Content Connections

Makingconnections.Text to text,text to self,text to world. Based on quotes from fantasy lit circles#tatemtigerpride

Power of persuasion

The students worked together to create commercials using a variety of persuasive strategies. 

http://youtu.be/A_kKScesW_Y

Hour of Code

The Students participated in hour of code today. 

Holiday Shopping

The kids had a blast buying gifts for family and friends today at the Tatem Holiday Shop. 

Totem Poles

The students created totem poles today inspired by our reading and research on Native Americans. 

QR Codes

Math task cards with QR Codes and creating our own division word problems. 

Making Butter

Enjoying our hard work. Cornbread with homemade butter. 

Liquid to a Solid

@JenHarding55: In honor of Thanksgiving. Turning liquid to a solid by making butter. #tatemtigerpride 

Sphero golf

Students were challenged to create a golf course for their sphero to travel. Protractors were a necessity to measure degrees while setting their code. 

Spheros

@JenHarding55: Kicking off spheros in the classroom. Building a strong foundation in STEM. #tatemtigerpride #spheroedu 

Understanding Characters Part 2

The students watched a movie I created based on a fictitious mascot disappearance. They investigated character motives in order to solve this mystery. The students also used their fingerprinting expertise to help come to a final determination. 

Understanding Characters

@JenHarding55: Understanding characters using: thoughts, actions, words. Skit: Case of the Missing Library Book. #tatemtigerpride 

Small moment stories

Small moment story celebration. Gallery walk writing comments to each author. 

Halloween Fun

The kids enjoyed many great activities today. We learned about polymers and introduced mixtures and solutions by making slime! 

All dressed up

Happy Halloween from 5H! 

Pumpkin seeds

Today the students enjoyed the fruits of their labor. Roasted pumpkin seeds... Yummy! 

Hands on Messy

The students weren't afraid to get messy today during pumpkin math. They put their seed estimations to the test. 

Pumpkin Math

The students used non-standard units of measurement (paper clips) to find height and circumference. 

Beauty and the Beast

5th graders across the district walked to the high school today to preview the show. It was sensational! 

How to videos

The students created "how to" videos to coincide with the focus skill: sequence of events. One student made freshly squeezed lemonade. 

How to make toast

Focus skill:sequence of events. Our strategy detailed step by step directions on how to make toast. #tatemtigerpride 

Cars up-close

5Harding cars up close. So proud of their hard work. 

Community Meeting

Check out the link to our student made video on PBL and STEM. 

http://animoto.com/play/ydm2g0s9svJOd8FIoRFZEA

Magnets and graphing

The students experimented with the strength of magnets. 

Tatem 500

Today the students put their hard work to the test. The Tatem 500 was a success. The categories we focused on were distance, speed & design. 

Math stations

The students started unit 2 in math. Stations helped reinforce skills. 

CSI Tatem

The students learned how to identify their own fingerprints today. This will help them later when they have to solve a fictitious crime. #STEM

Final stages

The students of 5H are in the final stages of creating their balloon powered racecars. 

Math with laptops

After fact and current content practice the students were faced with a math research challenge. Each week the students will conduct math research. 

Types of Sentences

The students traveled around the room identifying different types of sentences on task cards. 

Math Stations

The students worked through their first round of math stations. Small group instruction is the key to our success. 

Balloon cars

The students began constructing their balloon cars today. I saw collaboration, trial and error and cooperation. Great start! 

EEKK

EEKK is the acronym for elbow elbow knee knee. This how the students should look during the Daily 5 when they choose Read to Someone. 

Building Stamina

The students grabbed an iPick book and worked on building our reading stamina. We made it to 9 minutes without distractions! #Daily5

Color code challenge

First coding challenge was a success. They were able to make the ozobots "dance" using color codes. 

Balloon Tower & Math Dominoes

The students were challenged to build the tallest balloon tower. Teamwork was the key to success.
Math dominoes was a success during math, the kids brushed up on their multiplication facts.

Saving Fred

1st mission accomplished. The students were able to successfully save Fred. Great team building activity. 

Ready to go!

5H is all set and ready to roll. Can't wait to see you all on Wednesday! 

Makerspace

@JenHarding55: Planning my first lesson using ozobots. Can't wait to share with my students. #STEM #makerspace 

Robotics + Coding

Meet two new editions to our makerspace classroom. These are ozobots. We can name them on the first day of school.