Our Ancestor Share Fair is right around the corner: Monday, November 22. We need students to bring their displays to school by lunchtime on that day so they can share it with our class before it is displayed in the gym at 2:00-3:15. Parents, friends, and students from other classes are invited to tour the event in the gym during that block of time (2:00-3:15). We will have samples of displays sitting in our 5th grade classrooms if parents would like to get a better idea of what has been done in the past. Remember to print two copies of the information that you type, so that one copy can be entered in the Sons of the Utah Pioneers Essay Contest.
We are wrapping up our unit on the Revolutionary War, and then we will take a week or two to learn about the Constitution. On Tuesday we will celebrate the end of the War by eating cornbread, handing out certificates, and taking a test on the unit. I will give each student a study guide with all the answers they need to know.
We have begun studying chemical/physical changes in science class, and we will be doing many investigations. (We'll try not to blow up the school:). This is always a favorite subject for fifth graders. Be sure to check out our volcano pictures on Mrs. Williams' blog (click under her picture on the school web site).
We've been practicing how to "explode a moment" in writing. Students are getting better at using vivid details and stretching out their ideas as they write. This week we have added a list of prefixes to our spelling lists. They are: mono, uni, bi, tri, quad, quint, hex, oct, poly, mega. The spelling test will be on Monday, next week.
Please call or email me if you have any questions about the Share Fair or anything else.
Thanks for your support!
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