Happy Friday Families!
It's hard to believe that we've officially entered our final trimester and Spring Break is only a couple of weeks away! Our students have had the opportunity to reflect upon their 5th grade year so far and are looking for finish our school year off strong!
Read below to find out what we're learning in class!
Literacy
Our students are currently reading several non-fiction texts in order to find cause and effect relationships of events and / or people. Some cause and effect relationships included the causes of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the effects of owning a wild pet, and what the effects were of the Civil Rights Movement. Next week, our students will read about women of discovery, who accomplished great feats and helped pave the way for many young girls and women today! These magnificent women include Bessie Coleman, Katherine Johnson, Mae Jemison, and Wilma Rudolph!
Writing
Our students are in the early stages of planning their analytical choice essays. Their for-or-against topic choices include: Celebrating Christopher Columbus, Learning foreign languages in school, GMO information on food labels, and cell phones in the classroom, just to name a few. Students will utilize multiple resources to research their topic, plan their introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions.
Math
Our students recently started Unit 6, which incorporates skills in the area of geometry. This week, we learned about locating and labeling ordered pairs on a coordinate plane and investigated patterns within a number series. Within the coming weeks, our students will start to explore the hierarchy of polygons, which include triangles and quadrilaterals. We will work classifying shapes based on attributes using academic language related to angles and length of sides.
Social Studies
We started our final unit of study in Social Studies- Citizens' Rights & Responsibilities. Our students are learning about the different branches of government and the system of checks and balances these branches use on on another in order to help balance power. In the coming weeks, our students will explore how our country’s founders established a system of federalism within the United States.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, March 19th - No School (Teacher Institute Day)
Thursday, March 21st - Family Educator Conferences (5:00 - 8:30pm)
Friday, March 22nd - NO SCHOOL: Family Educator Conferences (10:00 AM-1:30 PM)
Friday, March 25th - SPRING BREAK BEGINS
Monday, April 1st - SCHOOL RESUMES
Friendly Reminders
Please remind your student to charge his/her iPad and Logitech Crayon every night
Please remember to send your student with a healthy snack - nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack!
Please continue to have your student practice their multiplication facts up to 12
Band and orchestra students should remember to be prepared with their instruments and music books on the days of lessons.
