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.
Picture Day is next Thursday!!!!
Math
- working with fractions in terms of money and clocks
- working with creepy carrots --weighing and graphing
- working with mystery buildings (deciphering front view/side view/top view)
Science
- Why do we see stars at different times of the year?
- What does the "Dog Days of Summer" really mean?
- Investigation: Why do we see different stars on different nights?
Literacy
- long "e" 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
- Hispanic Heritage Month
- Yellow and Red Zones
- How do Peers/Family/Culture impact our health?
