September 29th

It has been a whirlwind here in 5C. So what have we been up to?

Setting Learning Goals in Thinking, Listening, Speaking and Behaving
Some examples:

• Push your thinking deeper
• think clearly with a growth mindset
• listen attentively and take time to process what is being said
• choose words that make sense
• think of others' feelings
• don't goof off in class

Math

• reviewed all the multiples 2-9 up to the 10th multiple
• learned to write numbers in standard, expanded and word form
• worked with place value from the millions to the thousandths
• worked on rounding from the millions to the thousandths

Science

• working on the idea that shadows get longer as the days grow shorter
• designing an experiment to test our theories

Language Arts

• reviewing blends and consonants that go together to make new sounds (Ch, Th...)
• finished reading The Honest Truth
• hash-tagging at the end of every chapter to synthesize the importance points
• finding evidence of growth mindsets in the characters from the books we're reading
• assessing beginning of the year reading skills
• assessing beginning of the year writing skills
• learning the reading and writing workshop format

Other

• Resilience- bouncing back and recovering from setbacks
• empathy- put oneself in another's heart/shoes
• Dot Day- celebrating our mark in the world