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.

Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast

Reader’s Workshop

We will begin our Unit on Fantasy books that will take us through January. I have written down several thoughts about this unit that I hope you can ready through with your children here.

Writer’s Workshop

The kids will start a new unit: Narrative Craft. We will start off next week planning out ideas for personal narrative stories and then learning strategies to write better stories.

Math

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The next few weeks will be dedicated to in Unit rates and Percentages. Here is a quick rundown of what we will be studying. Next week we will anchor our ideas about measurement and use our knowledge of solving ratio problems to convert measurements.

History

The kids will continue our study of Ancient Egypt. The kids will write opinion essays on who was the best pharoah.

Science

The kids will work with Miss Stevens in science lab.  Optional Science Fair Information.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray

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.

Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast

Reader’s Workshop

We will finish our nonfiction unit and get back into regular reading habits. The students will reflect on their good reading habits and where they can improve. Students will be reading fiction books, recording their reading in their reading log and showing their thinking in their reader’s notebooks.

Writer’s Workshop

The kids will continue drafting, revising, and eventually publishing their nonfiction chapter book. We will share our work with partners and classmates and even publish a version that looks like a real book.

Math

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We finished our Introduction to Ratios Unit! The students will get their tests back on Monday. Look over the test with your children and discuss how much they learned! Next week, we will review basic skills and specifically study dividing fractions. The next week (the beginning of Trimester 2) we will begin our next Unit on Unit Rates and Percentages.

History

The kids will continue our study of Ancient Egypt. The kids will build background knowledge and study vocabulary. They will study how Ancient Egyptian society was organized and learn about influential pharaohs.

Science

The kids will work with Mr. Nelson in science lab. It is Mr. Nelson’s last week. He will be retiring on November 13th.  Optional Science Fair Information.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray

Music Production Collaboration by Haley, Kaia, and Rumi

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.

Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast

Reader’s Workshop

They will continue to read nonfiction books and we will take the week to figure out main ideas. The kids will be getting nonfiction books from the library to support their reading for the week. At home, they will continue reading fiction books they choose appropriately. As a reminder, students will get a grade in reading for filling out their reading log regularly.

Writer’s Workshop

We will continue a unit on writing information books. The kids will start on a new chapter book that teaches.

Math

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The next few weeks will be dedicated to in Introduction of Ratios. Here is a quick rundown of what we will be studying. Next week we will finish our unit, complete a review packet and take an end of unit test on Thursday.

History

The kids will continue our study of Ancient Egypt. The kids will build background knowledge and study vocabulary. They will study how Ancient Egyptian society was organized. They will grade themselves on how well they have completed their work so far.

Science

The kids will work with Mr. Nelson in science lab. We will use our science workbook to start a unit on human body systems. Optional Science Fair Information.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray

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.

Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast

Online Permission Slips

Reader’s Workshop

The kids will begin a unit on nonfiction reading. They will continue to read nonfiction books and we will take the week to figure out main ideas. The kids will be getting nonfiction books from the library to support their reading for the week. At home, they will continue reading fiction books they choose appropriately.

Writer’s Workshop

We will continue a unit on writing information books. The kids will finish revising and editing one of their current information books they are writing and then start on a new chapter book that teaches.

Math

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The next few weeks will be dedicated to in Introduction of Ratios. Here is a quick rundown of what we will be studying. Next week we will take a quiz on Monday on comparing ratios and using ratio tables (Ratios Work #8-12). Then we will be studying part-whole ratio relationships.

History

The kids will continue our study of Ancient Egypt. The kids will build background knowledge and study vocabulary. They will make and study hieroglyphics and look at how Ancient Egyptian society was organized. They will grade themselves on how well they have completed their work so far.

Science

The kids will work with Mr. Nelson in science lab. We will use our science workbook to start a unit on human body systems. Optional Science Fair Information.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray

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.

Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast

Online Permission Slips

Reader’s Workshop

The kids will begin a unit on nonfiction reading. They will choose to be fascinated by their books, notice details and ask questions, and take action to clear up confusion. The kids will be getting nonfiction books from the library to support their reading for the week. At home, they will continue reading fiction books they choose appropriately.

Writer’s Workshop

We will start a new unit on writing information books. We will discuss the qualities that make for great information writing and the kids will write an information book on a topic of their choice.

Math

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The next few weeks will be dedicated to in Introduction of Ratios. Here is a quick rundown of what we will be studying. Next week we will focus on modeling with ratio tables as opposed to double number lines. We will also begin to compare ratios and discuss what it means to find a unit price.

History

The kids will begin our study of Ancient Egypt. The kids will build background knowledge and study vocabulary. They will study the geography of Ancient Egypt and the Nile River and look at hieroglyphics.

Science

The kids will work with Mr. Nelson in science lab. We will use our science workbook to start a unit on human body systems.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray

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.

Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast

Online Permission Slips

Reader’s Workshop

Next week the kids will study their own reading habits as well as studying more details about characters and growing ideas about their books. They will make goals for how to be a better reader and learn to grow ideas about their characters.

Writer’s Workshop

The kids will finish revising and publishing their persuasive speech. They will also present their speech in front of the class on Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday.

Math

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The next few weeks will be dedicated to in Introduction of Ratios. Here is a quick rundown of what we will be studying. Next week we will focus on modeling Ratios in double number lines. The kids will have a homework quiz on modeling double number lines on Thursday.

History

The kids will continue studying Ancient Mesopotamia and specifically focus patterns of how empires rise and fall as we look into the Ancient Assyrian and Chaledean Empires.

Science

The kids will work with Mr. Nelson in science lab and learn about expectations for in-person science lab learning. We will use our science workbook to start a unit on human body systems. We will look at the respiratory system.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray

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.

Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast

Online Permission Slips

Reader’s Workshop

Next week the kids will study their own reading habits as well as studying more details about characters and growing ideas about their books.

Writer’s Workshop

The kids will move on from their review and use everything they’ve learned to start to put together persuasive speeches.

Math

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We will move on from basic skills to our first 6th grade unit. The next few weeks will be dedicated to in Introduction of Ratios. Here is a quick rundown of what we will be studying.

History

The kids will continue studying Ancient Mesopotamia and specifically focus on the rules societies enact starting with Hammurabi’s Code. We will also study patterns of how empires rise and fall as we look into the Ancient Assyrian and Chaledean Empires.

Science

The kids will work with Mr. Nelson in science lab and learn about expectations for in-person science lab learning. We will use our science workbook to start a unit on human body systems.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray

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.

Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast

Online Permission Slips

Reader’s Workshop

We will continue our unit “Bring Characters and Stories to Life”. The kids will practice and learn to make higher-level predictions and pay attention to details that signal character change.

Writer’s Workshop

The kids will continue to improve their opinion writing as we practice writing reviews. We will revise the writing by practice hooks, providing more convincing reasons, and add quotes.

Math

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The kids will continue finish reviewing fractions operations.We will review our last decimal unit and take a basic skills test covering what we’ve done over the last month.

History

We will start studying our first civilization (Ancient Mesopotamia).

Science

The kids will work with Mr. Nelson in science lab and learn about expectations for in-person science lab learning. We may use our science workbook to start a unit on human body systems.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray

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.

Mr. Gray’s Class Podcast

Online Permission Slips

Reader’s Workshop

We will continue our unit “Bring Characters and Stories to Life”. The kids will practice acting out scenes and bringing vivid mental movies to life.

Writer’s Workshop

The kids will continue to improve their opinion writing as we practice writing reviews.

Math

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The kids will continue reviewing fractions operations.

History

No History this week. Much of the extra time this week will be spent discussing expectations and practicing routines for in-person learning.

Science

The kids will work with Mr. Nelson in science lab and learn about expectations for in-person science lab learning.

Thank you,

Mr. Gray