Welcome to Mrs. Voinovich's Blog: May 21, 2017

	Thank you for supporting our Cultural Summits! The students worked hard researching, writing, and revising their thoughts. The results clearly show all of their hard work!
Subject	Learning Targets and Activities for week of: 5/22-END OF THE YEAR
Reading	We finished the year with one final assessment about teaching in Thailand. This passage goes along with our cultural studies and several reading skills (main idea, sequencing, infer). Students had a great time at our book tasting. They had a chance to “taste” a variety of books at each table and had some yummy snacks as well! They filled out a “menu” about books as I waited on them with snacks! We had so much fun! It is my hope they found a few books to put on their summer reading list! Speaking of summer reading, your child will complete a list of books they want to read for the summer. This will be in their report card envelopes on the last day of school, along with a reading activity from the 5th grade teachers. We will end the year with completing our book trailers using iMovie about our favorite books from the year! Homework: Read for 20 minutes each night.
Writing	Thank you so much for coming to our cultural summit! It was wonderful to see the students sharing everything they learned over the past few weeks. Students read books and on websites about their country. We learned how to take notes and write in our own words. We also examined different writing pieces to learn how to add transition words and juicy adjectives . Feel free to check out their Google Docs to see comments I wrote about their writing pieces. You may have to go back into the history if they deleted the comments after they fixed some of the suggestions I made to their writing. :) Mrs. Flynn and I conferenced with students several times while they were writing. Students grades were based on their writing they created on their own. Then, I made specific comments for the students to revise in their writing. Students also received a grade for their trifold boards. These will come home on Monday. Students are completing a self reflection on themselves and their projects.
Math	In the last week of school we are continuing to work with digit cards and making sense of numbers. Students who are flexible in their mathematical thinking open their brains to learning more challenging types of math. Taking 5 minutes in the car or any extra time you may have ask your child these sample questions and then continue to make some up: How much is 34 tens? 867 tens? 1,239 tens? How many tenths are in 34 tens? If you would like to read more on the direction our district is taking to teach math, please check out this book by Jo Boaler. It would make a good summer read! Homework Due: No Homework!
	SS/Science: In science, we have been studying electricity. Students explored creating a complete circuit by using batteries, light bulbs, and a pipecleaners. Then, we took it a step further into series and parallel circuits. Today, we are going to discuss how switches work and make toast! For the final days of science, we will discover how snap circuits work! Thank you to Mrs. Voinovich for planning our high school field trip to make slime! The kids really enjoyed it!

End of the Year Fun!

Monday - Kick ball with your teachers! Remember to wear tennis shoes and comfortable clothes! Dress for the weather and wear sunscreen please.

Tuesday, we are planning a “Camping Day” in class. We invite students to bring in 2 beach towels, a flashlight, stuffed animal, and a good book to read. We are going to attempt to create a large tent in the classroom! We will then end the day with a movie! Students will be treated with S'mores! If your child does not like S'mores, feel free to send in a snack for your child.

Wednesday - STEM Water Day! Students will be making boats out of aluminum foil and testing to see how well they float in buckets of water. We will then go outside for a water balloon toss. Please wear comfy clothes and pack an extra shirt just in case! Don’t forget the sunscreen!

Thursday - Field day hosted by our wonderful PTO moms! Please wear sunscreen and a water bottle with name on it! Please have your child wear their class shirt!

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