Design Studio 5
Creating*Exploring*Growing*Learning
Volume 5: September 13, 2014
Mrs. Caywood and Mrs. Hunerdosse
Content Learning In Studio 5
Spelling: Students have been introduced the spelling program we are going to use for personalization. They have a sheet in their binder with what level they will start with based upon their Spelling Connections pretest. They can use a laptop or desktop to complete these and they record their results by emailing them directly to me or by printing them off and turning them in. They also have to record what lessons they are working on in their binder GUMS section. The three weblinks are : www.4thgradespelling.com or www.5thgradespelling.com or www.6thgradespelling.com. Students will access the link based upon their pretest score and which lessons best fit their needs as a speller. If they can't remember where to start, have them see me and I will print off their sheet again. They should get a prompt to email or print the results after every activity. These can be send directly to me dcaywood@liberty.k12.mo.us PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD BE DOING SOME OF THIS WORK AT HOME!
Math: We completed the pre-assessments for DreamBox and iReady this week. DreamBox is an iPad app that will allow students to access from anywhere. Lessons with gold coins at the bottom indicate weaknesses or prerequisite skills that were deficient during the pre-assessment. This program uses digital tools similar to what the new Smarter Balanced Assessment will utilize. iReady assessments are now all completed as well. These require laptops, so students will be working on this program in shifts throughout the week and should also supplement at home. We will plan on having our first chapter test for math on Friday over place value, exponents, number forms (expanded, standard, word), and multiplication mainly. We will review in class this week.
Social Studies: We broke into groups this week to begin phase 1 of our history PBL unit. This week we will continue to research one Native American tribe and then create visual displays that will eventually be hung at the MidContinent Library during October when it is Native American Awareness month. Our history standard says that we will help students understand these cultures both prior to and after the explorers came to this region. The first step in doing that is to help students understand things like dress, government, where they lived and why, what they held to be important in their beliefs, etc. We already heard some great discussions about where they were located and why you think that is important.
Science: We will continue to work on the scientific method this week with a special visit from LHS students. We are going to be doing an experiment that will have the kids POPPING with excitement all day on Tuesday. It should be a lot of fun and our students will get to walk through the scientific method one more time before beginning their own science experiments in class. They should have their experiment chosen by this Friday after looking at many resources we will provide them throughout this week.
iPads and Downloading
Rosetta Stone
Student Emails
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19v7-7Met-6HNnW6I38kUgiJ-gQsGgfb0aZdmSngV_XE/edit?usp=sharing
Article of the Week
Binders
Here's what we need!
Please sign up if you can provide any of the resources on this classroom supply list. These will be for activities coming up in our class over the next 2 months, but we need to begin gathering supplies as soon as possible. Thanks for your help!
Contact Information
Email: dcaywood@liberty.k12.mo.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/student.liberty.k12.mo.us/epic-elementary-fifth-grade-learning-website/
Location: 650 Conistor Street, Liberty, MO, United States
Phone: (816) 736-7500
Twitter: @CaywoodHunerdosse