Lakeshore+Elementary

Welcome, Lakeshore parents and students!

5th grade:

What an awesome debate the fifth graders had in Pirate Time! Mrs. Jones provided a wide variety of resources for the students to learn about the causes and effects of bullying. Students debated the topic "Should Bullies Be Prosecuted By Law" with Ms. Regrut and Mrs. Hinson serving as judges and Mrs. Jones as the moderator. The students' arguments were so well-researched and defended that I had a difficult time deciding which side to support. Well done, fifth graders!

Mrs. Jones - Mrs. Jones gave students the assignment to create a presentation advertising their own virtual reality game. We filmed the presentations to share them with the class. Some of the games were so intense that playing them would definitely be a challenge!

Mr. Duncan - Students are reading __Running Out of Time__, a novel by Margaret Peterson Haddix, the same author that wrote __Found__. Students are making predictions and studying the author's writing style.

Mrs. Coughlin - Students have had fun playing some challenging math games dealing with logic and probability. They also enjoyed laughing with me (or at me....) when my black pen leaked all over my face.

4th grade:

Mrs. Blevins - The math skills of these students are improving each week as they master more difficult division. Ask them about their colorful scuba diver!

Mrs. McDermott - We played Jeopardy to summarize Maniac Magee, and the girls team one once and the boys team one once. We will have to have a tiebreaker soon! We have also learned about idioms. Time to hit the books!

3rd grade:

Mrs. Watson - The students in Mrs. Watson's room are working on a multiplication project where they create their own problems and solve them. They enjoy writing problems about themselves and creating equations with the word "hobo." Interesting.....

5th grade:

Mrs. Jones - In reading, we have finished __A Long Way From Chicag__o. We focused on characterization, especially that of Grandma Dowdel. Students studied debate and propaganda techniques to prepare for a debate about Grandma's influence on the children in the story. We are currently reading __Heir Apparent__ and plan to focus on finding textual evidence to support our conclusions.

Mr. Duncan - The students in Mr. Duncan's class have worked on some extremely creative book projects. Mr. Duncan has provided an extensive array of choices, which is an excellent strategy for gifted learners. The students have finished the novel __Found__ and studied some of the historical characters mentioned in the book. They have taken the novel's treatment of time travel and discussed how choices affect the future.

Mrs. Coughlin - Mrs. Couglin's students have completed challenging "real-world" math problems including fractions, ratios, and percents. Be sure to ask about the Plop Plop Fizz Fizz Buffet.

4th grade:

Mrs. Blevins - We have practiced our two digit by two digit multiplication by playing a game with cards and number generators. Some students have asked about adding more digits. The student who played against me is really, really fast!

Mrs. McDermott - We have worked on the novel __Maniac Magee__ and focused on characterization. The students wrote questions to make a Jeopardy game that we will play soon. We have also worked on essay writing.

3rd grade:

Mrs. Watson - We have worked on some reading skills while studying about volcanoes and some math skills on the skill area of graphing.