Reading - Idioms are common phrases that don't mean what they actually say. Confusing right? It's like the phrase, "It's raining cats and dogs." There aren't really cats and dogs falling from the sky; that just means that it is raining really hard. My reading students acted out idioms for part of our Figurative Language Unit.
Click on the video below and try to guess which idiom they are acting out.
Spelling - Who says making a mess is just for the younger grades? In Spelling one activity my class did this week was to write their words in shaving cream to practice. They had a great time learning! They would like to do this every week, but I'm not sure I would like to clean up the mess every week.
Math this week was spent learning about decimal place value and how to write a numbers in fraction, decimal, and word form. In one activity, students used cards to make numbers from word form.
Science this week was spent learning about matter and how the particles in a liquid, solid, and a gas are different from each other. Students used chocolate candy melts to observe a liquid and solid form and discuss how the particles in a liquid and a solid are different.
Visit from the Superintendent - Mr. Hoyt shared a little bit about himself with the 5th grade students and then they had the opportunity to ask him a few questions.
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