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Tuesday January 3

Happy new year!!!

In math we did equivalent fractions with legos 

In reading we wrote about break,book club book options

wednesday december 14

wonderful wednesday everyone, Mrs.baglien subbed today.

today in math we did part one of our DCA

In read aloud we read touching  spirit  bear.

In language arts Ms.lungren came to our class and we read 

Tuesday december 13

Happy tuesday!!!!

Today during math we practiced our DCA and played a math game

During language arts we read 

 in win time we found out the area of a post it,did an IXL ,book talk tuesday 

Thursday December  8,Today we set up our wax museum spot .

Tonight we are doing our wax museum!!

From 5:30 to 6:30,students are supposed to come at 5:15.

 Thursday, January 6

Happy Thursday! Mrs. Baglien substituted again today.

Today during math we worked on renaming improper fractions and finding new names for mixed numbers. We played a game on Mc-Graw Hill with a partner called "Rename that Mixed Number" and Ms. Lundgren took a small group.

During Language Arts we did a worksheet on compact words and had independent reading time. We also worked on our Wax Museum speech!

For WIN time we did a Post-It on renaming mixed numbers, worked on our Wax Museum speech, and worked on our book club assignment.

For specialist today we had art.

Have a great rest of your day!

Wednesday, January 5

Happy Wednesday! Mr. Sprenger wasn't here again today, so Mrs. Baglien substituted.

Today during math we worked more on adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. We watched another video with questions, and we played a card game with a partner called "Uncommon Denominator War".

During Language Arts we finished with our Wax Museum newspaper article and got started on writing a speech. We also had book club meetings, and Mrs. Baglien read aloud a couple different speeches that students wrote when she was teaching 5th grade at Sunnyside.

For WIN time we did a Post-It on adding and subtracting fractions, finished our newspaper,  worked on our Wax Museum speech, and worked on our book club assignment.

For specialist today we had music.

Have a snowy rest of your week!

Tuesday, January 4

Happy Tuesday! Mr. Sprenger wasn't able to make it again today, so Mrs. Kucera substituted again.

Today during math we worked more on adding and subtracting fractions. We watched a video with questions about it, and did a Classkick Mr. Sprenger set up.

During Language Arts we had some independent reading time and we had our book club meetings. (The next meeting is tomorrow!) We also made a one-word New Year's resolution and finished up with our Wax Museum newspaper article and I think we're going to start with the speech later.

For WIN time we did a whole-school expectations review that every class was doing, we finished our one-word resolution, finished the Wax Museum newspaper article, worked on our book club assignment, and worked on the adding fractions Classkick.

For specialist today we had science.

Have a fantastic rest of your week!

Monday, January 3

Happy New Year! I hope you are having a fantastic new year and first few days of 2022!

Mr. Sprenger couldn't be here today, so Mrs. Kucera substituted for us instead.

Today during math we got our new math journals and did some review on fractions. We also did an activity with Legos and representing fractions.

During Lanugage Arts we reviewed our final Wax Museum newspaper article and made the edits Mr. Sprenger suggested to us by commenting on our document. We also had some independent reading time with our Good Fit books or a book on Epic.

For WIN time we did a Post-It on adding and subtracting fractions, did a Word Screening Inventory when Mr. Sprenger filmed himself saying aloud twenty different words and we did our best to spell them. We also finished our newspaper article for the Wax Museum, and did Duolingo, Typing Club, or Code.org for 15 minutes!

For specialist today we had PE.

Have a great first week back!

Tuesday, December 21

Happy Tuesday! Just one more day until winter break!

Today during math we learned about adding and subtracting fractions with uncommon denominators. We learned that you first have to find equivalent fractions from those fractions with common denominators, then add or subtract the numerators. We watched a Generation Genius video and did a worksheet with a partner.

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren talked about a fourth strategy for finding the theme of a fiction text: making a text-to-self connection to the text and using that to make a theme statement. We also had book club meetings, but we don't have a new assignment.

For WIN time we did a Post-It jot on adding and subtracting fraction, did Duolingo, Typing Club, or Code.org for 10 minutes, and worked on our Wax Museum newspaper article. A few people also had to make up for a few quizzes they missed if they were gone.

For specialist today we had music, and we had a lot of performances!

Have a fantastic almost-last-day-until-break!

