May 4-8 Learning Outcomes English Language Arts and Literature Creating and communicating ideas in organized written forms for different purposes and audiences What Did Students Do? This week in our Grade 5 classroom, students began working on their informational writing pieces . We focused on building strong introduction paragraphs and learning the important parts that help capture a reader’s attention and clearly introduce a topic. Students learned about the purpose of a hook , how to create an engaging topic sentence , and how to develop a clear thesis statement for their essays. We discussed how a strong introduction helps guide the reader and sets the stage for the information that will follow. Students practiced organizing their ideas and thinking carefully about how to introduce their topics in an interesting and informative way. Throughout the week, students worked hard to draft and improve their introductions while developing confidence in their wri...
April 27 - May 1 Learning Outcomes Social Studies Students examine government and social systems in ancient civilizations and empires. What Did Students Do? This week in our Grade 5 classroom, students were introduced to an exciting new area of learning by exploring how governments make decisions. As part of this introduction, students worked in groups to create their own “governments” and were given the task of developing one classroom rule that would be fair for everyone. Students spent time discussing ideas, thinking carefully about fairness, and considering how their rule would impact others. Each group then created a poster to clearly present their rule, explain why it is fair, and share how it would benefit our classroom community. After completing their posters, students presented their ideas to the class, practicing their speaking and listening skills while explaining their thinking. Once all groups had presented, we held a class vote to decide which rule would be i...