Monday, November 28, 2022

I hope everyone had an amazing holiday break! It went very fast ;-)

I have added a few pictures of our Balloons Over Broadway creations to our pictures link. 

A reminder if you have any donations you would like to bring in for the holiday boutique, I know they are still looking. I did a little closet cleaning this weekend ;-) I'll let you know when our shopping days are being held. 

Math - This week we have started Unit 3. We will continue with multiplying fractions, first being able to explain it conceptually and then moving into the algorithm along with mixed numbers and division. 

Language Arts - We will be bringing our Mentor Sentences back, focusing on parts of speech, and sentence structure.

We will also be reading a short story called Kaddo's Wall, which is a West African folktale. The students will be learning rich vocabulary and having evidence-driven discussions.  

Science - Robotics! The students will be building Lego robots, programming on the robots themselves, and then moving towards programming on iPads. They will be conducting many challenges and journaling along the way. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. The best way to get a hold of me is through email. I try to check it multiple times during the day, sara.lindgren@rsu35.org

Have a great week!

Reminders:

• Wednesday, November 30th - District Musical preview at the high school
• Thursday, December 8th - Chorus and Band Concert - 9:30am and 7:00pm
• Friday, December 16th - Chorus field trip to elementary schools
• Friday, December 23 - January 2nd - Winter Break

 

Monday, November 14, 2022

I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend! We have a jammed-pack week coming up, hold on to your hats! :-)

• This Thursday we will be hiking at Vaughan Woods. We will be taking a bus around 9:30 and will be back for lunch. Please remind your students to dress in layers, wear comfortable shoes, and bring a water bottle and backpack to hike with. If any parents would like to join us, please let me know. You can meet us there or jump on the bus with us. 
• Thanksgiving break is Wednesday, Nov 23 - Friday, Nov 25
• Next Monday we will be walking to Berwick Academy to see a photo exhibit called 29 Mainers.

Math - We will finish up with Unit 2 this week and have our End-of-Unit Assessment on Wednesday. 

Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science - The students are just finishing editing their personal narratives with peers and myself. We will celebrate all of their hard work by sharing our stories with the class. 

In honor of Thanksgiving, we will be reading about early colonial settlers along with the Wampanoag tribes. The students will also be reading about the first Macy's Day parade and all of the science and engineering that goes into making the floats. We will finish off by making our own floats using balloons next week. The whole 5th grade will have a Balloons Over Broadway parade on Tuesday morning. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. The best way to get a hold of me is through email. I try to check it multiple times during the day, sara.lindgren@rsu35.org

Have a great week!

Reminders:

• Thursday, November 17 - Hike Vaughan Woods 
• Monday, November 21 - Walk to Berwick Academy to see 29 Mainers
• Wednesday, November 23 - Friday, November 25 - Thanksgiving Break

 

Monday, November 7, 2022

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I went out a played a round of golf in short sleeves and shorts, crazy! ;-)

• This is a reminder that we have a teacher workshop day on Tuesday, November 8th, and the students do not have school. Also, we will not have school on Friday, November 11th in honor of Veteran's Day.
• Thursday, November 10th is our Veteran's Day assembly. The chorus has been asked to dress nicely, possibly in red, white, and blue. It would be wonderful if we could have the whole school dress up for the assembly as well. 
• Reminder that the food drive will be going on until November 16th. 

Math - This week we will practice finding the area of rectangular figures with fractional side lengths 

Language Arts - The students will focus on their personal narrative endings, and then peer edit. We should be completing our final drafts by next week. 

The students need to finish their reading group books this week. They will focus on summarizing and have their last meeting on Thursday.  

Science - Water project presentations are this week. I am so excited to see them shine! We will also be watching ecology presentations from scientists around the world through OurEcho Biodiversity. Ask your students about them. 

We will move on to Social Studies next week. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. The best way to get a hold of me is through email. I try to check it multiple times during the day, sara.lindgren@rsu35.org

Have a great week!

Reminders:

• Tuesday, November 8 - Teacher Workshop Day - Voting Day
• Thursday, November 10 - Veteran's Day Assembly
• Friday, November 11 - No School - Veteran's Day
• Wednesday, November 23 - Friday, November 25 - Thanksgiving Break