Monday, December 20

Happy Monday! It's the first day of a three-day week!

Today during math we worked on equivalent fractions with a fun craft. We had several different sheets of colored paper, and cut them into fraction circles, which we cut into different fractions, then organized them and glued them together so they would show what fractions were equivalent.

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren taught us about using Venn diagrams to compare different characters, but making sure your reasons are related to the theme. For example, we used the characters Kek and Ganwar from our recently finished read aloud, Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate. We made a Venn diagram with one of our own books.

For WIN time we did a Post-It on using benchmarks to add fractions, did Duolingo, Typing Club, or Code.org for 10 minutes, worked on our Book Club assignment, and worked on our Wax Museum newspaper article.

For specialist today we had science. We have music tomorrow, so if you signed up to play something for the class, make sure you bring your instrument!

Have a great rest of your day!

Friday, December 17

Whew! It's finally the end of the week.

Today during math we worked more on renaming mixed numbers. We played Build It with a partner again,  did a math journal page with fraction word problems, and did some math fraction challenge problems a student made up.

During Language Arts Mr. Sprenger talked about the three different reasons authors write: to Persuade, Inform, or Entertain. PIE for short. We did a jot with our Good Fit or book club books, talking about a part in the story and what the author's purpose was. We also had to provide text evidence. Our last part of reading was when we did an activity with Legos.

For WIN time we did our spelling test, wrote a special note to Mr. Jonathan, a teacher who comes to our classroom sometimes, telling him why we appreciate him, and worked on our goal.

For specialist today we had PE.

Have a fun and relaxing weekend!

Thursday, December 16

Happy Thursday! It's almost the end of the last full school week of the year!

Today during math we learned about turning an improper fraction into a mixed number, vice versa, and finding new names for mixed numbers. We played an online game that focused on the latter on McGraw-Hill with a partner, then we talked as a class about it a bit more. Our last activity was a game with cut out paper cards with our same partner. We had to each get six improper fractions or mixed numbers, and draw another card. We discarded any that were equal to that card. The first player to get rid of all their cards won.

During Language Arts we talked about comparing characters from different stories and seeing how they relate to the same theme. We did several examples as a class, and we did a jot about it for our Good Fit books, any read aloud book, or any book we'd read. We also had book club meetings today.

For WIN time we did an exit slip, worked on our goal for 10 minutes, worked on our spelling words sort, quizzed a partner on our spelling words, and read our book club or Good Fit book.

For specialist today we had art, and we're bringing a lot of art home!

Have a fantastic almost-last-day-of-the-week!

Wednesday, December 15

Happy Wednesday!

Today during math we worked on equivalent fractions, since in our fractions unit, Mr. Sprenger said that the resource we use for math, Everyday Math, seems to think that we have more knowledge on equivalent fractions, but with the craziness of last year, we probably didn't learn as much about them.

During Language Arts we reviewed the 3 strategies to finding the theme of a book, and we learned about a new theme-related method. After we find the theme, we use a number line that looks like this:

Not as connected                                                                                                  Connected to the theme

and we put our characters on the ratio. We did a jot where we used this technique.

For WIN time we did Duolingo, Typing Club, Code.org, or a specific section in IXL for 10 minutes, worked on our goal for 10 minutes, got started on our homework sheet, worked on our book club assignment, and read our Good Fit book.

For specialist today we had music.

Have a great rest of your week!

Note: Mr. Sprenger and the other 5th grade teachers are having meetings this afternoon, so every class had a substitute during the afternoon.

Tuesday, December 14

Happy Tuesday!

Today during math we talked more about solving fraction problems and using benchmarks to make conjunctures. We played the online fraction game, Build It on McGraw-Hill, with a partner. We also played a new game with a partner, using numbered cards. Each player would draw 3 numbered cards and use them to make the biggest fraction possible. (The numerator had two cards, which would be added together, and the denominator would have just one card.)

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren taught us a new strategy for finding theme. We figured out the problem in the book, and used that to find the theme. We also had book club meetings today.

For WIN time we did an exit slip, did Duolingo, Typing Club, Code.org, or a specific section in IXL for 10 minutes, worked on our goal, did a math word problem that was created by a student as part of their daily goal, and got started on our Home Link.

For specialist today we had science.

Have a great day!

Monday, December 13

Happy Monday! It's the start of another snowy week!

