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.
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