Ancient Civilizations
In Social Studies we have focused on ancient civilizations such as the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas. As a final project the students created booklets about one civilization of their choice. They did an amazing job!
Mrs. Ruiz
Periodic Table
For the month of November students continued their unit on chemistry and have become experts on reading the periodic table. It is amazing to see their enthusiasm.
Mrs. Ruiz
Memoirs
For writer’s workshop students worked on a Memoir piece and again celebrated with a successful publishing party were they shared their pieces. We held our second bake sale in which we also achieved great success, thanks to all of you who have supported us.
Mrs. Ruiz
Math Strategies
In mathematics we learned new strategies for multiplication such as the area model and partial products strategy.
Mrs. Ruiz
Exploration
In Social Studies we learned about explorers and the reasons for exploration.
Mrs. Ruiz
Chemistry
In October students learned about Chemistry in science class. They enjoyed this hands-on unit and experimenting with chemicals and observing reactions. We also enjoyed the lab in which we constructed molecules with marshmallows.
Mrs. Ruiz
Publishing Party
In writing they have worked on a personal narrative piece for the entire month and celebrated their accomplishment with a publishing party. We also held our 1st bake sale to raise funds for our end of year trip and graduation expenses. It was a great success.
Mrs. Ruiz
HABIT
Our bible time has been of great blessing because our students memorize scripture and they are trying to form the bible reading H.A.B.I.T!
Mrs. Ruiz
Scientific Process
In Science we have learned about the Scientific Process and students have worked through this process and conducted experiments on testable questions that they formed.
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Geography
The fifth graders have come in to this school year with great excitement. They are at the top of the elementary school and looking forward to a graduation in June. For the month of September we have learned about geography in social studies and created paper mache globes to practice our geography skills.
Mrs. Ruiz