Today during math we talked about making conjunctures (educated guesses) on fraction addition or subtraction problems using benchmarks. We played a fraction game with a partner on the computer, and did some worksheets with identifying if an answer makes sense with fraction addition or subtraction problems.

During Language Arts we learned about finding the topic of a fiction book (such as courage, friendship, acceptance, etc.) and asking, "What is the author saying about (the topic)?" and using that to infer a theme.

For WIN time we did an exit slip, worked on Duolingo, Typing Club, Code.org, or a section in IXL for 20 minutes, worked on our goal, worked on our book club assignment (book clubs meet tomorrow!), and got started on our Home Link.

For specialist today we had PE.

Have a fantastic rest of your week!

Friday, December 10

Happy Friday! Whew, I'm so glad it's the weekend.

Today during math we worked more on area and volume in a super fun activity! We each chose a partner and we got a small 1-serving Kellogg's cereal box, a ruler, and a packet. We answered volume and surface area questions about the box in the packet, and then the fun part came. At the back of the packet, there was a net for a rectangular prism roughly the same size as the box. We had to make up our own cereal and design the logo for it!

During Language Arts we took a non-fiction summary test, used a tutorial to make a paper snowflake, and worked on a couple of other fun writing activities. There was a blank newspaper page with a headline on it, "Cats, Dogs, Quillie the hedgehog a comfort during crisis," and we had to make up a story that went with it. After that, we could read an article on the real story.

For WIN time we did an IXL, did Duolingo, Typing Club, or Code.org for 10 minutes, had the option to finish our cereal design, worked on our goal, and worked on our book club assignment. Our spelling test has been moved to Monday, so studying that is part of the homework.

For specialist today we had art.

Have a fun and relaxing weekend!

Thursday, December 9

Happy Thursday! Man, this week has flown by.

Today during math we talked more about interpreting remainders and using fractions. We played the Interpreting Remainders Tic-Tac-Toe with a partner again, and we had a chance to get started on our Home Link.

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren and Mr. Sprenger talked to us about a new type of inferences, using how the character's feeling and using that to determine the theme of the book. We did that in a jot for our own Good Fit books. The class book clubs also met today, and our next meeting will be next Monday!

For WIN time we did an exit slip, worked on Duolingo, Typing Club, or Code.org for 10 minutes, worked on our goal for 10 minutes or until done, worked on our book club assignment, and kept working on our Home Link.

For specialist today we had music.

Have a fantastic rest of your day!

Wednesday, December 8

Happy Wednesday!

Today during math we learned more about interpreting remainders, and we learned about reporting a remainder in a word problem as a fraction. We paired up and played a type of tic-tac-toe where we had a word problem on a card and figured out what to do with the remainder, then put a marker on that space on the board.

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren and Mr. Sprenger talked about a new kind of inferencing, by taking a part from the story and asking "Why?" We did a jot with that in our own Good Fit books.

For WIN time we did an exit slip, did Duolingo, Code.org, or Typing Club for at least 10 minutes, worked on our goal for 10 minutes or until done, worked on our book club assignment, and got started on our Home Link.

For specialist today we had science.

Have a great last half of your week!

Tuesday, December 7

Happy Tuesday!

Today during math we worked on division number stories. We learned that if you're dividing something with the answer of a fraction, you put the number of objects you're dividing as the numerator, and the number of people/animals/things you're splitting it with.

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren talked us through a few more different types of figurative language, and we used FL to make an inference with our class read aloud, Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate. We also did a jot doing the same thing with our Good Fit books.

For WIN time we did an exit slip, worked on Duolingo, Typing Club, or Code.org for at least 10 minutes (I think Duolingo stopped working, though, so we had to do the latter), we worked on our goal for at least 10 minutes or until done, worked on our book club assignment, and got started on our Home Link.

For specialist today we had PE.

Have a Terrific Tuesday!

Monday, December 6

Apologies for the absence of an update on Friday! I'll try not to let that happen again.

Happy Monday!

Today during math we started our new unit on fractions. We worked with a partner to solve some fraction word problems, and our exit slip for WIN time had the same thing.

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren started talking about using figurative language to make inferences in our books. Mr. Sprenger set a challenge for us to find a piece of figurative language in our Good Fit books, identify what type it was, and make an inference!

