Week of February 29th to 4th March

 It was another great week in fifth grade!
On Friday the fifth graders had a chance to showcase their different writing samples. We are so proud of everything they have accomplished in Writing.

This week:
Reading:
We will continue reading Bridge to Terabithia. Students will learn new vocabulary and make connections: text to text, text to self and text to world.

Writing:
We will continue learning about the elements of poetry. We will be writing Cinquains and on Wednesday, March 2 we will be celebrating Dr Seuss' birthday.

Math
We will be completing our first section on Fraction this week.  Students will have their Chapter 7 test next Tuesday, 8th of March.  Please review nightly for this test.

Science
Students have started their Aquarium!!

Week of February 21 - 25

We hope everyone had a relaxing week end!

This week in fifth grade:

Reading:
We will continue reading Bridge to Terabithia and will work on different reading strategies like cause and effect, back up and reread, inferences etc.

Writing:
In Writing we will be working on poetry as we celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday next week on March 2. We will be learning how to write different types of poetry like haikus, cinquains, acrostics etc.
On Friday, February 25 the fifth graders will showcase their written work in the school library. If you can, please stop by and visit so you can see their wonderful books! The fifth grade students will be presenting their work from 8:15 am to 10:15 am.

Ancient Greece Myth Vases:
Students did an amazing job on their Greek Vases which displays various Myths and their own myths they wrote for English class.  These will be displayed in front of Fifth grade until the end of the week for all to admire.

Science

We will begin our thematic unit on Ecosystems. We will be learning about living things and how they depend on each other to survive. Students will continue to develop their reading skills of informative text, note taking and studying skills throughout this unit.  Students will also be working in groups to create a terrarium and aquarium this week.

Math

We continue with Fractions this week.  

Remember to review nightly and there is a Math Quiz every Friday on the materials covered.

IXL K.4

February 16 - 19

We hope you all had a relaxing long weekend!

Second Group Presentations: Ancient Greece Gods and Goddesses
The worked hard and did a great job!




They are now completing their Myth Vase.  Pictures to come!

Science:
We will begin our thematic unit on Ecosystems. We will be learning about living things and how they depend on each other to survive. Students will be working collaboratively to create a terrarium and aquarium.

Groups are to bring 3 two litre Coca Cola Bottles fully cleaned out on Tuesday.  Instructions on how to clean the bottles are on Google drive.

Math
Students have finished Division and now are starting on their Fraction Unit.

Reading
Fifth graders enjoyed reading our two class novels and last week had the opportunity to watch the movie version of both "Tuck Everlasting" and "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe". They will be comparing the book and movie version using a venn diagram. This week they will begin reading Bridge to Terabithia.
We will be working on different comprehension strategies as well as cause and effect.

Writing
We will continue working on our graphic novels this week. The students have worked hard on this writing activity. On Friday we will be showcasing three of their writing pieces: Fairy Tales, Myths and Graphic Novels.

February 8-12

Ancient Greece
Presentations on Gods and Goddesses started this week and students did a great job presenting their Gods or  Goddesses.

Presentations will conclude on Monday with the remaining Gods and Goddesses.

Don't forget:  Bring your materials for your Ancient Greece Vase Art project on Monday.

Math
Chapter 4 Math test Monday, February 8th.
We will be starting our unit on Fractions this week.

Language Arts
Fifth grade had just finished writing their myth and will start on their graphic novel this week.

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Week of February 1 - 5

We hope everyone had a relaxing weekend and were able to come to the Fun Run on Saturday.
This week in fifth grade we will:

Reading: 
We will finish the book Tuck Everlasting and will review strategies for reading comprehension, fluency and reading with accuracy. We will also be watching the movie! As an independent reading we will continue with  The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Writing
We have begun working on creating a myth and fifth graders have been assigned a myth for Friday, February 5. They must include characteristics of myths discussed in class. We have read many different kinds of myths together.

Grammar:
 We will be working on using similes and metaphors to make our  writing more interesting as well as revising different pieces of writing checking for punctuation errors. We will review possessive nouns.

Math:
We will continue working on dividing by two digit divisors and dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000.
Students must practice Xtramath at least three times a week.
Chapter 4 Math Test: Monday, February 8th

Social Studies:
Fifth graders will finish working on the final copy of the Ancient Greece report which is due on Friday, February 5. The presentation on Gods and Goddesses will be on Friday and Monday.

Science:
We will begin our thematic unit on Ecosystems. We will be learning about living things and how they depend on each other to survive. Students will be working collaboratively to create a terrarium and aquarium.