Decorating Trees

Newsela Nonfiction Text Articles

Students are learning about nonfiction.  The students read an article about orcas. Each student read about the same topic, but at their own lexile reading level.  Students then answered QAR ( Question Answer Relationship) questions based off of the text.

Hour of Code

Students have been learning about java, coding and computer science through code.org.  Students are creating codes that link to programs.  Check out the pictures of students working with animation from the movie Frozen.

Newspapers

Students used QR codes to read digital newspapers.  Students read the paper with a partner and had to find the main idea followed by supporting details of the article.  They also had to decipher the important information that the reporter put into the article.

Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement representatives came into our school to teach students about careers, finances and the job market.  In these pictures, you can see various activities that the students did with the J.A. leader.

In this picture, students are creating a business.  This business will sell either a good or service.  Students are brainstorming who the consumer will be and how they will attract the customer.

Students are playing career field Go Fish to learn about different career opportunities in our area.

Students are learning how one company relies on the goods and services of other companies.

Indiana Michigan Power Presentation

A representative from Indiana Michigan Power came to fifth grade to discuss electricity and power.  Students learned how power was generated and used.  We also talked about how to conserve power and how to be safe around electricity

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Advertisements

During Junior Achievement, students were introduced to advertisements.  Later on, we talked about how advertisements are used and their purposes.  In this picture, you can see students designing billboards and commercials for their products and goods.

Paul Bunyon

Students used the iPad to read different Paul Bunyon Tall Tales.  They were working on finding character traits with text evidence supported details.