For WIN time we did an exit slip, we worked on Duolingo, Typing Club, or Code.org for 20 minutes, we worked on our goal for at least 10 minutes, worked on our book club assignment, and got started on our Home Link! We also set our new goals.

For specialist today we had art.

Have a great week!

Thursday, December 2

Happy Thursday!

Today during math we worked more on surface area, volume, and 3D shapes. We did an activity when each of our table groups is our team, and all of us have to get a question correct for the table to get a point. Everybody at the table that won got a Jolly Rancher!

During Language Arts we talked about inferencing on feelings. We did some as a class with our read aloud, and then everybody did their own with their Good Fit books.

For WIN time we did an online quiz, a paper quiz, worked on our Book Club Assignment, worked on our goal for at least 10 minutes,  and worked more on researching our characters for the Wax Museum.

For specialist today we had science.

Have a great rest of your week!

Wednesday, December 1

Happy first day of December!

Today during math we did a few practice quizzes for our big quiz later this week. We practiced volume, surface area, and the faces, edges, and vertices of 3D shapes.

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren and Mr. Sprenger went through some more examples on inferencing, and we wrote down a jot where we made an inference with our own Good Fit books. We also had book club meetings today.

For WIN time we worked on Typing Club, Duolingo, or Code.org for 10 minutes, worked on our book club assignment for 10 minutes, and worked on our goal for 10 minutes.

For specialist today we had PE.

Have a great day!

Tuesday, November 30

Happy last day of November!

Today during math we worked more on finding the surface area of 3D shapes and nets. We worked with a partner on a tough activity on finding the surface area of a 3D shape unfolded into a net.

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren talked with us more about making inferences with fiction books. We had some more pictures we practiced making inferences on. We also got to start our new, smaller book clubs!

For WIN time we worked on Duolingo for 15 minutes, we worked on our book club assignment, and worked on our goal for 10 minutes.

Have a great day!

Monday, November 29

Happy Monday! I hope you had a fun and relaxing break!

I apologize for not getting to an update on Friday! Sometimes a day is so packed I just don't have time. I'll do my best, though.

Today during math we started working on drawing nets and finding the surface area of 3D shapes.

During Language Arts we started a new read aloud, Home Of the Brave by Katherine Applegate. Ms. Lundgren started a new unit on ficition books, and we talked about making inferences on books and pictures.

For WIN time we did an IXL on the surface area of 3D shapes, we cut out our new spelling words, and we got started on our Home Link!

For specialist today we had music.

Have a great rest of your week!

Thursday, November 18

Happy Twin Day! Oh, and Thursday.

Today during math we practiced identifying 3D shapes. We also practiced finding area, because we have a test on area tomorrow.

During Language Arts we looked for a nonfiction book on Epic! and made a graphic organizer using the text structure. The only hitch was that we couldn't use the most common one, description! We also practiced our spelling words, since we have our spelling test tomorrow.

For WIN time we finished the area review packet we'd started during math, we did something to respect the classroom community, and we got started on our homework.

For specialist today we had PE.

Have a fantastic day!

Wednesday, November 17

Happy Wednesday!

Today during math we worked on identifying 3D shapes and finding the nets that would fold up into them. We also worked on an IXL on the latter.

During Language Arts we talked more about text structures and using the text structure of our nonfiction texts to write a graphic organizer, and had some independent reading time. We're so close to our goal of 25 stamina minutes!

For WIN time we did an exit slip, did something to respect the classroom community, worked on our goal for 10 minutes, finished the IXL we were working on earlier, and got started on our homework.

For specialist today we had art.

Have a great day!

Tuesday, November 16

Happy Tuesday!

Today during math we learned more about classifying 3D shapes and finding the number of faces, edges, vertices, and bases. We also worked on making shapes with a specific area on an online Geoboard.

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren talked about us with some different text structures, including sequence, cause and effect, and compare and contrast. We also got ten minutes to write about if we would rather live in the past, present, or future.

For WIN time we worked more on the Geoboard, did something to respect the classroom community,  worked on our goal for 10 minutes, got started on a Home Link,  and did an 80s Day word search!

Remember, tomorrow's Color Day! Fifth graders wear blue.

Today for specialist we had music.

Have a great rest of your day!

Monday, November 15

Happy Monday, and Pajama Day!

