Monday, May 1, 2017

May 3, 2017 Newsletter

Here is what we have been learning in fifth grade:

Reading: This week students will finish their biographical menu entitled, Mae Jemison.  Students will have completed a Flow Map and compared and contrasted two articles on the Space Station. Next week, students will be working on a menu entitled, Volcanos. They will be reading non-fiction articles and using their critical thinking skills to answer comprehension questions. Students will also be creating a travel brochure about a volcano of their choice.

Writing: Students are finishing up their severe weather essays. They are working on revisions, editing and publishing their pieces. They will begin researching a famous volcano next week.

Math:. We have concluded our last unit of customary and metric units of measurement and line plots. The students will beginning a daily review of the math standards covered this year in preparation for the EOGs.

Social Studies:  Students are finishing up learning about the causes of the Civil War and are moving into reconstruction and conducting research of a battle.