This Week in Room 13: May 13-17

Important Dates:

Monday, May 13: 5^th Grade Leadership Team Meeting (Room 13: 2:45-4:00)

April 29-May 17: Soccer Ball Fundraiser (sponsored by 5^th Grade Student Leadership and PTA)

Tuesday, May 14: Math MAP Assessment (morning)

Thursday, May 16: Room 13 Share Fair (Session 1: Room 13, afternoon; Session 2: Room 13, evening)

Thursday, May 16: Creative Writing Club (Room 13: 2:45-4:00)

Friday, May 17: Field Day

Monday, May 20: 5^th Grade Leadership Team Meeting (Room 13: 2:45-4:00)

Wednesday, May 22: Carmody Recreation Center Field Trip, Report Cards, and Continuation (5:30-6:30 KLES Gym)

Thursday, May 23: NO SCHOOL FOR 5^TH GRADERS

We’ve extended the soccer ball fundraiser one more week. Please remember to bring in your donations!

Share Fair Update: Ms. Lesser will send out an email tomorrow afternoon with specific beginning and end times for both Thursday sessions. We want to begin the afternoon session of the share fair dressed in our Continental Congress gear so we can officially sign the Declaration of Independence. We need to figure out what we want that to look like and then factor in how much time we’ll need for our individual presentations (Goldilocks project; ALP portfolios).

Band/Orchestra Wednesday (5/15) Concert and Celebration: 10:00-11:00

Classwork: This week we are wrapping up our work. Here’s our list of projects:

Monday:

9:00-10:30 Math Unit Assessment (Ratios, Proportions, and Percents)

10:30-11:30/12:05-2:00: Goldilocks Project

2:00-2:40: Growing and Changing

Tuesday:

9:00-11:30 Math Map End of Year Assessment (and then Goldilocks project)

12:05-1:00 Growing and Changing

1:00-2:40 Goldilocks Project

Wednesday:

9:00-10:00 Math (review of positive/negative integers, absolute value, plotting ordered pairs, and reflections)

10:00-11:00 Band/Orchestra Concert

11:00-11:30 Prepare for Growing and Changing Assessment

12:05-1:30 Growing and Changing Assessment

1:30-2:40 Goldilocks Project

Thursday:

9:00-10:00 Math (review of positive/negative integers, absolute value, plotting ordered pairs, and reflections)

10:00-11:30 Goldilocks Project

12:05-2:40 Share Fair Preparation and Presentations

Friday: Field Day

Homework:

Math: Students who choose to review assessment errors (analyzing data; ratios, proportions, and percents) and prepare clearer demonstrations of their understanding of concepts and procedures (redo problems; revise explanations) will need to turn in this work on Friday (5/17).

Reading/Writing:

Monday: Goldilocks Project (first section of work not completed in class – star/planet formation and water’s role in process)

Tuesday: Read Chapters 17-18 of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. In Journal B, identify where Charlotte is in her hero’s journey and cite 3 text details that support your reasoning.

Wednesday: Read 19-20 of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. In Journal B, identify where Charlotte is in her hero’s journey and cite 3 text details that support your reasoning.

Thursday: Read 21-22 of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. In Journal B, identify where Charlotte is in her hero’s journey and cite 3 text details that support your reasoning.

ALP Portfolio: Finish uploading/linking your selected body of work. Your final version of the portfolio is due this Friday (5/17).

Thursday, January 24: Creative Writing Club (2:45-4:00)

Jan 22 – Feb 8: Enrollment Period (Remember to access Enroll Jeffco and choose your student's school. All students must be enrolled in this way.)

Monday, Feb. 4: KLES Book Fair begins

Feb. 5, 6, and 7: Parent/Teacher Conferences (sign up link will be sent later this week)

Wednesday, February 6: Performing Arts Field Trip

Thursday, Feb. 14: Valentine’s Day Party (2:15-2:45) See sign-up link (sent via forwarded email 1/28)

Daily Schedule

8:05-8:15 Beginning of the Day Preparation/Bell Work

8:15-9:00 Specials

9:00-10:30 Math

10:30-11:30 Integrated Investigations (reading, writing)

11:30-12:05 Lunch/Recess

12:05-2:30 Integrated Investigations (reading, writing, social studies, science)

2:30-2:45 End of the Day Preparation

Band/Orchestra:

Monday, 1:00-1:40

Wednesday, 10:50-11:30

Mrs. Fiess: Wednesday, 9:00-9:30 (every other week)

Classwork:

8:05-8:15 Bell Work (Vocabulary Enrichment)

We continue our morpheme work, adding cards to our ring.

