Reader’s Workshop

5th graders will be working on our “Building Your Reading Life” unit with the novel, Tuck Everlasting.  Here is the link to purchase the book, should you choose to do so. It’s about $6. If you order today, it should arrive by Monday. A free digital copy will be available to all students (but the page numbers may differ).

6th graders will be working on our “Building Your Reading Life” unit with the novel, A Long Walk to Water.  The book is about $6 and should arrive before Monday if you order by Friday evening. Here is the link. A free digital copy will be available to all students (but the page numbers may differ).

Writer’s Workshop

We will start a mini-unit on “Living a Writerly Life.” Students will practice strategies that writers use across the week in various pieces of writing.  Keep in mind that you should expect to see your child writing every morning after our morning meeting.

Math

5th graders took a pre-assessment today. Next week, we will begin our first unit on the addition and subtraction of fractions.

6th graderss will begin our first unit. We will use geometric principles of perimeter and area to review some skills from 5th grade like adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers and fractions.

History

We will be looking at the indigenous people of North America, focusing on their culture as well as how the geography of their home affected where they lived.

We will continue our study of ancient humans by looking at hunter gatherer societies. What was their culture? What technology did they use? How did they survive?

Science

5th graders will work with Ms. Parrino in science lab and we may start our first unit from our science textbook.

6th graders will work with Mr. Nelson in science lab and we may start our first unit from our science textbook.

Dear Parents,

We’re going to have a great upcoming week. Below is a short description of what’s coming up and important links and/or announcements:

Watch these announcements on video here.

Mrs. Gray’s Podcast

Reader’s Workshop

We will continue to work on our unit, “To Build a Reading Life.” We will learn the habits of readers and take a deeper look at ourselves as readers through lenses called “Mirrors and Windows.” We’ll use some short stories by one author to do this work while at the same time, learning how to do an author study.

Writer’s Workshop

We will begin our unit, “To Build a Writing Life.” We’ll study the habits and techniques of writers, and begin to make plans for ourselves to grow as writers across the year.

Math

We will continue the week of inspirational math. We will continue watching some mathematics mindset videos. We will also work on number and pattern activities throughout the week as a class community and in small groups.

History

5th: We will look at the branches of government and begin the election process in our class.

6th: We will begin our study of ancient humans by looking at hunter gatherer societies. What was their culture? What technology did they use? How did they survive?

Science

Students will go to science lab this week at their designated times (noted on our Distance Learning Schedule). The sixth graders will be with Mr. Nelson, and the fifth graders will be with Ms. Parrino.  We are excited to have them both at Woodbury this year.

Thank you,

Mrs. Gray