Curriculum Night Reminder
5th Grade Curriculum Night is Thursday, September 11 at 7:00 p.m. The evening will begin with a short welcome from Principal Schultz, followed by meetings in each of your child's classrooms (Homeroom, Math, and Language Arts). The teachers will talk briefly about the curriculum as well as expectations and important routines. Please remember that this event is for parents only!
Subject Update:
Science and Social Studies (Homeroom)
- Science - The students will continue learning about the tools of scientists. They will also complete activities to learn about the inquiry skills used in science.
- Social Studies - We will be taking notes while watching a video about Christopher Columbus. These notes along with information discussed in the text will help students compose a letter about his journey. Then we will read about the conflicts between the Aztecs and European settlers.
Language Arts Block
- Spelling - Lesson 2 will focus on the suffix -able.
- English - The students will identify subjects and predicates in sentences. This will get us ready to write a classroom collection of subject/predicate poems.
- Reading - We will continue to work on predicting outcomes by thinking about details in the text as well as our personal knowlege. A great way to practice this skill at home with your child is to share the reading of a newspaper article or chapter book before bedtime. Stop and ask your child to make predictions every few paragraphs or pages. Remember that your child should be able to support his/her predictions with information from the text and personal knowledge! Also this week, the students will be working with synonyms and antonyms.
- Math - The students will start off the week with a Mad Minute. This timed multiplication facts "test" will help me identify students who are already fluent with their facts and those who will need to review at home. We will take a Mad Minute each Monday to ensure that students are practicing and improving their fluency - this will help in their success in later chapters with multiplying and dividing large numbers. Also this week, students will review estimation along with addition and subtraction of large numbers.
Mark Your Calendar:
Sept. 11 - 5th Grade Curriculum Night (PV 7:00 p.m.)
Sept. 16 - Early Dismissal (11:00 a.m.)
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