Week of February 15th - 18th

February 18:    $5.00 Due for Field Trip

February 22:    AWIM 2 - 3:30 (last one)

February 23:    Symphony Field Trip, 5th Grade Release

 

PRESIDENTS' DAY!

Monday, Feb. 21 is President's Day. We would like all fifth graders to wear red, white, and blue on this day. We will be engaged in various activities throughout the day including Presidential Trivia, reciting the Presidents in the lunch room, and celebrating with a birthday cake!! This is in place of a Valentine's Day Party.

 

Reading:

I have been enjoying the student Lit Kit presentations! It has been good for them to work on their presentation skills and they are doing quite well! Summarizing a novel can be difficult and I am proud of everyone for their hard work in this area. Next week we will begin our next genre unit reading several texts. The focal novel is The Fighting Ground.

Math:

We continue in our first fraction unit. We are continually reviewing previous lessons as we progress through the unit. This week's new lessons were simplest form, comparing fractions and comparing and ordering fractions. We are also reviewing past concepts such as multiplication, multiplying with decimals, division, distributive property, and graphing.

 

Writing:

Final drafts of president reports are due on Tuesday. These should be typed and have a cover page. 

Next week students will begin writing and designing brochures to encourage people to move to the colonies, an assignment that ties to their social studies unit. 

Science:

We have been discussing and experimenting with simple machines. We have learned that simple machines make work easier since less force is needed to be used. Types we have learned about are lever, wheel and axles, and pulleys. 

 Next week in AWIM: Groups will compete against each other to see whose car can go the farthest and straightest. The winner from each class will compete against each other.