We have some exciting work going on the fifth grade this week. By Tuesday, we will be finished with all the writer's conferences on the 5 paragraph essay on New Year’s Resolutions. In each writer’s conference, the author and I have reviewed progress toward individual writing goals. We look at how each student did on those specific goal areas and overall on their work. I can see much improvement in these writers!
We are reading and enjoying Mr. Blue Jeans. We will finish the book next week, and there will be a written test on the book. The date is not yet decided.
The most exciting part of our day right now is our Economics project. The students are in teams working to write a business plan for a student store. It is taking a lot of cooperation and group decision-making. They will present their written plan and a brief slide show presentation to a panel of business people from the community on Feb. 5. We are pretty excited about this project.
Keep your students reading for home reading logs and thank you for the responses in parent journals this week. Look for another letter this weekend. Have a great week!
