April 22, 2015 Newsletter

Here is what we have been learning in fifth grade:

Daily 5/CAFE: This week students will begin a new biographical menu entitled, Mae Jemison.  Students will complete a Flow Map and compare two articles on the Space Station. 

Writing: Students will work on research assignments related to the Civil War and Weather.

Math:. Students finished up their volume unit yesterday and are now moving into our last unit of customary and metric units of measurement. The students will need to be able to convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real world problems.

Science: Students in Mrs.Topoll’s class finished up their weather unit today. They will be starting their Civil War unit with Mrs. Beyer on Wednesday.

Social Studies:  Civil War and Reconstruction. Students will analyze the impact of major conflicts and battles and compare the changing roles of women and minorities on American society from Pre-Colonial through Reconstruction.

Review Math Homework

Review Math Homework

In preparation for the EOGs next month, we will be using Tenmarks for our review math problems. The link is provided below and it is also to the right, listed under Links. The student know their log in information. They should complete 3 assigments, each week, by Friday. This will replace the other weekly review problems. Please ensure your child completes these assignments by Friday each week. Thank you!

Tenmarks

April 8, 2015 Newsletter

Here is what we have been learning in fifth grade:

Daily 5/CAFE: This week students will begin a new menu entitled: “Eye of the Storm”, which incorporates science/ weather vocabulary.  Students will begin to analyze information gathered from several texts about the weather and write knowledgeably about this topic and answer critical thinking questions.

Writing: Students will begin to learn more about Research Writing.  They will identify characteristics and the purpose of writing in content areas.  They will practice observational writing, sketching with labels and captions, and how to take notes using boxes.

Math: The students finished their unit on fractions last week. This week we started our new unit on volume. Students will be learning  to recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement.

a) A cube with side length 1 unit, called a "unit cube," is said to have "one cubic unit" of volume, and can be used to measure volume.

b) A solid figure which can be packed without gaps or overlaps using n unit cubes is said to have a volume of n cubic units. Students will also be measuring volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units.

Science: We have started our last science unit for the year. It is our weather unit. Students will be expected to understand weather patterns and phenomena, making connection to the weather in a particular place and time. Students will also need to be able to compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns. They will also need to be able to predict upcoming weather events from weather data collected through observation and measurements.