Classroom Updates

Since we are expecting some big storms to come through, seems like a good time to update everyone on things going on in class.

  • I have updated our class calendar with important time for the remainder of the school year. You can check these dates by going the class blog and taking a look at the calendar located on the right of the blog.
5th grade "Passion" projects are going well. Everyone has a Future topic. In class we are working on getting contacts, either email or phone number, so students can contact any organizations they are working with to get more information. I'm hoping that by the end of the week, students will know the Past portion of their project. For instance, one student plans on working at an animal shelter so she wants to do the Past portion of her project on Jane Goodall. Another students is raising money for foster families who take in DACA children who are displaced from their families. That student is creating a questions & answer presentation on immigration.

Remember, this is a new project CFI wants to implement as a final project which asks students to utilize everything they have learned at CFI. Remember back in kindergarten when your child did their Passion Expert Project? We view this project in the same way as student's kindergarten Passion Projects. Except, this passion project asks students to combine their passions and their interests in doing something good for their community.

So this is all new to us as well. If you ever have any questions, please contact myself or Dr. Whitecotton!

Some additional info:

  • Math - We are finishing up working on multiplication and division of fractions. We will be moving into addition and subtraction of fractions by the end of the week.
  • Science - On Friday we collected some data by recording times as we walked around the track. We will graph the data and create motion graphs.
  • Social Studies - We just finished looking at various events of the Cold War including the Korean War, Vietnam, and the Cuban Missle Crisis. We will be moving into the Civil Rights Era.
  • Reading - We are using our reading time to work on our project.
  • Writing  - During writing we are looking at different aspects of grammar such as prepositions.

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