Hello Parents!
Another wonder week working with your children, thank you! Today, was field day and the students has a great time...and, I did as well. :) Thanks to all of the parents that volunteered and helped to make this an amazing day for our students!
This week in reading we focused on our inference skills by analyzing character actions in order to make inferences. We also discussed how reading/writing would be much different if we did not possess the ability to infer. In writing, we continued to our work on the craft of writing. We explored mentor texts for the use of repeated words, repeated phrases, onomatopoeia, and figurative language- similes, metaphors, and idioms. Students returned to a piece that they had previously written and revised their piece to find areas where they could insert the aforementioned "craft" items. Through sharing and Mrs. Olsen and I working the room with our highlighters- students revised to include and improve their work. I will say that I was quite impressed with the students results, and it was evident that the students applied the lessons into their writing.
In 5th grade mathematics, we continued to work with adding and subtracting mixed number fractions...students are progressing quite well. This is, developmentally, a challenging task for most learners in 5th grade, but with a growth mindset approach students are truly beginning to understand. We will be finishing up this unit in the next week! Please remind your child that if they are still in need of more understanding of this work- Mr. M is available...almost, every Wednesday during their lunch time for more support! They are invited to come eat lunch with me and review any items they need more support in.
Last, thanks to all of the parents that attended conferences on Thursday...I know that this can be rather difficult with work schedules and all- so thank you for your support and attendance! At last glance I did still have couple of times available for Tuesday. If that time does not work for you and you have not scheduled time yet...please, email me to schedule a conference at a time that works for you!
Thank you for all of your support, and it is an honor to work with your children! Have a great weekend!
Mr. M
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