Fabulous Grade Five

10/27/14

Hello,



     It is now the last week of October and class is firing on all cylinders. We are finishing the exciting Descriptive Reports, which are due at the end of the week, or Thursday, October 30th. Last week, the students read their reports one-by-one. Topics ranged from narratives about family vacations and excursions, to describing role models, interesting places and gadgets. We learned a lot about these subjects and each other!

   We also learned and defined 22 new vocabulary words that we need to know in general as well as standardized testing later in the year. Today, the class discussed the difference between proper sentences and fragments. We are also finishing Frindle, the popular Andrew Clemens fiction story and will be having a comprehension test and minor book report in the coming week(s).

   In social studies class, we continued exploring Ancient Civilization, with a focus on the Babylonians and Hittites, as well as spending a lesson on the Ancient Greek concept of Democracy and its influence on the United States Constitution and other cultures.

Stay tuned every Monday for more,

Mendel Berlin
5th Grade ELA/Social Studies