Here are some of the topics we have been covering in 5th grade....ask your 5th grader about these for some conversation starters about school.
Math
- expressions/equations
- factors/multiples
- partial products
- volume and surface area
Science
- Why is the sun up sometimes and not other times?
- Why is the sun the only star we can see in the daytime?
- Do the stars move? Explain
Literacy
- long "0" sounds, spelling and rules
- answering questions explictly while quoting accurately from a text
- backing up inferences with evidence from text
- practicing paragraph writing
- reflecting on personality traits that make up who we are
- reading and writing around non-fiction texts
- quick writes in the form of narratives and creative writing
- Literacy Book we used this week
SELS/Health
- Different abilities
- Being a critical consumer and when accessing information
- Check out some of the books we shared using the links below!!
- Why Johnny Doesn't Flap
- The Present
- Just Ask
