Monday, April 3, 2023

Welcome, April! This time has really been going by fast. We have so many fun adventures coming up!

I have mentioned to the students to start thinking about supplies for solar cars. We won't start building until May, but we really love the solar cars to be built out of recycled materials. So, please do not go out and buy anything, but when you are going to throw out that orange juice container, or Amazon box, stop and ask your child if they think that could be used in building a car. The students will need to bring in all supplies, including wheels. Again, we don't want to rip apart any toy cars we have or go out and buy things. I told the kids, to get creative. I do have old CDs that have worked well as wheels.

Math - This week we will continue our work on discovering place value and how decimals play a role. 

Language Arts - This week the students will share the persuasive essays that they have worked so hard on. We will also start our poetry unit. This one is usually a fan favorite ;-) We practice poetry by reading a book called, Love That Dog and using the poems in the book to inspire us to write our own. 

The students will continue in their book groups. This week focuses on finding descriptive and informative passages to share with our groups and discussing the author's purpose for writing them. 

Social Studies - The students will continue to research and work on their 1-pagers. We will share them as a class and also have them out for you to see on Artists and Author's night (more about that to come).

Science - Nathan Cronaeur from EcoMaine will be here on Friday to hold a compost Jeopardy game with the kids. And, as always, STEAM Friday.

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, April 13th - 5th grade musical, Little Mermaid
• Monday, April 17 - Friday, 21 - April Vacation - No School

 

Monday, March 27, 2023

I am loving this Spring weather! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. March is just flying by!

Math - We have started Unit 5 which will focus on place value and decimals. This week we are looking at decimals conceptually, representing decimals in a hundredths chart. Next week we will move on to adding and subtracting.  

Language Arts - We are finally in the editing stage of our persuasive essays. Your students have been working really hard and have done a nice job.

This week in reading the students will work on sequencing and the author's purpose using their historical fiction novels. 

Social Studies - Tomorrow we will learn about some battles of the American Revolution. The students will then move into choosing one aspect of the revolution that they would like to learn more about and creating a one-pager to share. They are SO amazing at one-pagers!

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, March 30 - Parent Teacher Conferences. 
• Thursday, April 13th - 5th grade musical, Little Mermaid
• Monday, April 17 - Friday, 21 - April Vacation - No School

 

Monday, March 20, 2023

Happy Spring!!!

This a reminder that if you would like to sign up for a conference, here is the link. March Parent - Teacher Conferences. If you would like your conference to be virtual or through a phone call, just specify in the comment section, or send me an email. 

Math - This week the students will take the Unit 4 Assessment on multiplication and division. We will review it today and take the test tomorrow. Wednesday we will start Unit 5, decimals.  

Language Arts - This week the students will start their conclusions to their persuasive essays. They will type it out and hopefully start the editing process. 

We are also going to start learning about the American Revolution. The students will start a new reading group novel focusing on historical fiction and the Revolution. As usual, they will have a certain amount of pages and an assignment due by Friday. 

Social Studies - We are going to start learning about the Road to the Revolution. The students will choose a certain aspect of what led us to the American Revolution to research and teach the class. 

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, March 23, and Thursday, March 30 - Parent Teacher Conferences. Sign-up genius coming soon. 

 

Monday, March 13, 2023

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Fingers crossed tomorrow's storm blows out to sea! ;-)

This a reminder that if you would like to sign up for a conference, here is the link. March Parent - Teacher Conferences. If you would like your conference to be virtual or through a phone call, just specify in the comment section, or send me an email. 

Math - We will continue practicing division. This week they will need to crack the case of the divided dragon by solving division problems to get clues. 

Language Arts - This week the students will continue with their body paragraphs, they have listed their three reasons to support their claim. Now they need to provide evidence (quotes, statistics, etc) to prove their reasoning. 

Science - We are finishing up our Mixtures and Solutions unit. This week the students will show what they know by creating a one-pager to go along with their learning.  

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, March 23, and Thursday, March 30 - Parent Teacher Conferences. Sign-up genius coming soon. 

 

Monday, March 6, 2023

Winter snowstorm followed by a spring-like day, that's Maine for ya! ;-) I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. 

We will have parent-teacher conferences on Thursday, March 23rd as well as Thursday, March 30th. If you would like to have a conference with me, please sign up using this link: March Parent - Teacher Conferences. If you would like your conference to be virtual or through a phone call, just specify in the comment section, or send me an email. 

The chorus will be headed to the high school on Wednesday to participate in a district-wide choral workshop. It is so much fun!

Math - This week we have started dividing using double-digit divisors. We are going to just keep practicing and practicing. 

Language Arts - The students are finishing up with their introductory paragraphs and we will move into our body paragraphs, starting with finding three premises (or reasons) for our arguments. 

Science - We will continue our unit on mixtures and solutions. We have learned about alchemists and what kind of solutions can change a substance. 

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, March 8 - Choral Workshop
• Thursday, March 23, and Thursday, March 30 - Parent Teacher Conferences. Sign-up genius coming soon.