Kyle Schumacher, Sandy Sutter, and Alexi Strommen and welcome you to 5th grade!   We are excited to have you join us this school year at Weaver Lake Elementary! 

Social Studies To access the social studies text online, go to www.eduplace.com/eservices.  The username for 5th graders is online05 and the password is book05.

Reading  For a great interactive resource for Trophies, our reading curriculum, please go to http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/5th/homework/trophy/hf/5th_read.htm

Responsive Classroom
We begin each day with a morning meeting where we greet, do an activity, share with one another, and end with news and announcements. 

Monarchs
In 5th grade students continue to explore the life cycle and characteristics of monarchs.  This year, an additional emphasis will be placed on performing experiments around monarch behavior. Students will also have the opportunity to create a video lab report that demonstrates their knowledge of monarchs.  This final project are displayed at the Weaver Lake Monarch Fair. See Monarch OE Data collected by our 5th graders.

Colonial Times WebQuest:

Why did some of the early immigrants choose to move to America?   In cooperative learning groups students will research colonial America through a Colonial Webquest created by 5th grade teachers. After time traveling to colonial America they will produce a video interview to the modern world about colonial life. Students will also be given an academic choice project where they will be able to choose activities/assignments based on their interest level and learning style.

Foss Science Curriculum

Variables:  Students will receive an overview of the scientific method.  Emphasis will be placed on conducting controlled experiments. 
Levers and Pulleys: Focus will be placed on these two types of simple machines.  Students will work hands-on to build and manipulate different classes of both levers and pulleys. 
Magnets and Electricity: Students will be creating circuits, testing for conductivity, and exploring the power of magentism.
Environments:  Exploration of optimal conditions for various plant forms along with discussion and experimentation of factors take place in this unit. 
Visit the FOSS web site for some fun activities.

What effect does the weight of the nose cone have on the length of our rocket's flight?  This is an example of a question students might decide to investigate through scientifically controlled experiments.  Students will build their own air pressure rockets.

Visit this website to try air pressure rocket activities and simulate your own rocket.
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/bottlerocket/br2_b.swf