Red House 5th Grade
Ms.Mitchell's Classroom Newsletter 2020-2021
Week Two: August 24th-28th
Schedules:
Important Times
- Morning Meeting 7:50-8:10
- Specials: 8:30-9:15
- Recess: 11:30-11:00
- Lunch: 1:00-1:30
Conference Time:
- Daily: 8:30-9:15
Specials Rotation
- Day 1 - P.E.
- Day 2- Music
- Day 3 - Design
- Day 4 - P.E.
- Day 5 - Art
- Day 6 - Create
Leader of the Week: Satvik Devatha
Each week one learner in every class will be selected by the designer to be the "LEEder of the Week." Students will be selected by who showed the "Leadership Quality of the Week" best that week.
Our Leadership Quality of the week is "Respect."
CHARACTER TRAIT OF THE WEEK
LEEdership Quality of the Week:
Respect-showing consideration for others
Lesson in Leadership:
We will often have visitors in our school. When a visitor arrives, look them in the eyes, shake hands, tell them who you are, and welcome the person to our school.
Lee Quote of the Week:
“Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society” -Confucius
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
READING & WRITING
We are working on writing about reading. This week we introduced our read-aloud novel, Home of the Brave" by Katherine Applegate. Also, learners started working on creating journal entries to raise their level of reading. Spelling unit 1 was introduced.
MATH
We explored addition and subtraction strategies, estimation, and rounding. Learners focused on the rule of three. Always read the math problem three times before solving it.
SCIENCE
We introduced the triple beam balance. Learners completed a GIMZO to explore how to use this scientific equipment.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Learners began the unit on colonization in America. They studied a timeline on the first three colonies, St. Augustine, Plymouth and Jamestown.