Sunday, November 12, 2017

5B Classroom News: Week of Nov. 6th

A note from Mrs. Burke:
In the spirit of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, there is a box outside our classroom door to collect canned fruit cocktail donations for the Norwich Holiday Basket Helpers. If you would like to make a donation, please send in canned fruit cocktail with your child. 

This week the 5th grade went on their first field trip of the school year to see Fiddler on the Roof at the Hartford High School.  We saw many OQS alumni in the play!  The actors did a spectacular job and the set was beautiful.

Keep reading to see what our classroom reporters shared this week...

Social Studies:
In Social Studies we are learning about colonial trades.  My trade is the blacksmith. The blacksmith use to do so many important things for all people. In colonial times, the blacksmith did an assortment of things for where he or she lived. They made a variety of tools and objects for all people. They used different things to mold and make tools out of iron and metal.
     -Faith

We are writing an essay about a colony trade. My trade (job) is the saddler. The saddler made horse equipment. The equipment they made was a saddle, harness, fire bucket, girth, and rider’s whip.
    ~Jocelyn

Wigmakers go back quite far time-wise. They are not used as often anymore though.
   -Lily

I have learned that there is more than just one kind of cooper.
    ---Alex

Cabinetmakers build dressers, spindles,  tables, and chairs.
    -Julian

I am the Carpenter and I work with wood.
    ~ Colby

I am learned that weavers don’t just make stuff for people, they make stuff for themselves.
    --Makayla

In social studies we are learning about colonies.
    -Larkyn

I learned that my trade (the silversmith) makes intricate items from people’s gold, silver, and bronze coins.
    -Nolan

We have learned about colonial trades and how they are important.  
     --:o)  Addy

In social studies I’m a homemaker. I’ve learned that a homemaker doesn't have to be a girl, it can also be a boy.  However, to be a boy homemaker you aren’t married, or you were, but your spouse passed away.
    -Ella

In social studies we are finishing up essays about our trades, and starting our rough draft of colonial trade brochures. We are having a lot of fun!
    -Paige

I am studying shipwright (shipbuilding). It is very fun. At home I am working on  something called laying rope. It’s basically where you attach rope ends together and twist them together. It very simple but hard to describe.
    -Cordelia

In social studies we are writing an essay about what we are learning about colonial trades.
    -Sophia   


Math:
In math we are learning how to add and subtract fractions.
     ---Lucy

In math, we are learning about not just fractions, but also how to multiply them and to find the common denominator.  
    -Bennett

In math, we are working on finding common denominators and adding fractions.
    -Nolan

We are learning about multiplying fractions.  
    --- Addyson


Language Arts:  Esperanza Rising

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In the chapter called Los Melones,, Esperanza and her family successfully moved to California.
    -Nolan


STEAM:
Students built houses during STEAM time and reflected about them using flipgrid.  Click on the this link to see and hear their reflections:  https://flipgrid.com/fb42aa

Flipgrid is a cool website where we are asked to answer a question, and we record ourselves answering the question.
    -Bennett


Second Step: Learning to be assertive

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In Second Step, we are practicing being assertive.
    -Nolan

Being assertive is a skill you can use when solving problems, standing up for yourself or others, and making friends.  

Here are some students practicing being assertive.










Read Aloud:  The Twenty-One Balloons

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Check out the house drawings students made.  They were inspired by the book The Twenty-One Balloons.  Each house contains a special invention.








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