Week in Review 5/15-5/19

This week we've been hard at work, coloring scenery and writing scripts for our Westward Expansion museum. We also enjoyed celebrating our fifth graders at their graduation ceremony. We are so proud of them and will miss them lots next year! There's a lot going on these next (and final) two weeks, so mark your calendars!

Looking Ahead:

• Monday, 5/22 
• @ 12:30: School BBQ 
• @2:10: Magnet Monday Showcase
• Tuesday, 5/23: Picture Canyon field trip
• Thursday, 5/25: Pioneer Museum field trip
• Monday, 5/29: NO SCHOOL for Memorial Day
• Wednesday, 5/31: Westward Expansion Living History Museum in our classroom 
• Showtimes
• 9:30
• 10:00
• 11:00
• 11:30

Week in Review 5/8-5/12

Hey there!

With just a few more weeks of school, we have been winding down academics, and gearing up for lots of end-of-year fun. This week, we took our last notes as a class and took our last test! From here on out, we'll be focusing on planning and preparing for our Westward Expansion living history museum, going on a couple of field trips, gardening, and celebrating the fifth graders as they move on to middle school. We are excited to be completing another great year with our kiddos and all of you!


This week:

• We practiced metric conversions. 
• We practiced standard measurement conversions.
• We surveyed classmates and represented our collected data on line plots.
• We took our Measurement Final Test.
• We studied the effects of weather on Pioneers moving west in the late 1800s.
• We learned about how Westward Expansion benefitted some groups of people, while hurting others.
• We learned about the effects of the Transcontinental Railroad.
• Thunder Rolling in the Mountains reached its very somber conclusion.
• We got some serious weeding done in our Heritage Garden.

Looking Ahead:

• 5th Grade Graduation: Next Thursday, 5/18 at 9:15am
• Marshall Movie Night (Shiloh): Next Friday 5/19 @ 7:00
• School BBQ: Monday, 5/22 @
• Picture Canyon Field Trip: Tuesday, 5/23
• Pioneer Museum Field Trip:  Thursday, 5/25
• Last Birthday Friday (May/ Summer Birthdays): Friday, 5/26
• SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, 5/31(Second to last day of school)
  : Westward Expansion Living History Museum

Week in Review 5/1-5/5

Miss Crowley and Miss Johnson here! We are Ms. Baker and Ms. Fisher’s student teachers this semester. This week was our classroom takeover week and we were in charge of running the class for this last week. It’s been a lot of work and we’ve been learning a lot.

This week:

• We reviewed our fraction skills and took a final fractions concept quiz.
• We learned about economics and what it means to budget and earn a profit. Our fifth graders became shopkeepers and competed for the business of our fourth graders who became pioneers buying supplies for the journey along the Oregon Trail.
• We visited the Marshall garden where our students helped water the plants, repair a leaky water pipe, and plant new asparagus plants.
• We took a walking field trip to Francis Short Pond where the students learned about life at the pond and water chemistry.

Looking Ahead:

• Next week, we will be finishing our novel Thunder Rolling in the Mountains and reviewing measurement and data.
• We will be gardening again Wednesday from 9 AM – 11 AM, wear sunscreen and dress accordingly!
• Save the Dates:
• Fifth Grade Graduation
• Picture Canyon Field Trip
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