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Full of Holiday Spirit!

The month of December has brought plenty of holiday cheer to Grade 5. For this week's Community Time, the middle school came together to create ornaments that will adorn our holiday trees around the building.








We are even getting into the Christmas spirit in Reading class! The fifth grade has begun their first novel, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, which they are experiencing through literature circles. Literature circles are student-centered and allow children to contribute to the learning process while exploring literature. Each fifth grader has a specific job within their group with responsibilities; by working together, they use context clues and a range of reading strategies to understand, apply, and connect to their reading.







On Thursday and Friday, Mrs. S's and Mrs DeLuca's math classes got together to build their geometric gingerbread designs. The students had a blast working with different edible materials and used their problem-solving skills to construct unique designs. 















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