5th Grade Weekly Newsletter

May 6-10

Important Notes

Locker Clean Out

We cleaned lockers today during our WIN classes. Hopefully, your child will have all the sweatshirts, socks, and jackets that they have left inside over the winter at home now. It's amazing what we find in those things!!

Field Trip and End of Year Donation.

If you haven't turned in your $25 yet, PLEASE CONTACT US via email or phone! We can work with you and/or help if needed! We want all students to be able to participate in our end-of-the-year festivities!!

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Classroom Information

📚 Language Arts 📚

In ELA students are working on reading and writing personal narratives. We are reading The First San Giving Day and writing about a memorable moment. Students will have a quick personification quiz on Thursday. Students can use their packets and IXL skill DBX to study.

May will be the LAST grade for independent reading and Reading Counts quiz grades. These scores are due by 5/31.

➕➖ Math ✖️➗

HOMEWORK IS ATTACHED BELOW.

In math, we are reviewing all 5th grade skills. There will be a quiz each week to see how well the students are remembering concepts and skills.

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🧪 Science 🔭

We have completed our Living Systems Module and are beginning our Mixtures and Solutions module. This week we will be discovering physical properties of mixtures and will separate mixtures based on their properties. There will be several lab days where students will separate mixtures and solutions using screens, filters and evaporation.. We are learning the mass of a mixture is equal to the mass of its constituents. Vocabulary has been introduced and students will be held accountable for these terms. Study guide is included. The vocabulary test will be Wednesday, May 15.

🗺️ Social Studies 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦

This year we have been learning the names of the 50 states. We took a pretest the first month of school, a mid-year test, and will soon take the final test. The expectation is that students will be able to label 25 of the 50 United States. The test is scheduled for Wednesday, May 15th. I have attached a practice sheet and answer key. Feel free to print multiple copies so your child can practice at home.

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United States Map Practice.pdf

Unit 8 Flashcards_ Words.pdf

Unit 8 Flashcard Definitions.pdf

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📙 Read 180 📘

This week in READ 180 we will be practicing CER responses, which stands for Claim, Reasoning, and Evidence. Students will be learning about, planning, and building structures! Ask your student about their structure, and what evidence and reasoning they had to design it the way they did!

🧰 Special Education Intervention ✏️

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🎨 Art 🖌️

Exploratory Art kids are working on creating painted rocks using paint and paint markers to send home for mothers day. We are practicing good paint supply care and steps to creating a successful painting. Look for the stones to be coming home this weekend!

📯 Band 🎷

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🌮 Spanish 🥑

Last week, we learned about Cinco de Mayo. See if your student can tell you a fact about it! We are still practicing the countries of South America and their capitals. Their quiz will be THURSDAY, May 9th! They will be allowed to retake the quiz. They all have a worksheet to study and a website, Geoguessr.com. Our next unit will be Central American countries and capitals.