Here is what we have been learning in
fifth grade:
Daily 5/CAFE:
This week students will complete the menu entitled: “Fantasy Texts”. Students will analyze chapters and add a new
chapter to their fantasy text. They will
also read a poem and determine the theme of the poem and how the speaker
reflects upon the topic.
Writing: Students
will work on the introduction and opening paragraph of their fantasy
story. They will use dialogue,
description, and pacing to show the responses of their characters to
situations.
Math:
We are continuing to work on our fractions
unit. Students are learning to interpret a fraction as division of the
numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b) also solving word problems involving
division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed
numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the
problem. The students are also adding and subtracting fractions with unlike
denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with
equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or
difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12
15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b c/d = (ad bc)/bd.) Next week we will be moving
into multiplying fractions by whole numbers and fractions by fractions.
Science: We are starting our Human Body webquest this
week. Students are becoming an expert on a body system and finding out system
and finding out the important organs and functions of the system, how it works
with other systems and what steps they can take to keep their system healthy.
Students will be presenting their finish products of this information later
this week.
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