Language Arts
In Reading Workshop this week, we will continue comparing characters from different stories and writing our responses as we would an Extended Response Question. We will also begin inferring what an unfamiliar setting looks like and feels like.
After looking over the American Revolution articles produced by our fifth grade writers, we see amazing strides being made in writing. Among other great skills we see students are now using more complex transitions in their paragraphs, grabbing the reader's attention right off in the lead, and wrapping up with a review in their conclusions.
This week we'll take the information from our articles and produce a comic strip using a program called Storyboardthat. Technology and writing going hand in hand!
-Mrs. Baker (Baker & Bryant)
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-Mrs. Rhodes (Rhodes & Mattingly)
Math
I am so impressed with all of the recipe projects! They look delicious! Thanks to all of the family members that helped make the recipe for extra credit.
Learning Targets
- I can interpret multiplication of fractions as scaling/resizing.
- I can divide a whole number by a unit fraction.
- I can divide a unit fraction by a whole number.
There are NO IXL lessons this week!
February Calendar Math is due Friday, February 28th.
-Mrs. Mattingly
Social Studies and Science
With the addition of new land to the United States, white settlers began pushing across the Ohio River Valley and Great Plains. What impact will that have on the natives in that area? How will that expand trade/economic opportunities? What obstacles will new settlers have as they move west?
We will not take a test this week, but the topics will be part of next weeks test on February 27. A study guide will come home next Monday for that test on Westward Expansion (covers about 50 years of history so it has taken a few weeks).
Science:
We know mixtures and solutions can be separated, but how do we do this? This week, we will use our knowledge of physical properties to determine how to separate mixtures and solutions.
-Ms. Bryant