9:00-10:30 Math

Jeffco Math Unit: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

Monday: Writing Algebraic Expressions/Simplifying Numerical Expression (special focus: using additive inverse to rewrite numerical expressions that include subtraction)

Rotation 2; Rotation 3

Tuesday: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions using the Commutative and Associative Properties

Wed-Friday: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions using the Distributive Property

Whole Group Instruction; Rotation 1; Rotation 2; Rotation 3

10:30-11:30 Integrated Investigations

Jeffco Writing Unit: Informational – Research Writing that Teaches and Engages Readers

Students will be completing the first draft of their comparison essay which challenges them to think about the value of investigation from the point of view of two texts which both ground their discussions in the investigations of Charles Fort (excerpts from Cynthia Barnett’s “Strange Rains,” from Rain: A Natural and Cultural History; Blue Balliett’s Chasing Vermeer).

12:05-2:30 Integrated Investigations

Jeffco Reading Unit: Using Text Structures To Understand Non-Fiction

This week we are continuing our experiment with “reciprocal teaching.” Students work as teams to support each others’ understanding of the focus text taking turns at taking on the roles of summarizer, illustrator, questioner, and clarifier. Students read, prepare for, and then participate in student lead discussions.

Monday

Reciprocal Teaching: Making Thirteen Colonies, Chapters 8 and 9

Tuesday:

12:05-12:45

Whole Group Discussion (Checking for Understanding): Making Thirteen Colonies, Chapters 8-10

12:45-1:45

Reciprocal Teaching: Making Thirteen Colonies, Chapters 11-12

1:45-2:30

Science Extravaganza Background Research

What is the sun? (composition and nature of -- videos and excerpts from Sam Kean's "Where Atoms Come From: "We are all star stuff")
Formation of Earth and Earth's atmosphere (excerpts from Barnett's "Origins")
Causes of weather patterns and events (excerpts from The Wow's and Why's of Weather)

After choosing a specific weather event to research, each team will be responsible for:
Research Display (Team Hyperdoc)
Artistic Representations of Weather Event (one per team member)
Interactive Demonstration (explaining weather event)

Wednesday

12:05-1:00

We introduce ourselves to our new version of our vocabulary work. Drawing from the individual vocabulary lists we’ve created through our reading, we choose words and explore their meaning in a variety of ways (Frayer Diagrams + Daily Special Focus: Monday, Bridge Mapping (analogical thinking); Wednesday, witty/whimsical word play; Thursday, Message in the Bottle; Friday, connection to Investigation Question).

1:00-2:30

13 Colony Road Trip

We prepare for our colony research, which will in turn prepare us for our study of the Revolutionary Period (which we will address as members of the 1^st Continental Congress as we discuss the contents of the Declaration of Independence).

Thursday

12:05-1:00

Vocabulary

Colony Research

1:00-2:00 Reciprocal Teaching

Whole Group Discussion (Checking for Understanding): Making Thirteen Colonies, Chapters 8-10

2:00-2:30 Digital Citizenship Research Project (with Ms. Kala)

Science Friday: Science Extravaganza Research

Homework:

Math

Monday: Modeling Adding Positive and Negative Numbers (handout)

Tuesday: 5-6 Homework and Remembering (selected problems)

Wednesday: 5-7 Homework and Remembering (selected problems)

Thursday: Modeling Math Reasoning (handout)

Reading/Writing:

Monday: Read/flag Making Thirteen Colonies, Chapter 10; finish introduction to comparison essay

Tuesday: Read/flag assigned chapter from Making Thirteen Colonies; finish “Strange Rain” discussion.

Wednesday: Write Chasing Vermeer discussion.

