The Fruit of Our Labors
News from Mrs. Ketchie's 5th Grade
A Turtle Visitor
The 5th graders were excited to see this snapping turtle at school. They asked to have a picture of him included in the newsletter, so here it is!
Mark your calendars
The 5th grade field trip to Riverbanks Zoo and Garden will be on Tuesday, Oct. 25. More information will be coming soon!
Happy Boys
These boys love the comfy seats and pillows in our reading room!
Having fun at drill
Who knew exercising could be so much fun?
Story Time
The girls love hearing The Tail of Despereaux!
Our Classroom
What We've Learned this Week:
Math: division; fractions; problems about equal groups
Grammar: foldables about prepositional phrases
Writing: continued a personal narrative about something that happened this summer
Literature: identified and wrote about 3 of Karana's character traits; began the Bronze Bow
Read Aloud: Tale of Despereaux
Science: Science test about canines
Nature Study: observed our garden; completed an observation sheet about the garden and the weather
Geography: map test on Northern Europe; labeled countries of Western Europe
Bible theme: God is truth
More fun at drill
Emma, Kate, and Colin are completing a set of windmills.
Working Hard!
We're making a foldable about prepositional phrases.
Colin is taking it easy
Colin is ready to hear more from Despereaux.
Friday assignments
Literature: Read The Bronze Bow, chapters 3-5 for Monday.
Have fun on the Creeper Trail!
A Note from Mrs. Rhoades
Students had a great time creating their own version of Roman mosaics! We also learned about the Roman army and began making a Roman shield. We introduced our history reader, The Bronze Bow, which is about a young man in Israel during the time of Christ; he must learn to deal with the Roman occupation and decide if Christ's teaching's are true.