Monday, August 31, 2015

Welcome Back!

Welcome to a new school year!  It was wonderful to see everyone at open house.  I hope everyone is finally settling in.  This is my fourth year teaching fifth grade at Prairieview, previously I taught Language Arts and Reading for five years at Lakeview.  I had a great summer with my sons Jonathan (4yrs), and Tomas (2yrs).  We had a lot of fun, but are looking forward to the fall, and football season. (Go Bears!)

A Look at This Week:
Social Studies- We will discuss who "discovered" the Americas, and will begin Chapter 4 "Spain Builds an Empire."

Science- We will be reviewing our Science tools and the scientific method.

ELA
Reading- We will be going over the parts of a short story, and reviewing how to mark a text when doing a close read.
Language Arts- We will be building our writing stamina in our Writer's Notebook.  

Math-  We will begin Module 1 "Multiplication and Volume."  We will be going over factors, products, prime and composite numbers, and writing numerical expressions. We will also begin building shapes out of cubes, including a rectangular prism.

Important Days:
Wednesday- Curriculum Night 6:30-8:00

PBIS Assembly with Matt Wilhelm