Hello Familes!
Fall is in the air and the fifth graders have been working hard in all subject areas! Please read about all of our hard work below:
Literacy
For our daily shared lessons we've been reading a story called The Road to Freedom. It is narrated from the point of view of a young girl who is traveling on the Underground Railroad with her mother in hopes of making it North to freedom. The kids have been highly engaged with the text and we’ve had many great discussions related to topics raised within the story.
Writing
We have been using The Road to Freedom as a springboard for various writing samples. We have practiced short, constructed responses with prompts, and we are currently preparing to write a longer opinion paper based on topics/issues related to slavery from the book.
Math
Yesterday we finished the target that deals with dividing with a larger dividend and divisor. We emphasized the partial quotients algorithm to solve these problems. Students were given a CFA in order to monitor their progress on this skill. Those who did not meet will be given further remediation.Today we started on the next target of adding and subtracting decimals.
Social Studies
We’ve been engaged in lots of learning about trade. Most recently we’ve started to learn about the trade that took place early on in our World’s history.
Science
This week we continued on with our weather unit, focusing on the greenhouse effect. We even conducted an experiment to show how it works! Be sure to a ask your child about it!
Reminders/Upcoming Events
** Please be sure that your child is doing the minimum of 30 minutes per week of practice!
** Completed October reading logs will be due Monday, November 2.
** Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack. Nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack!
** Please continue to have your child practice their multiplication facts up to 12.
Halloween Parade and Parties
Please see Mrs. Gluck’s blog posts for the details. The kids will need to have the signed permission slip back at school by next Friday in order to be able to go home for lunch and change into their costumes. Everyone else should bring their costumes to school to change into after lunch. The parties will immediately follow the parade. Thank you in advance to all the parents who are sending items and/or helping at the parties! The kids are really looking forward to it!
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you and have a fantastic weekend!
Enzie Pangilinan
