February 16, 2018
Happy Friday Families!
I hope everyone had a fantastic week! It is hard to believe that our Valentine's Day party was our last 5th Grade classroom party. Thank you again to our parent volunteers for their willingness and heart in making it such an enjoyable time! I truly mean it when I say that these parties wouldn't have happened without the help of all the sacrificial and amazing parent volunteers!
On another note... 5th grade Cadet Band did an outstanding job at their concert this week!! It's always exciting to see the students showcase their talents and passions.
On another note... 5th grade Cadet Band did an outstanding job at their concert this week!! It's always exciting to see the students showcase their talents and passions.
Our students are working hard to finish up all of the assessments as we start to wrap up Trimester 2! Here are the targets we will be beginning in the next few weeks:
Literacy
We are completing our final unit the grading period, which focused on the theme of Finding Courage. Our students are currently working hard on completing their end-of-unit assessments. As we start our next unit, our focus will shift to the theme of Exploring New Worlds! Our first text in the unit, Explorers: Triumphs and Troubles, focuses on various explorers and their positive (and some negative) impact on the world.
Writing
Students will turn their focus to opinion writing. Students' strong opinions typically lead to many interesting discussions and debates within our classroom!
Math
We are wrapping up Unit 5, which focused on multiplication and division of fractions. Please make sure your child studies for next week's Unit 5 Post Test over the long weekend.
In the coming weeks, our focus will shift to Unit 6, which covers the following targets:
In the coming weeks, our focus will shift to Unit 6, which covers the following targets:
** 5.G.4: Classifying two dimensional figures.
** 5.G.1: Locating points on a coordinate grid.
** 5.MD.5b: Apply the formulas V = l x w x h and V = B x h when solving for the volume of rectangular prisms.
** 5.OA.3: Use the relationship between x and y coordinates to generate a multiple operation expression that represents the rule for the coordinate pairs
Social Studies
We are ending our patriotism unit and
we will begin the third trimester studying Supply & Demand and Trade. We will be looking at the difference between goods and services and the importance in our lives.
We will start to study matter and work on investigations to help us determine what causes substances to change.
Important Dates
Feb. 19th (Monday) - No School: President's Day
Friendly Reminders
** Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack. Nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack!
Feb. 23rd (Friday) - Half Day Dismissal @ 11:45AM (End of the Grading Period)
Friendly Reminders
** Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack. Nothing feeds the brain like a healthy snack!
** Please continue to have your child practice their multiplication facts up to 12.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you and have a fantastic extended weekend! The weather is suppose to start warming up soon (fingers crossed -- who else is counting down the days to spring?!). 😋
- Ms. Nguyen
- Ms. Nguyen