Today during math we started working on classifying 3D shapes, and we learned a bit about prism vs. pyramid. We also made paper 3D shapes and identified the number of faces, edges, and vertices.

During Language Arts we started talking about text structures, which is the way the text is organized. Ms. Lundgren went over some examples with us, and we're going to finish going through them tomorrow.

For WIN time we did an exit slip on 3D shapes, we did something to respect the classroom, like picking scraps up or putting books away, we edited our personal narrative with a suggestion a student had made for us, we did a 3D Shapes Quizlet, worked on our new goal for at least 10 minutes, and did a quiz. Whew!

For specialist today we had science.

Have a great rest of your week!

Friday, November 12

Happy Friday!

Today during math we worked more on area and volume. We did a worksheet where we had to find the area of a parallelogram and the area of irregular shapes, which are basically just squares and rectangles squished together into one shape. We also worked on finding the area of triangles and rectangles on online Geoboards!

During Language Arts group C had their book club meeting, and we had a chance to read on Epic!, or read our nonfiction books or Good Fit books. We also did a writing activity where we wrote personifications for Figurative Language Friday!

For WIN time we did an exit slip on - wait for it - volume, we added at least 3 sentences to our personal narrative, and we worked on our goal for at least 15 minutes.

For specialist today we had PE.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Thursday, November 11

Happy Thursday!

Today during math we worked on finding the volume of a 3-D shape using the formulas "length x width x height" or "area of base x height".

During Language Arts, we talked more about finding out the meaning of unknown words, using the four steps prior knowledge, break the word apart, context clues, or look it up!

For WIN time we did a Self - Evaluation for the first quarter of school, we did an exit slip on volume, we added at least 3 sentences to our personal narrative, we worked on our goal, and we got started on our Home Link.

Remember, conferences are tonight!

For specialist today we had art.

Have a great day!

Wednesday, November 10

Happy Hump Day!

Mr. Sprenger is gone today, so we had a substitute, Mrs. Baglien!

Today during math we learned a new formula for area: "base x height". We did a few worksheets on it too.

During Language Arts we did Word Power Wednesday and learned the four steps to figuring out an unknown word: Prior knowledge, break the word apart, context clues, or, if you can, just look it up!

For WIN time we did an exit slip on volume, we got started on our Home Link, we read on Epic! for at least 10 minutes, and worked on our goal for at least 10 minutes.

Today for specialist we had music.

Have a great rest of your week!

Tuesday, November 9

Happy Tuesday!

Today during math we worked on figuring out volume using the formula "length x width x height". We did an activity where we estimated the number of centimeter cubes that would fit in three different paper containers. We also did a page in our math journal on finding volume.

During Language Arts we read a new example book during read aloud, and Ms. Lundgren showed us how to combine the different parts of a graphic organizer into a summary.

For WIN time we took a video of ourselves reading a page aloud for Mr. Sprenger, we read on Epic! for at least 10 minutes, and we worked on our goal for at least 10 minutes.

Have a great rest of your day!

Monday, November 8

Happy Monday!

Today during math we worked on a math journal page with area, money, decimals, and other concepts, and we had Playworks for the rest of the time.

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren did a review of graphic organizers, and we did one on our new nonfiction texts.

For WIN time we did a quiz on area of rectangles, read on Epic! for 20 minutes, and worked on our new goal.

For specialist today we had gym.

Have a great week!

Thursday, November 4

Happy Thursday!

Today during math we learned how to measure the area of a triangle, by using the formula "base x height / 2".

During Language Arts we did a project where we listened to the story Giraffe's Can't Dance! and wrote about a time when something was hard for us.

At WIN time we did an exit slip on the area of a triangle, finished our giraffe story writing, did a craft that Mr. Sprenger's mom made for us, and stamina read for at least 10 minutes.

For specialist today we had art.

Have a great long weekend!

Wednesday, November 3

Happy Wednesday!

Today during math we worked more on area problems and did an activity where we measured area all around the classroom.

During Language Arts we did a little bit more with graphic organizers, and made a new one for a different Scholastic News article.

For WIN time we did a few area problems, we typed up the rough draft of our personal narrative, and we got started on our homework.

Have a fantastic rest of your week!

Tuesday, November 2

Happy Tuesday!

For math today we worked more on area, and did an activity with a partner where we had to identify mistakes in solving area problems.

