Class News for Mrs. Scott's Fifth Grade Scholars 2024-2025!!

Welcome to fifth grade!! As we start the year, please look here and in the  daily planner for information on homeroom information and assignments!!
Google Classrooms:
During the first week of school, students will be invited to our shared Google Classroom called  Homeroom-Science-Social Studies and my separate ELA Google Classrooms for Writing and Reading. 
I look forward to a fantastic year. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me: [email protected]
 

 

December:

We ended November with the students interacting as characters from their independent books. Feast of Characters for fifth grade is always a fun day! Students began researching debatable topics for our argument unit. Chocolate milk, no homework, lengthening school days, banning plastic water bottles and other topics are on our radar for research. Students are also starting to read historical fiction as we begin learning about why colonists chose to break free from Great Britain and declare their independence...

November:

We end October writing more narratives--this time spooky stories! Students had been working on their narrative writing skills and practicing sentence variety using complex sentences while adding more sensory details to their stories.  Our thematic book clubs are going strong. Students will work within their club to uncover a theme and write an "I am poem" about their main character. We will also discuss an upcoming independent book project called-- Feast of Characters. As we begin November, we will write book reviews and study argument writing. In social studies, students are presenting in News Teams the events leading to the Declaration of Independence, and they will be learning about Loyalists and Patriots--choosing a side as they pretend to be colonists living in the 1700s.

  

October:

As we end September, students are writing narratives and learning how stories tend to go both in their novels and in personal narratives. Students began listening to Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate which is as our mentor text. They have also been practicing different ways to write about reading. This work prepares them for upcoming book clubs on social issues. Social studies has students reviewing geography and examining the varying regions of the original thirteen colonies. Why did colonists choose to live in certain regions? Eventually, studying the regions will lead us to the settling of Colonial America and the tensions that grew between Great Britain and the colonists.

 
September:
We started our year establishing  classroom routines and expectations. Students will be immersed in: read-alouds, partnerships, book clubs, and short stories to practice the craft of writing narratives and uncovering themes.  I can't wait to learn about their favorite books, first/last times, and to generate ideas for their small moment stories and personal narratives. Students will use ReadWorks, Epic, and Storyworks, as well as Social Studies Alive on TCI. Social studies begins with a geography review as well as examining how Great Britain established Colonial America by studying the regions within the original thirteen colonies. Students will also write a poem called "I am from".