Grade 5

5th Grade Biomes Experts have accepted the challenge!After investigating the biomes of the world, students in Mrs. Bouffard's grade 5 science classes rose to the occasion and agreed to help a small community of individuals move from the comfort...

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Skype and Sketchnotes

Skype and Sketchnotes at SpoffordStudents in all grades have had two fun experiences this week.  One experience absolutely relied on technology and the other did not.  However, in both cases students gained new information and new...

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Breakout EDU

It's a Revolution!Students in Mrs. Valzania's grade 5 social studies were recently called upon to bring together the 13 colonies, sign the Declaration of Independence and prepare for war with the British.Working together in teams students rose...

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Time to Breakout!

Students in Grades 4 & 5 UseGrowth Mindset Skills to BREAKOUTSeveral fourth and fifth grade classes recently experienced BreakoutEDU with their classmates.  The challenge was to use clues, critical thinking, common sense and collaboration...

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Moon Phases

Over the MoonMrs. Bouffard's Grade 5 Scientists Study Moon PhasesLast week in Mrs. Bouffard's science classes students went on a lunar mission.  Their task was to understand and identify the phases of the moon and how the Sun, Earth, and...

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Happy New Year

Digital Citizenship ReviewDigital Citizenship is a vital part of using technology.  Upon returning from the December break, during library/media classes, Mrs. Boulay and I reviewed the importance of being good digital citizens with all...

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November Technology Updates

So far, November has been a busy month of technology integration in all grade levels.  Teachers and students use a wide variety of devices in dynamic ways to foster student engagement in all subjects.Here are a few highlights:The Polar...

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Technology Use In Full Swing

Spofford Students Are Keeping Busy with TechnologyStudents in all grades at Spofford Pond School have been keeping our technology in heavy rotation as we glide through our first months of school.  One highlight of the week happened when5th...

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Grade 5

Grade 5 ScienceGoogle Slides Collaboration with Mrs. O'Brien's and Mrs. Wiles-Stasko's StudentsThis week in science, 5th grade students worked collaboratively on a Google Slides presentation to answer the question, "How does the hydrosphere...

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Global Reading Event

Read Across America!Read Across the World!Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!Today Spofford Pond students participated in Read Across America, "an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate...

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Celebrating Computer Science Education Week

Hour of Code 2017In celebration of Computer Science Education Week (December 4-10, 2017) all classes at Spofford Pond Elementary School participated in an Hour of Code.  Hour of Code is a worldwide phenomenon that reaches tens of millions...

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Fun with Kahoot!

Fifth Grade Science Classes Try A Kahoot is a collection of questions on specific topics. Created by teachers, students, business-people and social users, they are asked in real-time, to an unlimited number of “players”, creating...

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Grade 5 Google Tools for Productivity

Mrs. Medugno's & Mrs. Bouffard's Classes Practice with Read & WriteFifth grade students spent some time practicing using the highlighting feature of Read & Write for Google.  This feature allows students to read online documents...

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Grade 5 Green Screen

Fifth grade students in Mrs. Medugno's and Mrs. Bouffard's social studies classes recently wrapped up their studies of Early Explorers.  As a culminating project, using Green Screen and iMovie, they created an episode of "Family Feud"...

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Grade 5 Opinion Writing

Zoos:  The Pros and ConsMrs. Medugno's students have been practicing writing opinion pieces.  Their topic of focus was whether or not zoos should exist.  After choosing a side and supporting it with facts and ideas, students...

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Polar VorTechs & Green Team

Last month the Polar VorTechs video crew and the Green Teamworked together to create this public service message.Enjoy!Technology Essential Questions:How can technology be used to enhance a project and communicate knowledge?How can we use this...

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Grade 5 Interactive Timelines

Students in Mrs. Bouffard's 5th grade recently worked on creating interactive timelines depicting important scientific finds and events.  Students gathered data from online research, input the data into a spreadsheet and with the help...

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Grade 5 Explains Everything!

Students' in Mrs. Cummings Grade 5 math class recently had opportunity to use the app Explain Everything.  Explain Everything is an interactive whiteboard and screencasting app.  Students were challenged with writing a word problem...

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The Polar VorTechs interview the Green Team

The Polar VorTechs recently interviewed the Spofford Pond School Green Team.Enjoy! Technology Essential Question:How can we use this software to create original, innovative works and ide...

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Polar VorTechs

The Polar VorTechs are Spofford Pond School's Student led IT crew.Twelve students from Grades 5 & 6 meet weekly during theirlunch/recess block to learn about our school's technology.They also use technology to gather information on school...

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