During Language Arts we learned about graphic organizers and made one for a Scholastic news article, and we also worked on our personal narrative rough drafts.

At WIN time we finished the rough draft of our personal narrative, worked on our goal, and started on a Home Link.

Have a great day!

Monday, November 1

Happy Monday!

During math today we started working area and measuring the area of a two-dimensional shape.

For Language Arts we worked on some cards for Crispus, who transferred to a new school a few weeks ago. Ms. Lundgren said she'd send them to him.

During WIN time we did an exit slip on area, we worked on a new goal for this week, and started on a Home Link.

Have a great rest of your week!

Friday, October 29

Happy Friday!

For math today we did the same activity as yesterday when we put the symbols in the right spots to make the right numbers. We also started an online breakout room with a partner!

During Language Arts Mr. Sprenger showed us some more nonfiction text features, such as a sidebar, a map, etc. (Ms. Lundgren doesn't come on Fridays.) We also reached our reading stamina goal on Tuesday, so today while we were stamina reading, Mr. Sprenger passed out Jolly Ranchers for us to eat while we read. YUM!

At WIN time, we did our final online math pretest, we did our spelling test, and we worked on the online escape room!

For specialist today we had art.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, October 28

Happy Thursday!

Today during math we did more with order of operations (surprise!) and we also did an activity where we had four numbers and one of each of these symbols: +, -, x, and /. We had to place these symbols in different spots to make specific numbers. (As you got better, you got to use more symbols such as parentheses and exponents.)

At Language Arts Ms. Lundgren and Mr. Sprenger showed us some more text features, a photo, a diagram, captions, etc. Some of the book clubs met too.

For WIN time we did another online pretest, we finished planning out our personal narrative, and we worked on our spelling words. Remember, the test's tomorrow!

For specialist today we had music.

Have a Terrific Tuesday!

Wednesday, October 27

Happy Wednesday!

Today for math we worked more on order of operations, and we als

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren talked to us about some other nonfiction text features: the glossary, the heading, and subheadings, to name a couple.

For our WIN time we did an online math pretest, worked on our spelling words, and had some time to work on our goal.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

Tuesday, October 26

Happy Tuesday! Apologies for missing the update on Monday.

During math we worked more on order of operations, and Mr. Sprenger showed us some common mistakes he had seen yesterday so we could avoid them.

For Language Arts Ms. Lundgren came and started a new unit with us, on reading non-fiction texts. We used a Scholastic News article to start identifying text features.

During WIN time we did an IXL on order of operations, we worked on our spelling words, and we had work time for our goal.

For specialist today we had PE, and tomorrow we'll have science.

Have a Terrific Tuesday!

Wednesday, October 20

Happy Wednesday!

During math today we finished our math test and played a Blooket on order of operations.

For Language Arts all the reading groups met and we had time to read our Good Fit books. We also started the movie version of Tuck Everlasting.

During WIN time we cleaned out our bins and did separate jobs around the classroom.

Just remember, there's no school tomorrow or Friday!

Have a great long weekend!

Tuesday, October 19

Happy Tuesday!

One thing I should probably mention was that we had a sub this morning, and it went pretty well. Then, Mr. Sprenger came for the last part of Language Arts and brought us to lunch.

Today during math we took a math test on our unit, so it was pretty much reviewing what we've recently learned and testing us to see how we did with it.

For Language Arts Ms. Lundgren came and talked to us about identifying which role a secondary character played in books: a friend, a teacher, or a challenger. We jotted about that with our own Good Fit books.

During WIN time we finished our math test from this morning, and did a student survey on how we feel about Sunnyside. Also, Mr. Sprenger said it was short because he wanted to finally get to Legos this afternoon!

For specialist we had science, and we had a sub for that because Mr. Wait is in Hawaii researching an active volcano. Pretty cool, right?

Just a reminder, no school on Thursday or Friday.

Have a great day!

Monday, October 18

Happy Monday!

For math today we talked more about writing expressions, and we watched a Generation Genius video on order of operations.

During Language Arts we finished our gourd project! We finished writing our story about our gourd characters, and decorated them with pipe cleaners, beads, googly eyes, etc.

Our WIN time activities were to finish decorating your gourd and writing your story, take a picture of your gourd and put it on a Google Drawing for Mr. Sprenger to see, do a math journal page, and did Typing Club.