Thursday: Read/flag assigned chapter from Making Thirteen Colonies; finish conclusion of comparison essay.

Important Dates:

Thursday, January 24: Creative Writing Club (2:45-4:00)

Jan 22 – Feb 8: Enrollment Period (Remember to access Enroll Jeffco and choose your student's school. All students must be enrolled in this way.)

Monday, Feb. 4: KLES Book Fair begins

Feb. 5, 6, and 7: Parent/Teacher Conferences (sign up link will be sent later this week)

Wednesday, February 6: Performing Arts Field Trip

Thursday, Feb. 14: Valentine’s Day Party (2:15-2:45) See sign-up link (sent via forwarded email 1/28)

Daily Schedule

8:05-8:15 Beginning of the Day Preparation/Bell Work

8:15-9:00 Specials

9:00-10:30 Math

10:30-11:30 Integrated Investigations (reading, writing)

11:30-12:05 Lunch/Recess

12:05-2:30 Integrated Investigations (reading, writing, social studies, science)

2:30-2:45 End of the Day Preparation

Band/Orchestra:

Monday, 1:00-1:40

Wednesday, 10:50-11:30

Mrs. Fiess: Wednesday, 9:00-9:30 (every other week)

Classwork:

8:05-8:15 Bell Work (Vocabulary Enrichment)

We continue our morpheme work, adding cards to our ring.

9:00-10:30 Math

Jeffco Math Unit: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

Monday: Writing Algebraic Expressions/Simplifying Numerical Expression (special focus: using additive inverse to rewrite numerical expressions that include subtraction)

Rotation 2; Rotation 3

Tuesday: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions using the Commutative and Associative Properties

Wed-Friday: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions using the Distributive Property

Whole Group Instruction; Rotation 1; Rotation 2; Rotation 3

10:30-11:30 Integrated Investigations

Jeffco Writing Unit: Informational – Research Writing that Teaches and Engages Readers

Students will be completing the first draft of their comparison essay which challenges them to think about the value of investigation from the point of view of two texts which both ground their discussions in the investigations of Charles Fort (excerpts from Cynthia Barnett’s “Strange Rains,” from Rain: A Natural and Cultural History; Blue Balliett’s Chasing Vermeer).

12:05-2:30 Integrated Investigations

Jeffco Reading Unit: Using Text Structures To Understand Non-Fiction

This week we are continuing our experiment with “reciprocal teaching.” Students work as teams to support each others’ understanding of the focus text taking turns at taking on the roles of summarizer, illustrator, questioner, and clarifier. Students read, prepare for, and then participate in student lead discussions.

Monday

Reciprocal Teaching: Making Thirteen Colonies, Chapters 8 and 9

Tuesday:

12:05-12:45

Whole Group Discussion (Checking for Understanding): Making Thirteen Colonies, Chapters 8-10

12:45-1:45

Reciprocal Teaching: Making Thirteen Colonies, Chapters 11-12

1:45-2:30

Science Extravaganza Background Research

What is the sun? (composition and nature of -- videos and excerpts from Sam Kean's "Where Atoms Come From: "We are all star stuff")
Formation of Earth and Earth's atmosphere (excerpts from Barnett's "Origins")
Causes of weather patterns and events (excerpts from The Wow's and Why's of Weather)

After choosing a specific weather event to research, each team will be responsible for:
Research Display (Team Hyperdoc)
Artistic Representations of Weather Event (one per team member)
Interactive Demonstration (explaining weather event)

Wednesday

12:05-1:00

We introduce ourselves to our new version of our vocabulary work. Drawing from the individual vocabulary lists we’ve created through our reading, we choose words and explore their meaning in a variety of ways (Frayer Diagrams + Daily Special Focus: Monday, Bridge Mapping (analogical thinking); Wednesday, witty/whimsical word play; Thursday, Message in the Bottle; Friday, connection to Investigation Question).

1:00-2:30

13 Colony Road Trip

We prepare for our colony research, which will in turn prepare us for our study of the Revolutionary Period (which we will address as members of the 1^st Continental Congress as we discuss the contents of the Declaration of Independence).

