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Monday

     In math on Monday we learned about polygons. Regular and, irregular. Depending on the number of sides, the polygons have different names such as octagon, pentagon, nonagon, decagon, and much more that is what we learned in math on Monday.

     Then we went to science. We were assigned and started a mighty mineral. The students will, in chatterpix, talk about what they're minerals properties are. We also got another MCAS practice due Wednesday. That is what we did in science on Monday.

     Then the students head to gym. We ran the mile even though many people did not know it was this week. I think as a class we did really well and that everyone should be proud of themselves. Also, many kids improved now oppose to, in the fall!

     After activity period recess and lunch the kids were back for ELA. We continued working on persuasive letters to the principal, Mrs. Kenny about if we should continue recycling or if we should stop selling water bottles at lunch. If kids did not finish there flash draft for that, then it was home work.  

Then all of us went home satisfied that the long Monday was over. Only 31 more days of school left now!

Tuesday

       Today in math we learned about triangles. About their sides, angles, vertices, and more. We learned how to identify obtuse, acute, right, scalene, isosceles, and equilateral triangles based on the angle. We definitely did a lot of learning in math class today.                 

     Then when math was over, we had snack and moved on to social studies. In social studies, we auditioned for the colonial day play that is coming up June 8, 2017 to get singing or talking parts of the play. And when social studies was over, our teacher picked the people who auditioned to get the parts that they wanted.

     After social studies it was time for special. Today for special we had library since our 6 weeks of technology class was over for this year of 5th grade. Today in library class we learned about primary and secondary sources. A primary source is when someone writes something like a letter or something in their diary about what he opens everyday while a secondary source is when someone writes a book or a newspaper, but didn't experience the time of the book that they're writing about. And at the end of library we got to check out books.

     After activity period we all headed down to recess for 15 minutes like every other day. When the whistle blew, we had to line up and go to the cafeteria to get lunch. After lunch, we had ELA and in ELA today we kept on working on out drafts for our persuasive letters to Ms. Kenny, our principal here at Mill Pond School. Lastly, we had read aloud and then packed our bags up to head home after a long Tuesday!

Wednesday

     We started of our day by going to math class with Ms. O and we learned about polygons, parallelograms, trapezoids, rectangles, squares, etc. We are preparing for our math MCAS that is coming up very soon and we need to review everything to make sure that we do a good job on our math Mcas. And that is what we learned in math on a Wednesday.

     After math, we went to the room right next to our math social studies classroom with our science teacher, Ms. P. In science we learned about metamorphic rocks, igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, lava, and magma. Since our science mcas is coming up May 22, we need to learn all of these things to be prepared for what the questions will be.

          When the 4th period bell rang, it was time for music. In, music we finished up our songs to present them to the class and we also played cool instruments and sang a song to a Japanese song. Music was definitely very fun today.

     When music was over, we went back to the classroom and went to our own activities for activity period. In addition, we had outdoor recess and then lunch. After lunch, we had ELA and in ELA we still kept on working on our letters for Ms. Kenny but this time we are improving our letters by putting quotes to the information that we got from the sources that we used. And lastly, we packed our bags to go to our bus lines.

Thursday

Our first subject of the day is math. During math we learned about the basics of coornits. We watched a Brainpop to learn more. After we did some On core sheets, we had snack waiting for Social Studies to begin. Best of all, NO HOMEWORK.

For Social Studies we worked on the play a lot. Will got John Adams. Sydney got Mr. Otis. Ryan, Brady, Michelle, Jonny, Eshwar, Aditi, Meghan and Luciana were all colonists.After we worked on that we headed to Art.

In art we started a new project now that our clay faces are now done. We are now making japanese lanterns. Students got to pick a picture and then try to draw it on paper. Eventually we will fold them so they look like lanterns.

After activity period, recess and lunch it was back to work with ELA. We continued writing our persuasive pieces to Ms. Kenny. Today was the last day of self editing. Next week we will peer edit.

Then after that the students headed home happy tomorrow is Friday.

Friday

Today is a half day! It was periods 5,6,7,and 8. So, we started with activity period. After that then we had ELA. But not any ordinary ELA. We had a game day for filling the bead jar. A bunch of people brought in board games to play. Not an ordinary way to end the week.

HAPPY WEEKEND!

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