For specialist today we had PE.

Just a friendly reminder, no school on Thursday or Friday!

Have a great day!

Friday, October 15

Happy Friday!

During math today we did a math quiz on our unit, which we're almost at the end of. Mr. Sprenger said it was to prepare us for the official unit test next week.

For Language Arts we finished our read aloud, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. We also started a new project with gourds! Everyone gets to pick a (small) gourd, which we'll name and give character traits, decorate it, and write a story about it. It's super exciting.

At WIN time, we finished our math quiz, did our spelling test, and worked more on our gourd project. (Once again, no exit slip today.)

For specialist today we had art.

Just a reminder, the math test's next week!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, October 14

Happy Thursday!

Today in math we worked more on interpreting remainders in word problems. We also worked more on writing algebraic expressions.

In Language Arts we talked about theme in our books, which is the message of the book. We identified themes in different stories as a class and then did an independent jot about the theme in our Good Fit books. We also read more of the climax in our class read aloud, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. (I can hear your "We've heard that a million times!" already.)

For our WIN time we did a math journal page with an interpreting remainders word problem, did a 6th grade IXL on algebraic expressions, and got started on our Home Link. (No exit slip today!)

Remember, the spelling test is tomorrow! I hope you've studied!

Have a great day!

Oh, right. For specialist today we had music.

Wednesday, October 13

Happy Wednesday!

In math today we worked more on traditional division and algebraic expressions - which was a "blast from the past" as Mr. Sprenger puts it. We also learned about interpreting remainders.

During Language Arts we talked a lot about climaxes in a story and predicted what our main character was going to do in our read aloud. We also did a jot on it that said "If I were Winnie (our main character) I would                                                                                                       . We also used our writing rubric and feedback from Mr. Sprenger to write a final draft for our opinion paper. 

During WIN time we - wait for it! - did an exit slip, and wrote our own interpreting remainders word problem. We also got started on our homework.

Just remember, there's a spelling test on Friday!

Today for specialist we had science.

Have a great day!

Tuesday, October 12

Happy Tuesday! Time for the update.

Today in math, we learned how to do traditional division! I think about half the class knew how do do it already, or at least had used it before. I was in the half that hadn't.

During Language Arts Ms. Lundgren talked to us about identifying climaxes in stories, because we're in the middle of the climax in our read aloud, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. (Yes, I'm back to saying it every time now.) We also did a jot with our own Good Fit books that said "When                        is faced with a problem, they                                                                           ."

During WIN time we worked on an exit slip (surprise, surprise!) and did an IXL. We also got started on our homework, a green Long Division Word Problems sheet.

Today for specialist we had PE.

Have a great rest of your day!

Monday, October 11

Happy Monday, everyone! My deepest apologies for not giving you an update on Thursday.

Today in math we worked even more in long division. We're using the partial quotients method, but Mr. Sprenger said that we'd start with traditional tomorrow.

In Language Arts Ms. Lundgren came and talked to us more about using character traits to make predictions, which we practiced with our read aloud. (I'm not even going to say it because you've heard it way too many times already.)

During WIN (What I Need) time we finished our division sheet from math, did an IXL, and worked on Typing Club for 10 minutes.

Today for specialist we had art.

Also, tomorrow we will be visiting the Book Fair as a class, and students can bring money to purchase books.

Have a great rest of your week!

Wednesday, October 6

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Today in math we worked more on division using the partial quotients method, and did a partner game that involved three-digit by two-digit multiplication.

In Language Arts Ms. Lundgren came to our classroom as usual (unless it's Friday), and talked to us about using character traits to make predictions. We also got through all of our reading groups.

During WIN time we did our usual exit slip, and this one had three-digit by two-digit division. We also filled out a rubric for our opinion writing, and worked on our Home Links.

I also want to include what specialist we have every day in the daily update. Today we had science.

Remember, no school on Friday!

Tuesday, October 5

Hello everybody! I hope you're having a fantastic first week of October.

Today in math we learned about the partial quotients method of division. We practiced it a lot with two and three-digit divided by one-digit division. But we didn't do a whole lot. To quote Mr. Sprenger, "We're just dipping our toe in the water with this, you guys."

In Language Arts Ms. Lundgren came again and we talked about the problem and the character's response using our read aloud, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit.

