Currently, the wind is assaulting the North Shore and many other places, bringing rain and some other possible dangers. It is my sincere hope that you and yours are all safe.
With an unexpected day off, today provides a good time to rest and reflect. It was great to connect with parents at conferences to discuss how the school year has been thus far while discussing a terrific group of students. It is remarkable to think about what the fifth graders have already accomplished, and exciting to think about what awaits.
School is definitely in full swing, and you can definitely see it in fifth grade. In 5C, we have wrapped up our first reading book and will begin our second novel, My Brother Sam is Dead, in a short time. Grammar finds us wrapping up nouns and looking forward to verbs while we wrap up multiplication and division in math before tackling some fraction concepts in chapter 3. We have been looking at poetry in various forms and types of figurative language while students work on their reports, which includes an original poem. In social studies, we have completed our look at exploration and settlement and now we focus specifically on the thirteen English colonies.
We have been doing many other things such as being mentors to our kindergarten buddies, examining ways to be efficient students and good citizens, and thinking about the process of learning.
Halloween is nearly here and November will give us time to celebrate Grandfriends' Day and Thanksgiving. Field trips to the Wenham Museum, Lexington and Concord, and the Freedom Trail are spread out at the end of October through November and December.
In 5C, we will continue to strive to be "At Our Finest," whether in the classroom, out on the recess fields, or in our communities.
