Hello Everyone, 

 

We are half way through our first week of distance learning, so I want to give a shout out to all of my students & their families.  I can not fully express the love that I feel for all of you and I can't wait until we are all together again.  With that being said, I want to say that your children are doing an amazing job, considering that they have been thrust into another reality of school and learning.   I am so PROUD of all of them and I look forward to our live sessions everyday.   I miss you all so much! We will get through this and in a way, I feel that these uncertain times has brought us closer as a school and a family. 

 

As you know, we are exclusively using Canvas so you can link up to that platform right here from my website.

 

Stay healthy and stay safe out there!  

Hello,  everyone! What a week we all had! The Field Trip was a huge success and we finished Unit 4. 

FYI: Two handouts were sent out at the end of the day:  

1) The first handout was about Accessing Amplify CKLA Resource site to support students with e-books, audio books, knowledge builders etc. 

2)The second handout was information on how to get unlimited access to your child's Istation at home.

 

MOY Assessments

Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

 

Hello and Good Evening!

 

Today Progress Reports went home with your children (these are not final scores).  

Don't forget to Spring Ahead this weekend.... It's Daylight Savings Time.

 

As you know, we have an exciting, fun week ahead of us, this week.

Monday/Tuesday: 5th Grade Field Trip To Wilmington, NC!  

 

Wednesday/Thursday: Wrap up of & Review of Unit 4: The Adventures of Don Quixote

Friday: End of Unit Test

 

Have an Awesome Weekend/Week!

Bradford is offering a chess club for grades 2-6!  As of right now, we can only have 24 students, unless we have some additional parents who are willing to volunteer as support. 

(If you're interested in volunteering to help with chess club one day a week--please email Mrs. Waters: jessica.waters@bradfordprep.org

 

Sign up will be open through March 12^th.  First day of chess club will be Thursday March 19^th. 

 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080844ACA728A0FC1-chess

 

Hello everyone, I hope we have a great week ahead!

Progress Reports will be going out this week!

 

 

Reading:  The Adventures of Don Quixote

Examining word choice & writing style

Comparing and Contrasting Character Traits

 

 

Wow! Time is flying, I hope the weather is more cooperative this week!

 

We are continuing to read the adventures of Don Quixote 

Reading focus:

*How figurative language affects the text in the story

*Identifying and discussing plot details

 

Morphology:

Suffix/NESS

Writing/Grammar: 

*Writing present tense sentences

*Identifying the structure and parts of a persuasive essay

*Opinions and supporting evidence

 

Have a great week!

Happy Valentine's Day to all of my students and families out there!

A special thanks to all of you who sent valentines to me, it was so thoughtful.  I also want to add, that it was so, so sweet (get the pun?)!

 

Snapshot of the Week:

Poetry Wrap Up for Unit 3

Analysis of a poem & Writing Assignment 

 

Unit 4: Adventures of Don Quixote

 

Introduction: Introduce the chapters

Identifying the beginning stages of the story's plot structure

We will make inferences regarding a character's personality

 

Grammar: Noun Subject-Action Verb Agreement

Morphology: Suffix: ness

Writing: Distinguish between fact and opinion

 

*I am still accepting any late poems, please make sure that you hand in any missing work this week!

 

Looking forward to an awesome week ahead! 

 

 

 

Snapshot of the Week:

 

We will:

Define and identify implied metaphors in poems

Revise previously written metaphors and incorporate them into our own poem

Identify allusions and discuss their effect on a poem

Analyze a character's actions and poem's setting

Create original list poems

Peer edit poems

Read our original poems aloud

 

Featured Poets:

Dan Gerber

Simon Ortiz

Elizabeth Bishop

 

Reminder:  There is no school on Friday and Monday

Friday is a Teacher Workday and Monday is President's Day

 

As you know, we had an eventful week!  I am so  proud of my students for the way they behaved last Thursday.  

I also want to add that this grade  has some talented poets!  I am having a great time with them in class.

 

Have a great weekend!

 

 

Identifying, analyzing different rhyme schemes in poetry

Writing an original rhyming poem

Summarizing a poem's overall message

Analyzing how the use of figurative language affects a poem's meaning

Creating similes and metaphors describing the movements of animals

Define and identify implied metaphors 

 

 

REMINDER: FIELD TRIP ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH 

HERE'S TO A WONDERFUL WEEK!

 

 

Snapshot of the Week:

 

*Reading and writing poems with the poetic device, Anaphora

*Examining figurative language in poetry/how it affects a poem's meaning

*Identifying and labeling different rhyme schemes in poetry

*Writing and sharing original rhyming poems

*Summarizing a poem's overall message

 

Featured Poets:

Walt Whitman

Marie Howe

Naomi Shihab Nye

Robert Frost

 

Have an awesome week!

 

Hello there! 

 

It was nice to talk to most of you at the Parent Conferences this week.  I was so impressed with the goals set by our scholars for the rest of the school year.

 

Snapshot for the Remainder of the Week:

 

Introduction to Poetry Continues 

Apostrophe poem

Composing an Apostrophe poem

Exploring tone in poetry

Introduction to Anaphora 

 

Featured Poets:

Denise Levertov

William Carlos Williams

Kenneth Koch

Walt Whitman

 

Have a great rest of the week!

 

Hello, here is the snapshot for next week:

 

Wrap up/Review Unit 2

Unit 2 Tests

Reading Comprehension (Maya, Aztec and Inca Civilizations)

Grammar (Subject/predicate, linking/action verbs) 

Morphology (Prefixes il, ir and inter) (Root word tract)

 

Unit 3: introduction to poetry!

Have an awesome week!

 

Happy New Year and Welcome Back!

To the Fabulous Fifth Grade Parents, I want to thank you all for the wonderful and thoughtful gifts!  I feel very blessed to have your children as my students.

The Snapshot for the Week is:

·        Developing, drafting, editing, and revising an explanatory paragraph

·        Determining main idea, summarizing and/or comparing and contrasting key ideas while providing textual evidence/Reading

·        Practicing with words and phrases that compare/contrast

·        Understanding and using action and linking verbs

·        Reviewing/Using Prefixes in sentences (INTER)

·        Understanding and practicing with the root word (TRACT)

·        Spelling list drills

…  The Winter Break is almost here!

Snapshot of Next Week: 

Codex Paragraph (Taking notes/start draft of Explanatory Paragraph)

Grammar: Words that Compare or Contrast 
Morphology: Introduce Prefix inter
Spelling: Introduce Spelling Words

 

Reminder: Friday is a half day and The Rise of Skywalker is out in theaters!

I'm looking forward to a wonderful week!