But right in the middle of our read aloud, we were interrupted by a loud, screechy noise from the fire alarms. We all set down our stuff and quickly walked outside, and came back in about five minutes later. Thankfully, it was just a spontaneous fire drill.

I also want to start talking a little bit about our WIN (What I Need) time during the daily update. Today we had to do our usual Exit Slip with a few division problems, and we also did a rough draft for an opinion paper based on our read aloud, Tuck Eve - oh, whatever, I don't need to say it again. You know what I'm talking about. Our other part of WIN time was working on a word problem sheet that'll be sent home for homework if it isn't finished.

Happy fall!

Monday, October 4

Happy Monday, everybody!

Today in math we talked more about writing algebraic expressions, and practiced a little bit with it too.

In Language Arts, Ms. Lundgren came to our classroom again, and we talked about developing theories about our characters and using them to find deeper meanings. We're also in a bit of an exciting part in our read aloud, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit. We also jotted about theories and deeper meanings about the characters in our own books.

Just a heads-up, there's no school on Friday!

Have a great week!

Friday, October 1

Whew! It's finally Friday. But it's not only Friday, it's the first day of October! Tell me, am I the only one who's super-excited it's finally fall?

In math we worked more on multiplication and exponents, and did a Classkick where we solved some of the word problems students created last week. We are also taking a quiz so Mr. Sprenger can see where we're at with our unit.

In Language Arts, it was the one sad day of the week when Ms. Lundgren doesn't come to our classroom. We read more of our read aloud, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit, and we talked about determining character traits based on the problem in the book, and the main character's reaction.

Have a fantastic weekend and first week of October!

Thursday, September 30

The first month of school has flown by. I can't believe it's almost over already! But here I am, ready for the daily update.

In math today we went back to practicing multiplication, solving it using either the traditional method or the box method.

In Language Arts we managed to get through all of our reading groups with Ms. Lundgren and Mr. Sprenger. In the groups, we sorted different words into the categories of vowel consonant, vowel consonant consonant, and if it had "ing" at the end, whether you did nothing besides put the ing at the end, or double the letter right before the ing and add the ing. For example, "put" goes to "putting".

We're also doing some opinion writing that goes with our read aloud, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit.

Have a fantastic last day of September!

Wednesday, September 29

Whew! It's almost the end of September already. Can you believe it?

In math today we learned about base numbers and exponents, and exponential notation. It was really interesting, but all of us are on different levels with it.

In Language Arts Ms. Lundgren and Mr. Sprenger talked about finding behavior patterns in book characters and using that to come up with character traits. We got through all the reading groups scheduled for today as well. Today is also Word Power Wednesday, but we're not doing much with that today.

Have a great rest of September!

Tuesday, September 28

Hi everybody! It's time for the daily update.

In math we are still working on algebra, and today we focused on word problems and finding out if the answer is an equation (true) or an inequality (false). It's a little hard to talk about it, as it's very new, advanced, and pretty confusing.

In Language Arts Ms. Lundgren came to our classroom again and talked to us a little bit about character traits. We also filled in a little bit of the story mountain we're working on with our new read aloud, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit. We also had Book Talk Tuesday, and one person got to go up and present their Book Talk on their Google Slideshow.

Have a great day!

Hi everyone! Apologies for not updating sooner. We've finally figured out a routine, and the updates will be daily from now on!

Today is Monday, September 27. In math we just started a new and exciting unit on  algebra! We've been focusing on  using variables in number sentences, but today we did a little bit of variable inequalities on a number line. We can't wait to learn more!

Today in Language Arts, Ms. Lundgren came to our classroom and talked about the elements of a story with us! We were supposed to do reading groups as well, but we ran out of time, so the rest of us enjoyed our Good Fit books while just one group met with Mr. Sprenger. The other part of Language Arts was Morpheme Monday, where we focused on the prefix anti, and wrote down the definition, words where it was used, and wrote it into a sentence!

Hope you have a great rest of your week!

Hello! The school year has started, and the fifth graders are busy in the new wing of Sunnyside! Our new teacher, Mr. Sprenger, has kept us on our toes, highlighting our days with projects with Legos and extra recesses to help clear our heads! So far, it's mostly been getting settled and ready for the school year. We've also been taking our pre-tests too. The school year has started, and we can't wait to see what's to come!

Daily updates coming soon courtesy of Delia and Thor!