November

5th Grade News

We are thankful that we have the opportunity to bond with your children. We must remember that academic success is important, but the most important thing is family and everyone’s well-being.

It is now time for the second marking period to begin! This is a chance for everyone to have a fresh start with new goals for personal growth.

- The 5th Grade Team

Mrs. Calabretta, Mrs. Finn, Ms. Haines, Mrs. Hogan, Ms. Maloney

November Curriculum Connections

Reading / Writing

We are wrapping up CKLA Unit 2: Early American Civilizations and beginning Unit 3: Poetry. In this unit students will explore the methods and devices used by poets, which will prepare them to read and interpret both formal and free verse poems. Students will also have many opportunities to practice what they have learned by creating their own poems.

CKLA Caregiver Letter Unit 3

Math

Grade 5 Math

We will continue Module 2: Multi-Digit Whole Number and Decimal Fraction Operations. We are starting Topic F: Partial Quotients and Multi-Digit Whole Number Division. We will then continue on multi-digit decimal division and end the module with measurement word problems. Be sure to ask your child about the homework helpers found in the succeed book that corresponds with each lesson. These are a great resource for self-help and to monitor your child’s progress. You can access parent tip sheets digitally from the Great Minds Website

Grade 5 / 6 Compacted Math

Grade 5 Module 5 covers Addition and Multiplication with Volume and Area. Topic C- In this topic students will find the area of rectangles with fractional side lengths. They will also multiply mixed number factors, and relate to the distributive property and the area model. Topic D- In this topic students will analysis the properties and defining attributes of quadrilaterals.

Great Minds Website

Science / Social Studies

Science

Students will be exploring the structure and properties of matter.

Hands-on experiments will reinforce the scientific method to test the Law of Conservation of Matter.

Social Studies

In Unit 2, students will use social studies literacy and thinking skills to learn about how different perspectives of people living in America led to increased tensions. They will answer the unit question: How do people respond to social, economic, and political uncertainty?

We will begin the unit by describing the various motives for westward expansion and how the people of American Indian Nations and Mexico responded to it. We will also explain the impact of the transcontinental railroad on Westward Expansion and how Westward Expansion led to increased conflict between the North and the South over enslavement.