Learning about Boston Landmarks and the Printing Press with Mrs. Fritsche!

Each week, our classroom gets a visit from Mrs. Fritsche. She is a world traveler who knows a lot about the historical content that we study in fifth grade.  This week, she shared real photos of landmarks that we have been learning about in Boston such as the harbor where the Boston Massacre occurred and the Old North Church signaling Paul Revere's Midnight Ride.

 

Here, Mrs. Fritsche shows us how a printer's apprentice would learn how to sort all of the letters into the printer's tray.

Thanks for a great Fall Party!

We had a great time at the fall party! Thank you, parents, for creating such a fun afternoon for us!

To see more photos from the party Click Here!

Found Poetry

After creating a concept web on the Declaration of Independence, students used their web to help them search for words that would communicate about the Declaration of Independence.

Using old books, (Promise! They are discarded from the library) students looked for words to compose a simple phrase or lines to synthesize the document that declared the Colonists independence from England.

Dictionary Day 2017

Celebrating Dictionary Day @paxtonkee @HickmanLMC pic.twitter.com/MSjBErTjjl

— Ms.Thelen (@thelensthinkers) October 16, 2017

Students building Stories!

Using @StopMotion app to build stories https://t.co/7Sky6w3Dao

— Ms.Thelen (@thelensthinkers) October 16, 2017

Students building their stories using @stop motion app https://t.co/iJnYFfQPBL

— Ms.Thelen (@thelensthinkers) October 16, 2017

Getting together with our buddies!

Fifth graders helping Kindergarten buddies https://t.co/f3TPVznt9k

— Ms.Thelen (@thelensthinkers) September 28, 2017

Word Work with Contractions

A small group worked on contractions and how the apostrophe signals that two words have been combined to create one new word. Typically, the apostrophe takes the place of the vowel. But in a few examples, can take the place of most of a word!

This category is the "a" replacement.

The "ha" and "o" replacement.

The unique "almost a full word-woul" and the "i" replacement.