Welcome to 5th GRADE!

Welcome to 5th grade!

 I hope your summer has been pleasant and restful. I have been very busy with my 4 year old son, Benjamin, and my 3 year old son, Evan. My wife, Becky, and I have been chasing them around the house all summer, we’ve had a blast! This is my fourteenth year teaching at Walled Lake Elementary School!!

 I am looking forward to meeting and working with you and your child this year. Working together, we can provide a successful learning experience for your child. I have many exciting activities and units planned for this coming school year. Fifth grade is an important year for your child. This year, the students will become more independent and responsible. Children learn best when they are active participants in their learning. Many opportunities will be provided for them to be creative and develop a love for learning. This kind of learning enhances self-esteem; an essential skill for middle school. My classroom is always open to parents and I encourage you to continue to take an active role in your child’s education. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, PLEASE feel free to contact me. I look forward to meeting all of you on Curriculum Night and 5th grade camp meeting September 9 from 6:00 – 7:30.

Thank you for your support and I am looking forward to a successful year!

Readers' Theater Scripts

Click on the links below.  

Each website has links to different scripts.  Read them and decide what they have in common.

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Social Studies

Today:
I want you to watch the ENTIRE video with headphones and take notes in your Social Studies notebook. During the video pause and write down the most important facts you notice. You should have about a page of notes when you are done.
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Repeat the direction for the next video.  Watch the ENTIRE video with headphones and write a page of notes.  Pause the video in order to write clear notes.
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Aquatic Environments

Please click on the link below.  Take notes in your science notebook.  You might want to view the video more than once. What vocabulary did the video use?  What did you learn that was important?

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Field Day!!!!!

Please click on the link below to signup and help at Field Day.  We are very short on volunteers in the afternoon.  If you have never volunteered I'd like to encourage you to participate.  It is a spectacular event!

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Persuasive Essay Post Task

Good Morning 5th graders,

Click on the link below to begin the task.

Should there be Zoos?

The Grassland Biome

Yesterday, we discovered so many features of the deciduous forest. Today we are going to look at a new biome called Grassland.  What makes this biome different than the ones we've studied?  What features makes this biome unique? 

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All About Savanna