March 11th-March 15th
Keenoy Kardinal News 3-15-19
Dear
Families,
I
hope that everyone had a wonderful week. Spirit Week is next week and I’m
excited to see all the fun outfits! It’s been a great week and hopefully the wind
will be calmer this weekend and warmer weather comes our way. Thank you for
everything that you do! Please do not ever hesitate to contact me with any
questions or concerns.
Spirit Week
Next
week is Paxton Keeley Spirit Week! Join the adventure and help us celebrate school
pride.
*Monday,
March 18 – Spirit of Adventure Day (wear Paxton colors)
*Tuesday – Tourist Day (wear beachy
or vacation-type clothes, or a hat or t-shirt that represents a place students
have visited or would like to visit)
*Wednesday – Shoes Your Own
Adventure Day (fun, quirky, or mismatched shoes)
*Thursday – Campout Day
*Friday – Take a Break from Your
Adventure Day (wear pajamas or sweats)
The
next Kardinal of the Week is Reagan.
Social Studies
The class and I created a timeline of the “Big
Ideas” taught this year. We started with the Ice Age and ended with the
Civil War. This week we focused on the time period between the
Constitution (1787) and the Civil War (1861). The main events focused on
during this time were the Louisiana Purchase, Westward Expansion, Trail of
Tears, and Industrial Revolution. We are currently taking a break from
Social Studies and focusing on our Science “matter” unit for the next couple of
weeks. When we pick back up with socials studies, students will
learn about the Civil War.
Math
Next week students will continue investigating measurements, along
with multiplying and dividing decimals. The concepts that I will focus on
include:
*Measuring Volume
*Multiplication of Decimals
*Division of Decimals by Whole Numbers
*Estimating Decimal Products and Quotients
Reading
We are currently reading aloud the book Children of the Dust Bowl
by Jerry Stanley. We are focusing on theme and main idea. We are discussing the
difference between the two and using text evidence to find the main idea and
theme. I really enjoy how engaged students are during my reading. They are
asking deeper level questions and making great connections.
Writing
Students are really enjoying the invention project that we
started working on last week. Students must do a lot of preparation work
prior to recording their information on the iMovie App. Each group will
use the iMovie platform to practice argumentative essay style of writing.
Next week students will put their finishing touches on their 60 second video about
why the invention they selected is the most impactful to the world (since
1700). By the end of next week, students will share their video and
vote for the top two videos in the class. These two videos will represent
our class and compete against the top videos from other fifth grade
classrooms. Final voting will be done after we return from Spring Break.
Science
We began our matter unit this week in science. Students explored
different stations to try and come up with a definition of matter. They were
excited to explore the concept and write a class rule for matter. We will be
going back to that rule throughout the unit and changing it as we learn more
about matter. We will be studying matter more next week through videos,
experiments, and readings in the textbook.
Reminders
March
18-22 Spirit Week
March
25-29 No School/Spring
Break
Friday,
April 5th Paxton Spring Fling
Friday,
April 26th Color Run
Sincerely,
Dan Keenoy & Lauren Sullivan
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