KT Murphy Elementary School

UPDATED: January 8, 2011

Thank you for the shoe boxes that have been sent in for the pinhole camera workshop.  Boxes where the lids come completely off are best.  Please let your child's teacher know if you are available to spray paint the boxes.  Thanks!

​January 17: Representatives from Trailblazers will visit the fifth grade students.

January 25: We will participate in an in-school demonstration about Pioneer Living.  It's also SCIENCE NIGHT!  Be on the lookout for notices going home with more details.

February 15: Trip to IMAX theater at the Maritime Aquarium to see "Lewis and Clark" and "Sea Rex: A Journey to a Prehistoric World".  

February 29, March 1 and 2: Pinhole Camera Workshop

April 25: A performance of "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" at KTM.

May 18: Field Day

May 23: Field Day Rain Date

Math:

Unit 5 Overview:

*To review fraction concepts, such as exploring mixed numbers, comparing and ordering fractions, and finding equivalent fractions.

*To practice turning fractions into decimals and percents.

*To review the properties and construction of bar and circle graphs.

Math Games for Unit 5:

*Fraction Top-It

*Fraction Top-It (addition)

*Factor Captor

*Estimation Squeeze

*Number Top-It (3-place decimals)

*2-4-5-10 Frac-Tac-Toe

*2-4-5-10 Frac-Tac-Toe (percent version)

*Fraction/Percent Concentration

*Fraction Of

*Name that Number

Literacy:

Our unit on report writing began in reading and writing, and we are also working on expository writing.  Students will be responding to an expository writing prompt on their upcoming CMT's in March.  Students are working on pieces with a strong lead, clear organization of three main points, and descriptive details.