Collins & Co. Room 204
Week Fifteen Update
Welcome!
Hello Parents-
Thank you for all your help at home to get the students ready for the Winter Sing. They did such a wonderful job!!
Enjoy your weekend,
Ms. Collins and Mrs. Cucco
Math
We've been working hard on Chapter 4: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions. So far, our students have practiced several methods to multiply proper and improper fractions. We looked for common factors to simplify before multiplying, which made it easier to find the product in simplest form. Students found that drawing pictures often helps to clarify their thinking and to see their answers.
We began exploring how to convert an improper fraction to a mixed number and how to apply this knowledge into a real-world problem. Students are finding that drawing bar models are a great way to solve problems without having to do the math!
Find more information on our classroom website by clicking the "Math in Focus" link.
Reading Workshop
Next week we will work on putting this information together to write a well though out and planned response to our reading.
Writing Workshop
Our personal narratives have been published! This week we wrote fictional narratives in response to the prompt- "If I lived in a snow globe". We took time to plan out our stories and thought of ways to provide our reader with vivid mental images. Students worked hard to apply their ideas into well thought out paragraphs including introductions and conclusion. Way to go 5th grade writers!
Ask your Student about:
- Our new read aloud, The False Prince
- The Winter Sing
- The Nutcracker performance
- Singing "Snow Pants!"
- Creating their snow globes
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award
Illinois Children's Choice Award
Things to come:
- Wednesday, December 17th: Field Trip to Covenant Village
- Thursday, December 18th: All School Assembly
- Friday, December 19th: Class Holiday Party
- Monday, December 22nd- Friday, January 2nd: No School- Winter Break!
Collins & Co.
Greenbriar Elementary School
Email: ecollins@northbrook28.net
Website: http://fs.greenbriar28.net/~elisabethcollins/Ms._Collins_Class_Webpage/Welcome_to_Collins_%26_Co..html
Location: 1225 Greenbriar Lane, Northbrook, IL, United States
Phone: 847-504-3711