We will continue to work with the
We will continue our Choices
unit which helps students
Lego materials in our classroom.
We will be tying writing into what
become more aware of the
we have already been doing with
choices they make every day.
the Lego WeDo robotics through
Every choice has a
consequence, whether it is
positive or negative. By
the use of the Lego Education
Adventure stories software.
participating in the wide
variety of activities in this
curriculum, students
evaluate their own choices
and gain a lifelong desire to
learn. It allows students to
organize, categorize, and
reevaluate choices that they
make on a daily basis. These
Fifth Grade
We
have begun
a
Students
are continuing
to use
literature
circle
with coding
the skills but
Scratch to
practice
book
A Wrinkle
in with
Timecode.org.
by
are also
working
The
Madeleine
L'Engle.
This
is
week of December 7th students
a across
sciencethe
fantasy
globenovel
were challenged to
first published in 1962.
code for one hour. Many sites had
The story revolves around
special coding programs available
a for
young
whose father,
thisgirl
challenge.
Code.org had a
a Minecraft,
government
scientist,
Star
Wars, Frozen, and
has gone missing after
several other special coding
working
on that
a mysterious
programs
students were able to
project
called
a
tesseract.
utilize and practice with.
We have only just begun
the book but students are
enjoying the plot and the
connections they are able
to make with some of s
activities will help students
to grasp the importance,
responsibility, and
implications of their
decisions. The Enduring
Understandings are: People
may make better choices if
they first consider the
Unless you try to do something beyond what
you have already mastered, you will never
grow.
– Ronald E. Osborn
consequences of their
Students will be working on their
choices may improve the
final project for this unit after
quality of your daily life.
choice in On My Honor and
their Pizza shops!
circle with the book A Wrinkle in
Time by Madeleine L'Engle.
decisions and making better
Ask your child about Joel’s
We have finished our literature
Christmas break.
Students will continue studying
Latin through the use of the
curriculum, Minimus. Our
latest focus has been on
prepositions and their
connection to English.