Mrs. Rice's Fifth Grade Class 2017-2018

Mrs. Rice's  Fifth Grade Class 2017-2018

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Working Hard!

It was so nice to meet you all at parent night! Thank you all for coming. The class has been working very hard the past two weeks! Students have been introduced to several new concepts, and  have also reviewed many topics covered in third grade. Here's what we have been working on:
  • In social studies, the class spent a few days learning about NYS geography. We spent time finding different cities, mountain ranges, rivers etc. on a NYS map. The class also learned where NYS is located compared to other states. Students also learned about NYS symbols, and early people of NYS.
  • In ELA, the class has been reviewing parts of speech, synonyms, antonyms, and homophones for word work. We have been reading from There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom together, and have been practicing summary writing. We are also still practicing paragraphing. Students learned some reading comprehension strategies and applied them during read to self and read to someone time. The class was just introduced to main idea and details, and will be practicing this concept in the coming weeks. 
  • In math we just finished up unit one and took our unit 1 assessment. We will be starting unit 2, which focuses on continuing number patterns. It is very important that your child is fluent with their facts through 12. 
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Last week we tasted 3 types of Melon with the "Good Eats" program. Here are some pictures of our experience!
In line to try melon!


Matt loved the melon!

Sydney and Julien also enjoyed the melon!

Monday, September 15, 2014

Welcome to 4th Grade!

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The class has been very busy adjusting to the new routines in 4th grade. We just started the Daily 5, and students have been practicing read to self, read to someone, and work on writing. We have also been reviewing paragraph writing including topic sentences, supporting details, and closing sentences. In the future, we will be learning about how to write essays on different topics. This week we will be reviewing parts of speech. We started Unit 1 in math, which covers properties of multiplication and division, and review from 3rd grade. The class is learning about the geography of NYS, and our state symbols. Here are some pictures of read to someone time: