Upper Elementary Class
4th and 5th Grades
We are the Fantastic Flaming Phoenixes!
Daily Schedule
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Monday - Thursday
8:30- Morning Meeting/Yoga/Etc
9:00- Math 10:00- Snack 10:20- Language Arts 12:00- Lunch 1:00- Science/Social Studies 2:00- Class Jobs 2:10- Community Stewardship 2:30- Nature Literacy 3:20- Harvest |
Friday
8:30- Peace Circle
9:00- School HIVE 9:40- Snack 10:00- MI Class #1 ~or~ Math Class 11:00- MI Class #2 ~or~ Elective #1 12:00- Lunch and Games 1:00- MI Class #3 ~or Elective #2 2:00- Community Stewardship 2:30- Nature Literacy 3:20- Harvest |
Language Arts
Our Language Arts block is an interdisciplinary approach to learning, infusing science and social studies into the process of learning to use our reading and writing skills to learn about the world around us. This year we are focusing heavily on a Writer's Workshop approach to writing, and this Fall Semester we are focusing heavily on Narrative Writing techniques. We are reading Hatchet by Gary Paulsen as a whole class and investigating how setting can change your characters. We will also be investigating extreme settings and survival skills.
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Math
Inside Outside School uses the Stepping Stones math curriculum. We will be breaking into two main learning groups to teach 4th and 5th grade concepts. Whole group lessons are a mix of direct teaching of concepts, collaborative games to extend and enhance our understanding, and applied practice of specific concepts and skills. Students will also use stations for both independent learning and cooperative math games to further extend their understanding of math concepts taught in their group lessons.
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Science
This year's theme is "The Story of Change" and it will guide much of our science focus this year. Ms. Vikki leads a STEM lesson with our class each Thursday, where they will focus on both Nature Skills and lab science. We are also using Nature Walks to observe and document changes to our environment. Our expo projects this Fall semester will be science based as well.
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Social Studies
This year we will be using "The Story of Change" to guide our Social Studies. We will use the lens of change to look at Texas History, the Story of the US Revolution, and more. We will look at other stories of change as well, such as our changing technology through the decades, how people and societies change, and how we all change and grow as individuals.
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