Falcon Visit: On Wednesday, February 7 some students in our class will be visiting Falcon Middle School for a couple of hours. If your child is attending, they will be bussed from Coronado to Falcon at 9:45 and return around 12:00. In addition to touring the school, students will get to join 6th graders for lunch. There are several ways to participate, as we will still have our regular recess and lunch time back at Coronado as well.
Any Coronado 5th grader who is not going on the Falcon visit will stay at Coronado with me, and we will have our normal schedule including recess and lunch at 11:50
Valentine’s Day: This year all Coronado classes will be completing a service project to spread the love on Valentine’s day. 5th grade will be making no sew blankets for those in need of some warmth this winter. To participate in this activity, each student should bring two pieces of fleece, each measuring 2 yards in length. Often these blankets are made with one plain colored piece of fleece and one patterned, but it is up to you and your child. You can usually find fleece on sale in the bargain area of fabric stores. If you are unable to supply fleece for this project, I will have some extra and students can work together on blankets so everyone can have a chance to participate.
Coronado will not be hosting official parent planned parties this year. However, I am still planning on letting students pass out Valentines in the afternoon if they would like to. Students can decorate a box to collect their Valentines and ff they choose to pass out Valentines, they need to have 22, one for each classmate.
Here’s what we’re working on in class:
Math: We are identifying 3D figures in their completed forms and by looking at nets. We are using the nets to understand the deconstructed figures so that we can use area formulas learned in a previous unit to find the surface area of prisms and pyramids.
Literacy: We are looking at the structure of two different poems written in the 18th century and comparing the differing perspectives. One was written by a slave and the other by slave trader. These poems connect to learning we have been doing about triangular trade in Colonial America as well as to learning that honors February as Black History Month.
Writing: Students will continue to draft their pieces on a Revolutionary War battle or significant person. We are focused on writing with text structure in mind, elaborating by adding definitions and clarifying details, dates, and quotes, working with sentence variety, and choosing words to create a specific voice.
Science: Our new unit is focused on identifying, modeling and comparing/contrasting the structure and function of systems within living things. We will begin this week by learning about cells and compare them within plants, animals and humans.
Social Studies: As we continue down the road to the Revolution we will learn about new acts introduced by the British government that caused unrest in the colonies. We will learn about the Quartering Act, the Townshend Act and the Declaratory Act and how they led to boycotts and growing unease, particularly in Boston.
- Bring something from home to enjoy as a snack at Falcon, and eat lunch at the normal time at Coronado
- Bring a sack lunch to Falcon, enjoy a snack at Coronado during lunch.
- Buy lunch at Falcon (student’s regular lunch accounts would be charged), and bring a snack to eat back at Coronado.
- Buy lunch at Falcon and another lunch at Coronado. Two lunches!
Any Coronado 5th grader who is not going on the Falcon visit will stay at Coronado with me, and we will have our normal schedule including recess and lunch at 11:50
Valentine’s Day: This year all Coronado classes will be completing a service project to spread the love on Valentine’s day. 5th grade will be making no sew blankets for those in need of some warmth this winter. To participate in this activity, each student should bring two pieces of fleece, each measuring 2 yards in length. Often these blankets are made with one plain colored piece of fleece and one patterned, but it is up to you and your child. You can usually find fleece on sale in the bargain area of fabric stores. If you are unable to supply fleece for this project, I will have some extra and students can work together on blankets so everyone can have a chance to participate.
Coronado will not be hosting official parent planned parties this year. However, I am still planning on letting students pass out Valentines in the afternoon if they would like to. Students can decorate a box to collect their Valentines and ff they choose to pass out Valentines, they need to have 22, one for each classmate.
Here’s what we’re working on in class:
Math: We are identifying 3D figures in their completed forms and by looking at nets. We are using the nets to understand the deconstructed figures so that we can use area formulas learned in a previous unit to find the surface area of prisms and pyramids.
Literacy: We are looking at the structure of two different poems written in the 18th century and comparing the differing perspectives. One was written by a slave and the other by slave trader. These poems connect to learning we have been doing about triangular trade in Colonial America as well as to learning that honors February as Black History Month.
Writing: Students will continue to draft their pieces on a Revolutionary War battle or significant person. We are focused on writing with text structure in mind, elaborating by adding definitions and clarifying details, dates, and quotes, working with sentence variety, and choosing words to create a specific voice.
Science: Our new unit is focused on identifying, modeling and comparing/contrasting the structure and function of systems within living things. We will begin this week by learning about cells and compare them within plants, animals and humans.
Social Studies: As we continue down the road to the Revolution we will learn about new acts introduced by the British government that caused unrest in the colonies. We will learn about the Quartering Act, the Townshend Act and the Declaratory Act and how they led to boycotts and growing unease, particularly in Boston.