Fifth Grade News
Welcome to the Fifth Grade Cafe!
Outdoor Ed
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Reading
This week we talked about noticing the perspective from which a story is told, while also paying attention to the perspectives of other characters. We wrote a reader's response from a different character's perspective within our own reading. It is important that the student's are diving deeper into their reading and becoming more aware of the connections and meaning behind the perspective from which events in their story are told. Today we previewed our book club book choices by "speed dating" with the books! The kids are very excited to start the books!
Writing
We focused on small moment stories this week. We generated a list of ideas to choose from before we began writing the story. We encouraged the children to think about the first time or last time that they did something. We also talked about how important people and places can help us get ideas for small moment stories. We started drafting our personal narrative. Then we took the time to talk about the perspective from which the story is told. We wanted the students to make sure that they are telling the story from INSIDE it and leaving out the unknown perspectives.
Math
This week we wrapped up converting units within the metric system. We also extended our understanding of our place value system by representing numbers in different forms. This helped tremendously with comparing decimals.
IXL Skills:
G.3
G.5
G.10
Science and Social Studies
This week in Science, we dug deeper to find an appropriate meaning of a star. We had some great discussion about some misconceptions and definitions that are not ALWAYS true for stars. We also started talking about the difference between a star and a planet.
In Social Studies, we began our inquiry unit. We started by asking ourselves what independence truly is. We had a great discussion about not stopping with our initial answer and continuing to question the answers given.
Classbuilding
A Peek into Next Week
Reading: Next week we will begin book clubs to help us analyze our reading and build a strong interpretation of the books we read. I am really excited for this because the books that are chosen are phenomenal!
Writing: Next week in writing we will work on our story arc and make sure that we are writing the story that we want to tell!
Math: We will continue working with decimals. We will round decimals to any given place value.
Woodridge Parade
The Village of Woodridge and the Woodridge Park District are celebrating their anniversary with a parade on Saturday September 28, 2019. As part of Woodridge District 68, Goodrich students have been invited to participate.We are seeking 10-12 volunteers from grades 5-6 to represent Goodrich in this parade. Students will walk with the Goodrich group as part of the larger Woodridge District 68 group during the 1.5 mile route and pass out Woodridge District 68 items to the crowd.
Please email your child's teacher if you are interested in this opportunity.
Classroom volunteers
If you are interested in helping out in the classroom (copy parent) please let us know! We are always happy to have you! :)
District Mission Statement
In partnership with family and community, Woodridge School District 68 provides a comprehensive educational foundation for all children in a safe, caring environment, preparing them to be productive, responsible, and successful members of society.