8/ 22/ 2021 Thank you to all who have served!
2021-2022 Supply List
1- 1 inch binder
Colored Pencils
Pencils/ Erasers/ sharpener
Soft Pencil Case
Ongoing Thoughts:
CONTEXT: By 2025 everyone in the world will have broadband. By 2050 the global market system will have to work for everyone on the planet because everyone will have the same high aspirations and there will be competition for jobs that will allow you to reach your dreams.
Quote: "The jobs of the future will require that people are ready to learn throughout their lives."
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, World Bank President
CONTEXT: Learning means that we are trying to figure something out so we are delving into the uncomfortable, uncharted, uncertain waters of not knowing. On how we can learn new things best without being intimidated.
QUOTE: "We have to become comfortable being uncomfortable"
Ginny Rometty, CEO of IBM
Context: On making the world a better place (Civil Rights, Poverty, Apathy).
Quote: "Education is the efficient answer to changing the world"
Chris Long, The NFL'S Walter Payton Man of the Year
CONTEXT: We just can't look towards the future and say I hope this doesn't happen with a nervous laugh. On why we need to plan and be prepared. For students, this applies to long term projects and time management.
QUOTE: "The future always comes"
Jeff Immelt, former CEO of General Electric
"Reading unlocks our curriculum. Greek and Latin roots unlock reading."
Art Rivet, Fifth Grade teacher at Hooksett Memorial School, (: that's me!:)
1919-1920
On our Mayan Dig. Students acted as junior archaeologists as they looked for artifacts. Students tried to determine how these artifacts may have been used in daily life. We were honored to have Mrs. Kathy Lang join us and help lead this event.
In reading, our first book was "Lemonade Wars," and included a closing assessment. We learned new skills for our reading workbooks. Then students finished their first reading group book (I expect a minimum of ten pages read each night, seven days a week), creating workbook #1 on Monday, October 28th. A wide variety of skills, that can be found on our Upcoming Projects page, were due on that date. In the meantime, students chose, and read, their second group book. Their first computer lab session on workbook 2 was on 10/24. For our second workbook we added a second compare and contrast as well as a PBIS writing. Students selected their third reading book on 11/7 while print day for workbook #2 overlapped and was due on 11/14. Students then finished reading their 3rd reading book and added the skills of persuasive book writing and author's purpose. Print day for workbook #3 was December 6th. Students selected their next reading books and finished reading Book four by Christmas. Students also begin reading book 5 over the holiday recess. Print day for book #4 was on Tuesday, January 7th. Print day for book #5 will be on Tuesday 1/21. Students completed a whole class book, Esperanza Rising," for book #6 and are creating individual ABC books. This is a time management project with several internal due dates and check-ins. The due date for this project is TODAY, 3/13. We are also tinkering with the idea of creating a board game based on our "Esperanza" reading. On 2/7, the children selected their 7th reading book. This reading carried them through February break. Print day for book seven was Thursday, March 5th. Students selected book #8 on 3/2. Print day for workbook 8 was scheduled for Thursday, March 26th (Printing will occur on the day we return). Students already have book #9 at home and will start this book on the 28th. In Google Classroom we will set the book 9 due date. Now, with the packet you received on the 18th, you have book 10 plus a whole class read, Finding Buck McHenry. It is way to soon to discuss plans as we may well be back in school at this point.It is important to note that the students set their long range goals using our school calendar (internal considerations such as computer availability, as well as externally, holidays etc.) in order to plan target dates. This developing skill will serve them well as they move forward in setting the tasks of their personal, academic, and professional lives. The students are dedicated and taking responsibility by running their own reading program. In Greek and Latin, we have learned 196 meanings. The complete list of Greek and Latin roots can be found on our "Word Work" page. In addition, we speed read each night, (Three one minute bursts). In math, we are well into unit 5, working on adding, subtracting, and multiplying decimals. I have included 2 work packets that pertain to our decimal work that are expected to be done along with Prodigy. As we move past DAY 15 Google Classroom will also come into play. In social studies we have studied the Civil Rights Movement. We discussed how the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to our Constitution and how sharecropping, Jim Crow Laws, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses took away the intended civil rights accorded to people under our Constitution. Individuals such as Thurgood Marshall were showcased. Videos from the PBS award-winning documentary, "Eyes On The Prize" were shown (NOTE: This civil rights work, and our Esperanza Rising discussions, will carry over into adding I+P+S+S in our workbooks starting with WB 7). We are now adding a project, creating a Negro League or women's AAGPBL jersey, to our Civil Rights unit. Explorers will be the next topic in our Social Studies journey. You should be very proud of all of your child's hard work across our curriculum.
Greek and Latin work: Students have a list of 200 (+/-) roots that they are expected to learn as a lifelong skill. These roots will double as spelling and vocabulary quizzes. I have introduced assigned their roots for study, now there are ongoing assessments (from ten up to one hundred at a time). The ultimate goal, of course, is for students to be able break apart a word such as transportation into its component parts to inform, and enhance, their comprehension. A complete list of our roots can be found on our word work tab. We started day one on these roots.
READING GROUPS OFFER CHOICE, HELP DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND BUILD INNER DRIVERS.
Last school year students completed 13 reading workbooks which was the most workbooks I had ever received. Most importantly, they maintained a high standard of quality on each project. Students worked on comprehension, word work, and grammar skills in a cooperative setting. We used a "Reading Group Word Work Log." The students found that identifying certain skills, at home while reading, resulted in a more efficient use of our time in the computer lab. Additionally, each night, students were assigned fluency reading practice and studied their Greek and Latin roots.
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As always, PLEASE email me with any thoughts. questions, or concerns.
arivet@sau15.net
HOMEWORK: Please refer to your child's agenda book for up-to-date assignments. Each night, reading their novel, studying their word work, and practicing their fluency is expected. They may also have other assignments. Additionally, your child will be assigned to a Prodigy math class and are able to enhance their math skills online. In reading groups we read at least 10 pages each night.