Our goal is to help students treasure their own strengths, interests, beliefs and accomplishments as well as appreciate these attributes in others. Today, students constructed Venn diagrams with a partner to identify similarities and differences between one another.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Gifts and Fascinations
Our goal is to help students treasure their own strengths, interests, beliefs and accomplishments as well as appreciate these attributes in others. Today, students constructed Venn diagrams with a partner to identify similarities and differences between one another.
The Three Questions
When is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do? Ask your child about the moral lesson learned after listening to this simple yet profound picture book.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Question of the Day
Are we going to have homework?
Answer: YES! We will begin homework next week on Monday. Each student will receive a planner and begin to record assignments. Many are eager to begin homework and have asked so we thought we would let you know!
Answer: YES! We will begin homework next week on Monday. Each student will receive a planner and begin to record assignments. Many are eager to begin homework and have asked so we thought we would let you know!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
First Week of School!
A busy week!
We have been hard at work with many activities while learning about one another as we settle in to 5th grade! Below are some activities you can discuss with your child:
Class Dictionary
Artifact Sharing
My Dog Is As Smelly as Dirty Socks
I Am Poems
Read Aloud: The Fabled Fourth Graders from Aesop Elementary
Smart Cookies
Math
Venn Digarams - same and different
Directions Game
Reflections
We have been hard at work with many activities while learning about one another as we settle in to 5th grade! Below are some activities you can discuss with your child:
Class Dictionary
Artifact Sharing
My Dog Is As Smelly as Dirty Socks
I Am Poems
Read Aloud: The Fabled Fourth Graders from Aesop Elementary
Smart Cookies
Math
Venn Digarams - same and different
Directions Game
Reflections
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Welcome Letter
Welcome to 5th Grade!
In a few days, you will be starting 5th grade and your last year at Wickliffe! We are looking forward to the school year. We will be doing lots of fun projects and working hard, so we hope you’re ready!
We would like to let you know that you will have two teachers next year, but you are not in a job share classroom. Mrs. Slater and Mrs. McEvoy will be your teachers. We will both be teaching and learning together with you ~ all day, every day! We are very excited to be teaching together in the same classroom. Our classroom is room 211, around the corner from the top of the main stairs. We have both taught at Wickliffe for a long time.
To begin the school year, we would like you to bring some artifacts that represent you and that tell us something about yourself. If you are not sure what an artifact is, just bring some objects that tell something about you. There are two requirements for these artifacts. First, that each artifact fits into a sandwich size plastic bag. It could be a photograph, souvenir from somewhere you’ve been or an object that represents something you love or like to do - anything you can think of that will help us learn something about you. Please make sure these objects aren’t too large and also make sure it is something you can part with. Please don’t bring in a very special piece of jewelry, something very valuable to you or a special trinket from someone. We are going to use these for an art collage and they will get glue on them. We will talk about this more on the first day of school, but you can start thinking about your artifacts now.
We are looking forward to meeting you soon! It’s okay if you are a little nervous, we will be, too, but we are very excited to meet you and start the year! Enjoy the rest of the summer and we'll see you in a few days!
Get ready to have some fun and work hard! See you soon!
Love,
Mrs. McEvoy and Mrs. Slater
In a few days, you will be starting 5th grade and your last year at Wickliffe! We are looking forward to the school year. We will be doing lots of fun projects and working hard, so we hope you’re ready!
We would like to let you know that you will have two teachers next year, but you are not in a job share classroom. Mrs. Slater and Mrs. McEvoy will be your teachers. We will both be teaching and learning together with you ~ all day, every day! We are very excited to be teaching together in the same classroom. Our classroom is room 211, around the corner from the top of the main stairs. We have both taught at Wickliffe for a long time.
To begin the school year, we would like you to bring some artifacts that represent you and that tell us something about yourself. If you are not sure what an artifact is, just bring some objects that tell something about you. There are two requirements for these artifacts. First, that each artifact fits into a sandwich size plastic bag. It could be a photograph, souvenir from somewhere you’ve been or an object that represents something you love or like to do - anything you can think of that will help us learn something about you. Please make sure these objects aren’t too large and also make sure it is something you can part with. Please don’t bring in a very special piece of jewelry, something very valuable to you or a special trinket from someone. We are going to use these for an art collage and they will get glue on them. We will talk about this more on the first day of school, but you can start thinking about your artifacts now.
We are looking forward to meeting you soon! It’s okay if you are a little nervous, we will be, too, but we are very excited to meet you and start the year! Enjoy the rest of the summer and we'll see you in a few days!
Get ready to have some fun and work hard! See you soon!
Love,
Mrs. McEvoy and Mrs. Slater
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