Thursday

12:05-1:00

Vocabulary

Colony Research

1:00-2:00 Reciprocal Teaching

Whole Group Discussion (Checking for Understanding): Making Thirteen Colonies, Chapters 8-10

2:00-2:30 Digital Citizenship Research Project (with Ms. Kala)

Science Friday: Science Extravaganza Research

Homework:

Math

Monday: Modeling Adding Positive and Negative Numbers (handout)

Tuesday: 5-6 Homework and Remembering (selected problems)

Wednesday: 5-7 Homework and Remembering (selected problems)

Thursday: Modeling Math Reasoning (handout)

Reading/Writing:

Monday: Read/flag Making Thirteen Colonies, Chapter 10; finish introduction to comparison essay

Tuesday: Read/flag assigned chapter from Making Thirteen Colonies; finish “Strange Rain” discussion.

Wednesday: Write Chasing Vermeer discussion.

Thursday: Read/flag assigned chapter from Making Thirteen Colonies; finish conclusion of comparison essay.

Important Dates:

Monday, Feb. 25: 5^th Grade Student Leadership Team (2:45-4:00)

Thursday, Feb. 28 Writing Club (3:00-4:00)

Friday, March 1: Report Cards

Monday, March 4: 5^th Grade Student Leadership Team (2:45-4:00)

Thursday, March 14: Science Extravaganza (5:00-7:00 pm)

Note: We will be starting our reading/analysis of Chains next week. We'll be reading it from a double perspective -- our own in 2019 and the perspective of the Declaration signers we will be "playing" in our own Continental Congress sessions. Students should bring their copies on Monday.

Daily Schedule

8:05-8:15 Beginning of the Day Preparation/Bell Work

8:15-9:00 Specials

9:00-10:30 Math

10:30-11:30 Integrated Investigations (reading, writing)

11:30-12:05 Lunch/Recess

12:05-2:30 Integrated Investigations (reading, writing, social studies, science)

2:30-2:45 End of the Day Preparation

Band/Orchestra:

Monday, 1:00-1:40

Wednesday, 10:50-11:30

Mrs. Fiess: Wednesday, 9:00-9:30 (every other week)

Classwork:

8:05-8:15 Bell Work (Vocabulary Enrichment)

We continue our morpheme work, adding cards to our ring.

9:00-10:30 Math

Jeffco Math Unit: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

Monday: Reteach/Review Writing and Solving Algebraic Equations (students work in teams and make instructional videos after reviewing and practicing)

Tuesday: Complete/Retake Questions Unit 5 Assessment (Students who are done will challenge themselves with solving two-step algebraic equations involving both positive and negative numbers.)

Wednesday/Thursday: Writing and Graphing Inequalities

Friday: Inequalities Quiz + Science Extravaganza Research

10:30-11:30: Integrated Investigations (reading/writing/social studies/science)

Jeffco Writing Unit: Informational – Research Writing that Teaches and Engages Readers and Persuasive: Building Powerful Arguments

Jeffco Social Studies Unit: Emergence of a New Nation

Jeffco Science Unit: Beach or Blizzard?/Wind, Water, Ice: Moving Mountains

Monday/Tuesday: Complete first draft of State of Colony Speech

Wednesday: Preparation for First Continental Congress (key event timeline)

Thursday: Preparation for First Continental Congress (key event timeline and we make our wigs)

Friday: Science Extravaganza Research

12:05-2:30

Jeffco Reading Unit: Using Text Structures To Understand Non-Fiction

Jeffco Social Studies Unit: Emergence of a New Nation

Jeffco Science Unit: Beach or Blizzard? Wind, Water, Ice: Moving Mountains

Monday-Wednesday:

Complete Trimester 2 Science Performance Assessment (write-up of investigation and construction of barometer), Vocabulary Enrichment Exercise, and Science Extravaganza Research

Thursday/Friday:

Vocabulary Enrichment Exercise and Science Extravaganza Research

Homework:

Math

Monday: Modeling Math Reasoning (reteach/review writing and solving algebraic equations)

Tuesday: no math homework (see extended reading homework)

Wednesday: 5-14 Homework Page (inequalities)

Thursday: 5-15 Remembering Page (inequalities)

Reading/Writing:

Monday: State of the Colony Speech

Tuesday: Read A History of US: From Colonies to Country (we’ll be using school copies), Preface-Chapter 4

Wednesday: Read From Colonies to Country, Chapters 5-7

Thursday: Read From Colonies to Country, Chapter 8. In Journal A, write a letter to Michel Crevecoeur that answers his question “What is an American?” from the point of view of the representative (signer of the Declaration) who you will be “playing” when the Continental Congress meets next week.

