Dear Families, I hope you all are soaking in some sunshine today. The sun has been lovely! We're off! 5th grade PYP Exhibition has begun! Thank you to so many that were able to make it to the Parent Information night last Thursday evening. We appreciate your support and clarifying questions. This week, we'll be sorting out the exhibition groups by topic interest. Most students have chosen 3 topics that interest them the most and we are grouping them the best we can. There will be some shuffling around in the next day or so, and the groups should be settled by Wednesday. We'll have two guest speakers this week. Dr. Josephson will be with our class tomorrow to talk about the immune system and communicable diseases. On Wednesday, Mr. Vizcaino will talk to both classes about environmental hazards in the home. We are sorting out mentors for the two classes and meeting times. The plan is to have the groups meet with their mentors this week for their first meeting. I gave the mid-module math assessment back to about half the students on Friday. Some forgot to pick them up after SEM. Please check the test over with your child and sign it and have them return it to school. We'll continue reading Flush this week and begin some book work with the book. Enjoy the photos below from the last unit. Have a great week ahead! Ms. Welsh
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Dear Families,
I hope you've all have had a good 3-day weekend with all the rain and wind in the area. Here are just a few things to note this week: EXHIBITION! The fifth grade is about to launch into PYP Exhibition this week. Tomorrow morning we'll have an "Exhibition Kick Off Assembly" with the 3rd and 4th graders to help everyone understand what the 5th grade is up to as well as allowing the younger students a chance to see what they can look forward to in fifth grade. On Thursday evening at 6:00pm, Ms. Beletti and I will share slides and information for parents about what to expect for the exhibition. This will take place in the ISM Library. We hope most of you can join us. If any of you have some expertise (or know of someone that might) in the area of health (human, environmental, technology and health) related areas and would be willing to come talk to the students this week or next, we'd very much appreciate your help. We are inviting guest speakers to talk to the students to help them form ideas of what part of health they would like to explore for their projects. Math The students will be taking the Mid-Module assessment for Module 4 tomorrow. We'll go over any questions they have in the morning after they've worked on the practice questions last week. Language Arts For this unit, the class will be reading the book, Flush by Carl Hiaasen. The book is about environmental health and you can find a description of the book here. We'll continue to work on synonyms and antonyms this week for spelling. I hope to see you on Thursday evening. Have a great week ahead! Ms. Welsh Dear Families,
I trust you all are enjoying a little sunshine after so many rainy days. It feels glorious! Here's a few items for the week ahead: This is the last week of our unit Sharing the Planet. Students will be working on a summative assessment this week. Tuesday is Valentine's Day. Students can bring valentine cards if they bring one for everyone. We've had 3 parents volunteer to bring some fruit and juice. Thank you! Wednesday is Wacky Wednesday. The theme is "Passion". Students are asked to dress in a manner to show what they are passionate about and/or would like to be when they grow up. Exhibition: We will begin sorting out ideas for our next unit which will be under the trasdisciplinary theme Who We Are with the subtopic of "Health". Ms. Beletti and I are planning a parent meeting on the evening of February 23rd at 6pm to help parents understand exhibition and what the expectations are. Students should begin looking into different ideas that interest them under the topic of health that have a global view or impact. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great week! Ms. Welsh Happy Super Bowl Sunday! First, an overdo thank you to the drivers for last week's field trip to Santa Lucia Preserve. Without the help of Mrs. Bishop, Mr. Wood, Mr. Gregawy, Mrs. Shah, Mr. Hong and Mrs. Vazquez (who jumped in and filled a last-minute cancellation), the trip wouldn't have happened. So, THANK YOU from all of us in 5A. The students did a great job on the field trip and earned many compliments from the staff/instructors. I hope everyone is having a restful weekend, though I know many students are recovering from illnesses. Whatever has been going around hit me as well, so I'm very empathic to high fever and chills that knock you back a couple notches. We are taking measures in the classroom to disinfect the desks and wipe down surfaces often. Keeping a sick child at home not only helps them, but helps the rest of the class. Given my low energy, the update will be short this week. This week is "Kindness Week" at ISM. Our Vice-Principal, Ms. Shin-Ma sent home information about the week. On Friday, students can wear green or uniform to display their support of kindness. Students will work on their open inquiries this week which will be due on Wednesday. In math, we'll be working on multiplication of whole numbers by decimals. We'll continue to work on detecting facts from opinions in language arts and writing paragraphs stating facts vs.opinions. Have a kind and healthy week, Ms. Welsh |
AuthorThis is my tenth year at ISM and fifth year teaching 5th grade. I enjoy working with young people and being with my family. I love being outdoors in nature, on or in the ocean. I look for ways to continue learning and growing. Archives
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