Rain, Rain Go Away...

Our calendar in 5th grade is filling up quickly!

In Social Studies this week, we had some great economics lessons from Mr. Woodward using the Junior Achievement program. The kids have loved it! They have learned about the different kinds of businesses and advertising. They then learned about interviewing for jobs and finally they were asked to create their own businesses with partners and advertise them. We had some really creative ideas!

In Science we are making huge, fabulous timelines of planet Earth. We plotted from the beginning of time through present day!

In Math we just finished our unit on volume and capacity and we will start unit 12.

Today we are attending our band and chorus concert. The kids involved have practiced a lot for this and sound great!

Our Storybook Parade is tomorrow at 2:15. Mrs. Woodward's class is representing the book, Harry Potter, and Mrs. Shane's class, The Warrior's Series.

Please continue to read for 30 minutes each night and practice reading aloud to someone at home!

Concert Tonight!

Our Band and Chorus concert is tonight at 7 p.m.

In Science this week we started our fossil timelines.

In Social Studies we started our research project on Famous Americans. The kids picked who they wanted to study and are taking notes from websites chosen by Mrs. Gurley-Mozie. This entire project lives on Mrs. Gurley-Mozie's website.

In math we are using formulas to find volume of cylinders, prisms, and cones.

Please keep reading 30 minutes each night!! We continue to work on fluency and comprehension every day in reading.

Enjoy this lovely spring weather!!

What Do May Showers Bring?

In Science this week we started our unit on Fossils. Mrs. Gurley-Mozie found some really cool sites for us to view and they live on her web page.

In Social Studies, we are participating in a Service Learning project with the 2nd grade. Our 5th graders learned how to use Google Earth with the help of Mrs. Gurley-Mozie and we are going to teach the 2nd graders how to use it. We will show them animals that they are studying in Kenya, Africa!

In Math we are measuring and determining volume of cylinders. We are measuring and using formulas.

In Reading we have been working all week on our DRA's. These are our Developmental Reading Assessments. The kids have done a great job demonstrating their fluency and comprehension with these.

Have a Happy Mother's Day weekend!!

It's Volcano Day!!

This was Art week in Science. We created all kinds of art this week with volcanoes. We used chalk, pastels, watercolors, and charcoal!

Mrs. Gurley-Mozie came in to introduce the Famous American research project that we'll be working on for the next five weeks in Social Studies. We are excited to start this project that lives on Mrs. Gurley-Mozie's web page.

In Math we are testing today for the end of this unit on algebra. We also learned about circumference, diameter, radius, and Pi.

In writing, we are finishing a five paragraph essay on the celebrity that we'd like to spend a day with. Our writing skills are amazing now!!

Have a beautiful spring weekend!!

Happy Vacation!

We just finished our unit on the Civil War. We watched a four minute video that you can view on the internet called, The Civil War in Four Minutes. It was from the Lincoln Library. It showed how our country changed so significantly over the four years of the war.

In Science this week we had a quiz on volcanoes. Remember that the volcano projects are due the Friday after vacation!

We completed our persuasive essays in writing and they were AWESOME!! We shared them on Thursday and Mrs. Turpin came in to hear them. She said that she'd have a hard time saying no to any of these requests because they were so well done!

In Math we have started unit 10, working on Algebra! The kids are also learning how to make
line graphs to plot data.

Have a fun, warm, and safe April vacation. Enjoy this time with your families!!

Happy Spring!

In Science this week we continued our learning about volcanoes. Ask your child about the three types that exist. Our Volcano projects are due April 29th! The kids are very excited about this!

In Social Studies we are learning all about the Civil War. We learned that President Lincoln was assassinated five days after the war ended by an actor at Ford's Theatre. We are also working on a very cool project using Google Earth with the help of Mrs. Gurley-Mozie. Our fifth graders will be teaching others how to use this incredible tool.

We are looking forward to our field trip to Merrill Auditorium next Monday. We will be seeing, We the People.

In Math we finished unit 9, studying area and volume and today we are starting algebra! Wow!

In writing we just finished some really fantastic journals and are now working on some neat persuasive writing!

Have a great sunny week!

Looking Forward to Seeing Everyone at P/T Conferences!

In Science this week we broke open geodes that Mrs. Cook purchased for us! We also had Pet Rock day where we decorated and designed our own pets with googly-eyes and feathers!

In Social Studies we wrapped-up our reading of the Birchbark House by creating pop-up pages of our favorite scenes from the story. We also studied the states and capitals of the North Central U.S. states. We are taking a quiz on this today.

Please join us at the C.H.O.IC.E.S. Basketball game tonight at 5:00 at LRHS. It is a fundraiser to help pay for the programming and t-shirts. The game will feature the S.A.D. 61 teachers vs. the Bridgton Police Department. The kids will be invited to play games at half-time and, kids wearing their t-shirts get in FREE!

Parent-Teacher Conferences are next Thur. night and Friday morning until noon.

Report cards will be going home on April 1st.

Have a great SUNNY Weekend!!