Important Dates:

Monday, Feb. 25: 5^th Grade Student Leadership Team (2:45-4:00)

Thursday, Feb. 28 Writing Club (3:00-4:00)

Friday, March 1: Report Cards

Monday, March 4: 5^th Grade Student Leadership Team (2:45-4:00)

Thursday, March 14: Science Extravaganza (5:00-7:00 pm)

Note: We will be starting our reading/analysis of Chains next week. We'll be reading it from a double perspective -- our own in 2019 and the perspective of the Declaration signers we will be "playing" in our own Continental Congress sessions. Students should bring their copies on Monday.

Daily Schedule

8:05-8:15 Beginning of the Day Preparation/Bell Work

8:15-9:00 Specials

9:00-10:30 Math

10:30-11:30 Integrated Investigations (reading, writing)

11:30-12:05 Lunch/Recess

12:05-2:30 Integrated Investigations (reading, writing, social studies, science)

2:30-2:45 End of the Day Preparation

Band/Orchestra:

Monday, 1:00-1:40

Wednesday, 10:50-11:30

Mrs. Fiess: Wednesday, 9:00-9:30 (every other week)

Classwork:

8:05-8:15 Bell Work (Vocabulary Enrichment)

We continue our morpheme work, adding cards to our ring.

9:00-10:30 Math

Jeffco Math Unit: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

Monday: Reteach/Review Writing and Solving Algebraic Equations (students work in teams and make instructional videos after reviewing and practicing)

Tuesday: Complete/Retake Questions Unit 5 Assessment (Students who are done will challenge themselves with solving two-step algebraic equations involving both positive and negative numbers.)

Wednesday/Thursday: Writing and Graphing Inequalities

Friday: Inequalities Quiz + Science Extravaganza Research

10:30-11:30: Integrated Investigations (reading/writing/social studies/science)

Jeffco Writing Unit: Informational – Research Writing that Teaches and Engages Readers and Persuasive: Building Powerful Arguments

Jeffco Social Studies Unit: Emergence of a New Nation

Jeffco Science Unit: Beach or Blizzard?/Wind, Water, Ice: Moving Mountains

Monday/Tuesday: Complete first draft of State of Colony Speech

Wednesday: Preparation for First Continental Congress (key event timeline)

Thursday: Preparation for First Continental Congress (key event timeline and we make our wigs)

Friday: Science Extravaganza Research

12:05-2:30

Jeffco Reading Unit: Using Text Structures To Understand Non-Fiction

Jeffco Social Studies Unit: Emergence of a New Nation

Jeffco Science Unit: Beach or Blizzard? Wind, Water, Ice: Moving Mountains

Monday-Wednesday:

Complete Trimester 2 Science Performance Assessment (write-up of investigation and construction of barometer), Vocabulary Enrichment Exercise, and Science Extravaganza Research

Thursday/Friday:

Vocabulary Enrichment Exercise and Science Extravaganza Research

Homework:

Math

Monday: Modeling Math Reasoning (reteach/review writing and solving algebraic equations)

Tuesday: no math homework (see extended reading homework)

Wednesday: 5-14 Homework Page (inequalities)

Thursday: 5-15 Remembering Page (inequalities)

Reading/Writing:

Monday: State of the Colony Speech

Tuesday: Read A History of US: From Colonies to Country (we’ll be using school copies), Preface-Chapter 4

Wednesday: Read From Colonies to Country, Chapters 5-7

Thursday: Read From Colonies to Country, Chapter 8. In Journal A, write a letter to Michel Crevecoeur that answers his question “What is an American?” from the point of view of the representative (signer of the Declaration) who you will be “playing” when the Continental Congress meets next week.

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