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Welcome to a New Year and a New Blog!
Welcome to our brand new blog! This blog will be a place for Mr. Salsich’s 5th grade class to share our learning and connect with others. We are a class of 24 smart, creative students. * Our school is...
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In the first couple of weeks of school we talked a lot about attitudes for success. These are ways of thinking and acting that will help us accomplish our goals. The attitudes we focused on were:...
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Mystery Skype Call – San Jose, CA.
On Friday we did our first Mystery Skype call. A Mystery Skype call is when two classes Skype each other, but neither one knows where the other is located. The mission is to figure out where the other...
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Student Blogs and Commenting Skills
Every student in Mr. Salsich’s class now has their own blog! You can visit the home page for student blogs here. To get us started on blogging and commenting, we did a “Paper Blog” activity. Each of...
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“A Heavy Load”– Determining the Theme of a Narrative Story
We have been learning about how to determine the theme of a narrative story. Theme means the message, or the big idea, that the author is trying to communicate through the story. A story’s theme...
View ArticleDouble-Digit Multiplication Strategies
In math we are focusing on multiplying double-digit numbers. When we multiply numbers (or factors) together, we find the product of the factors. Factor x Factor = Product This can be tricky when both...
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“Trashing” Negative Thoughts
Quite a while back we did an activity where we built mini-catapults and then used them to “trash” some negative thoughts that might hold us back. This connects to what we have been learning about the...
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Fireside Book Chat –“The One and Only Ivan”
Reading is one of our favorite parts of the day. (In fact, if we don’t get independent reading time each day, Mr. Salsich will probably start to hear rumblings of a revolt!) Being able to pick our own...
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Mystery Skype – Duxbury, MA
Last week we did our fifth Mystery Skype call of the year. Mystery Skype calls are a great way to improve our geography skills, and they also help us improve our problem-solving, teamwork,...
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Marshmallow Poppers
(This post was written by Rachel and Chloe) How did we get the idea? We got this idea from our classmate Rachel. She did a great post about it on her blog, “Rachel S. Science Success!” Marshmallow...
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