December 12-December 16
This week in 5PA...
On our Grammar Voyage, we learned about types of phrases. We learned about prepositional and appositive phrases.
We finished designing our silhouette heads.
We used our deductive reasoning to solve the Mystery of the Melting of Frosty..
December 5-December 9
This week in 5PA...
On our Grammar Voyage, we learned about phrases and clauses. A clause has a subject and a predicate.
We continued researching our courageous person and began designing our silhouette heads.
We also reviewed the RACES strategy for properly answering questions and applied our knowledge to our questions.
November 28-December 2
This week in 5PA...
On our Grammar Voyage, we continued to review parts of speech and parts of a sentence.
In collaboration with our classrooms, we researched courageous people and formulated research questions using depth and complexity.
We also reviewed the RACES strategy for properly answering questions.
November 14-November 18
This week in 5PA...
We learned about systems...how is a pile of sand different than a cow? Ask us for the answer.
On our Grammar Voyage, we continued to learn about the parts of a sentence. The students were focusing on identifying linking verb predicates and subject complements.
We finished out the week working on building our own Breakout EDUs!
November 7-November 11
This week in 5PA...
We read a nonfiction piece about Nathan Heatherwick and reviewed and discussed his decision process. Ask us about his process!
We reviewed our stocks in the stock market game.
On our Grammar Voyage, we continued learning about the parts of a sentence. We focused on identifying action verb predicates, and direct and indirect objects.
October 31- November 4
This week in 5PA...
We conducted a Socratic Seminar discussing the text, "Brazilian Paradise"
On our Grammar Voyage, we reviewed the 8 parts of speech.
On Halloween, we solved the "Mountain View Mansion Mystery". We used our deductive reasoning skills to figure out the mystery!
October 24- October 28
October 17- October 21
This week in 5PA...
We continued our work with the text, "The Hemulen Who Loved Silence"
We discussed questions about the text in a Socratic Seminar.
On our Grammar Voyage, we reviewed conjunctions
We joined the Stock Market Game. Our teams choose 4 companies to invest in.
October 11- October 14
This week in 5PA...
We continued our work with the text, "The Hemulen Who Loved Silence"
We discussed questions about the text in a Socratic Seminar.
On our Grammar Voyage, we dove into the topic of verbs.
October 3- October 7
This week in 5PA...
We began reading and annotating "The Hemulen wjho Loved Silence"
We used our creative thinking skills by playing the game Disructus! We were given ordinary objects that we needed to reimagine.
On our Grammar Voyage, we began to diagram sentences by identifying the nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
September 23- September 30
This week in 5PA...
We had a short week in PA due to Cogat Testing. We tried our best!
We continued to discuss types of conflicts in literature. We reviewed parts of a story and diagramed more Pixar Shorts.
On our grammar voyage, we reviewed adjectives and antecedents.
September 19- September 23
This week in 5PA...
We discussed types of conflicts in literature. We revied parts of a story and diagramed 3 Pixar Shorts.
On our grammar voyage, we visited types of pronouns. We are working on memorizing them! We also explored antecedents.
September 12- September 16
This week in 5PA...
We created Classroom Mottos and Seals.
We took a Literacy Pretest.
The 5PA crew began our Grammar Voyage by reviewing the 8 parts of Speech.
September 7- September 9
This week in 5PA...
We learned about ourselves through depth and complexity. We created fortune tellers.
We used Word Art to make our PA Portfolio cover.
We took a Grammar Pretest.