Final Week of Term 5

This week students will be working on their WWII projects and opinion biographies during class.  The WWII presentations will begin on Wednesday so students should work on them at home if they need time beyond what they have in class.  Additionally, they should be studying for Friday's WWII assessment.  If your child will not be here on Friday, please let me know by this Wednesday.

Today we discussed rationing during WWII and students made small posters.  They wrote down what lens rationing is best connected to and they created illustrations to show their learning.  The majority of groups picked "responsibility" because Americans helped the war effort by rationing, growing victory gardens, canning, and recycling. 

Homework:  Study for the WWII assessment quizlet and review class notes, Math homework, LINKS homework, work on WWII project and opinion biography if the class time isn't enough.

Volunteer to Be a Mentor For Fifth Graders

In the final year of the IB Primary Years Programme, students participate in a culminating project known as the Exhibition. Students are required to engage in a group process that involves them in identifying, investigating and offering solutions to real-life issues. Through this inquiry, they will also manage their time, research, proactively work with mentors, take appropriate actions, communicate their findings, assess their tasks and CELEBRATE their learning. Students will ultimately share their learning during the day as a part of the fifth grade moving on celebration that we call the F.AVE Finale.

We need you to help us accomplish this by volunteering in a fifth grade class for a minimum of one day a week for 45 minutes or an hour over the next 4 weeks.

The mentor should:

•                Meet regularly with the appointed group of students.

•                Offer advice on locating resources and using them efficiently.

•                Ask questions.

•                Help interpret sophisticated/difficult information.

•                Facilitate interviews, telephone calls, and any electronic communication.

•                Provide goal setting and time management advice.

•                Be supportive and encouraging.

•                Celebrate achievements and successes with the students.

•                Attend mentor training Wednesday, April 15th from 5:30-6:30 PM

The mentor should not:

•                Do the work for students.

•                Tell the students the direction to take, but instead ask probing questions to help facilitate their inquiry.

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If you are a fifth grade parent and are interested in being a mentor, please RSVP for mentor training by emailing Karen Newton, IB Coordinator at knewton@csdecatur.net.