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= 5th Grade Homepage Material Instruction and Review =

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media type="custom" key="28849964" "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." Confucius

Schooling is primarily process oriented, while Students are primarily product oriented. Effective instruction involves combining the two.

My name is Patrick Thomas and I am the Science Teacher for all 3rd-5th grade students and have been a Science Teacher for 19 years. This year, 5th grade students are scheduled to receive two Science classes a week.

My teaching style is to provide an environment where students are able to experience and reflect on Science topics. This is accomplished through hands-on activities with products as well as formal instruction practices.

So far, students will pursue
 * Life Processes of Respiration and Photosynthesis.
 * Working review of the life-cycle of a flowering plant and how it's structures (roots, stem, leaves, etc) allow it to meet its needs.
 * Introduction to the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) design process where students created towers to design criteria and tested for improvements.
 * Working understanding of how an Ecosystem functions.

All activities covered in class will be checked ■ green in the navigation bar.

The purpose of this site is to be an online learning and resource aid. This site will provide:
 * Topic Information
 * Science Content
 * Objective/Homework Descriptions
 * Online Activities
 * Links to additional content on the Internet

The site is a work in process. As such, content and material will be added and refined as the year progresses.

Feel free to contact me a pthomas2@bostonpublicschools.org if your have any questions. If your primary language is not English, feel free to email me in your native language. I will translate it online and get back to you. Please identify your child using first and last name as well as classroom so I can reference parent primary language in my records.

I hope to hear from you.

Patrick M Thomas.