Here is what we have been learning in fifth grade:
Daily 5/CAFE:
This week students will complete their Daily 5 Menu entitled: A Boy Called Slow. They have been working to determine the theme
of the story and how characters respond to challenges. They have also worked on
story vocabulary and comprehension skills.
Writing:
This week students will continue working
on narrative writing but the focus shifts to memoirs later in the week.
Students will explore mentor texts that discuss features of a memoir and begin
to think like a writer as they prepare to write their own memoir.
Math: We
have been reading, writing, and comparing decimals to thousandths place. We
will be moving into rounding decimals and powers of 10. The students will be
recognizing that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10
times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it
represents in the place to its left.
Science: The students
in Mrs. Beyer’s class are starting the ecosystem unit. We will be discussing
living and non- living things and how they depend on one another in an
environment. The students will be researching land and water biomes and
creating a flip book with this information.
The students in Mrs. Topoll’s class will
begin the unit on Economics. We will answer the question, “How do economic
decisions affect our lives?” They will begin by learning the importance of
developing a budget for savings and spending. We will also spend time
discussing the role of international trade between the US and other
countries. We will work on unit
vocabulary and practice taking notes.
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