to solve word problems where students had to determine if it's a division or multiplication problem.
• They took their district performance math test on Tuesday. 
• Students continued solving multiplication and division problems two ways, one of them being a visual model like an array.

Science:

• We read a book about the earth and its position in space. We also took notes on this book and summarized what they learned. 
• On Tuesday and Thursday, students read Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System. They answered questions as they read the book a second time. ''

Field Day Photos:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field Trip Reminders

Tomorrow is our field trip to the Museum of Science. Here are a few friendly reminders:

• It's important that students are on time tomorrow. We will be leaving a few minutes after the start of the school day (before 9am).
• We will be walking a lot, so students should wear comfy shoes or sneakers.
• We are asking that students do not bring electronic devices or cell phones with them on the trip.
• All food brought should be something that can be easily eaten and thrown away. Please do not send your child with a water bottle or any containers. We will NOT carry any items back with us.
• Please pack one snack for your child with their name on it.
• Please pack a bagged lunch with your child's name on it. 

Week of May 13th

Important Dates:

• May 21st - Class Match Day - 
• We chose to wear green tops tomorrow!
• May 22nd - Field Day (rain date is June 5th)
• May 24th - Field Trip to the Museum of Science in Boston
• Band Concert - June 3rd from 7:00 - 8:00pm                                                                        (students need to arrive to the HS Auditorium at 6:15pm)
• Recorder Concert - June 17th - 9:00 - 9:45am

Social Studies.Science

Written by: Keith, Brien

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  We've been using these books to take
  notes and to expand our knowledge
  before jumping into harder texts. 

  On Monday, we finished learning about the three goverment branches which are Judicial, Legislative and Executive.
• On Tuesday, we brainstormed questions about the moon and started our moon unit. Also, with our desk groups, we made a poem about the moon.
• On Thursday, we read and took notes about our solar system, which has 8 planets.
• On Friday, we read and took notes about the sun. We learned how hot the sun is and what makes up the sun.

Reading

Written by: Paris, Liam and Hallie

• We are starting the Andrew Clements unit. Our class explored a website about Andrew Clements.
• We also read chapter one of Frindle.
• On Thursday, we talked about ideas to track when we read fiction. We read a little bit more from Frindle.
• On Friday, we read and tracked more of Frindle. We also met in book clubs to share our thinking.

Math

Written by: Tyler, Jack C.,

Go 4S!

• On Monday, we played math jeopardy, which helped us review for the MCAS. Also, we did a short answer review and a open response question.
• On Tuesday, we played jeopardy again for a long time. Then we did a pattern/relationship/algebra packet for math. Lastly, we did a scale open response question
• On Wednesday, we did the math MCAS session one test until Art.
• On Thursday, we did another session of MCAS.

Writing

Written by: Stacey, TOMMY!!!

• On Monday we wrote a poem about a color. We had to think about what our color represented and how it makes us feel.
• The next day, we learned how to revise our word choice.
• On the last day of the week, we revised our poetry and learned about line breaks and stanzas.