Science Fair!

Lauren Godlewski, Kinsley Nicholson, and Ava Perrone participated in this year's Science Fair for Fork Shoals. They will compete in Fork Shoals Science fair and the winner will go on to represent our school in the district. Good Luck Girls!

Teacher Appreciation Week

So, all of my fifth graders made me feel extra special and appreciated this week for teacher appreciation week. Thank you to all who made me feel special, I love this "sweet note" that one of them made. Fifth graders are the BEST!

Walk at School Day

Our class participated in Walk at School Day on Wednesday, March 2. It was a fun way to be active and practice safety together. Here is a picture of us after our walk!

Math Help

We have started our new unit in math on Place Value with Decimals. Here is an anchor chart that we created in class to show how to write whole numbers with decimals in word form, standard form and expanded form.

Science Game

We are learning about food chains, food webs, and more in our Science Unit about Ecosystems. Click here to play the game to help you review.

Science Game

Social Studies- Immigration

In our Social Studies unit, we are learning about how immigration impacted the United States during the late 1800's and early 1900's. We are learning about how immigrants entered into our country during this time period. One entry place was in New York at Ellis Island. You can explore what these immigrants had to go through in order to come and settle in the United States. Click on the link below to participate in an interactive tour.

Ellis Island Interactive Tour

Westward Expansion

Play the Westward Trail Game

Kid Blog

We will use Kid Blog to post our ideas! You can share things with the class, like your vacations, what you do on the weekend, things you like or don't like.
We will also use this blog to write about what we are reading. You will post your weekly letter on this blog so we can read it.
Click on this link below:

Kid Blog

Welcome to 5th Grade!

I am so excited that you are in my class this year. I believe we all have a great year in store for us. You will want to visit our class blog often as it will have important tools to help you be successful in our classroom. Thanks for visiting our blog! If you came here, will you please leave a comment below describing your first week as a fifth grader? That will help me to know who has visited our blog. Thanks!

Dividing Fractions

We are learning how to divide and multiply fractions in math this week. Here is a fun song that we learned to help us remember the steps to divide fractions.

Dividing Fractions Rap

Engineering Week

This week we celebrated Engineering Week at Fork Shoals. We were all engineers this week because we created our own flashlights! The PTA provided the whole school with supplies to make flashlights to celebrate Engineering Week. Our class loved it and enjoyed showing off their flashlights. When we were finished, we had a little flashlight party in the dark. I am attaching the video for you to watch.

Enjoy the video by clicking on the link below! And we might just have some future engineers in our class!

flashlight movie

Egg Drop Projects

In our science unit about Forces and Motion, we are learning about gravity, inertia, speed, friction and more. Students were given the challenge to use what they have learned about Forces & Motion to create a container that will keep their egg from breaking when dropped from a high place. Check out our student's creativity and knowledge in some of their videos below...I hope you will be as impressed as I was!

 

Madison's Egg Project

Greenville Drive Reading All Stars

Information is coming home this week about this reading program sponsored by the Greenville Drive. Students read books during the month of February and forms are due on March 6th. You may include books that you read as part of the 3rd Quarter Reading Challenge. Let’s have a great participation in our class! Click on the link below the picture to watch the video.



Greenville Drive Reading All Stars

Dividing Decimals in Math

We are learning how to divide decimals! Here are two videos that may help you to remember what we have done in class.

Dividing Decimals Using Traditional Algorithm

Dividing Decimals using models

Immigrants

Click on the link below to learn what the immigrants had to go through when they traveled to America.

 

Immigrants arrive at Ellis Island

Boosterthon Fun Run!

We had a great day at our Fun Run! Thank you for all your support in coming out to cheer us on and pledging to help our school. It was a fantastic day!

Telegraph & Morse Code

We are learning about inventions in Social Studies. Our class was interested in using the morse code. Click on the link below to see the morse code and try to write a secret coded letter using the morse code to share with the class!

 

Morse Code Homework Assignment

Similes, Metaphors, and Personificataion

We have been working with figurative language in writing. Here are some links to websites that can help your child review:

Similes & Metaphors

Personification

Multiplication

We are multiplying two digit numbers in math this week! Here is a chart that we made in class to help us remember the steps to solve a two digit multiplication problem using the standard algorithm.

Travel on the Westward Trail

Today you will become pioneers traveling West. You will role play in the game and have to go thru all the challenges that the pioneers went thru. Please complete the "Travel the Westward Trail" handout as you go thru the website game.  We will review the reflection questions as a class in Social Studies. Click on the link below labeled "Travel on the Westward Trail"

Travel on the Westward Trail