Black History is Our History

As a part of Black Lives Matter Week of Action our classrooms spent time reading and writing about inspiring Americans that have worked hard to change the course of American values. These Americans were trailblazers, activists and hard working people who wanted equity for people of all races. Our 5th graders wrote both informational pieces as well as opinion pieces to increase their understanding of the fight for equal rights in American History.

5th Annual 'Jazz & Friends' Community Readings

Figurative Language

During the first part of 3rd quarter we are focusing on the standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

To begin, we reviewed different types of figurative language. 

Then we created class posters to refer to, and for students to show what they learned. 

This week we are reading an excerpt from "Savvy" by Ingrid Law, identifying the figurative language in the excerpt and using our background knowledge and context clues to help us understand what the figurative language means.

Mr. Harrod's Music Website: CHECK IT OUT!

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Bridges: Unit 5

Valentine's Class Lists

Causes of the Revolution

In Social Studies we have been studying events that lead up to the American Revolution. Students read about:

• The Proclamation of 1763
• The Stamp Act
• The Quartering Act
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Boston Massacre
• Other Intolerable Acts

We compared these events to metaphors of a parent/child to show how Great Britain was making laws and enforcing them without input from the colonists. In Mrs. Shorette's class we chose one of these events and wrote newspaper stories to show our learning!