Last week students focused on author's purpose during our mini lessons, learning that authors write to inform, entertain and persuade. We also read three more chapters in Peak and began our second set of vocabulary words for this novel. (It is a challenging list and can be found in a plastic protective sheet in the language arts section of students' binders) We will have a test on these words a week from this Wed.
In math we are continuing our unit on number sense and place value with a focus on rounding numbers from thousandths through millions. In science we developed our understanding of different landforms by matching, illustrating and comparing the landform terms.
Friday the fifth grade was most fortunate to host a real live mountain climber who shared his journey up Mount Everest with us. Chip Popoviciu climbed Mt. Everest in 2008. His presentation provided excellent backgound information to help us understand the journey our protaganist is taking in Peak. Please find below a picture of the 2008 Expedition Patch he gave to JYJ. . I will also add to our links a slide show of Chip's climb up Mt. Everest. Along with building our knowledge about Mt. Everest and climbing, Chip provided a powerful example for all of us about how to dream and achieve our goals.
