Hi, Fifth Grade Families!
Can you believe tomorrow is April 1st? This week we have kicked off our fourth quarter with the motto: Finish Strong! We plan to make this our strongest and best quarter of fifth grade. There will be many exciting events and many sentimental moments. There will also be high expectations and a lot of hard work! Sounds like a recipe for a very good quarter.
In social studies, we have reached the end of the American Revolution and will soon start discussing how our system of government was established. Students will also have the opportunity to choose from a list of projects that coincide with our studies.
In science, we continue our chemistry unit with a quiz tomorrow on our second investigation on solubility. The kids have been learning a lot of chemistry vocabulary as well as the need for accuracy in scienctific investigation. Today they brought home two optional (and FUN) enrichment activities as well as two non-optional math-science connection problems.
In math, we are moving into unit 10 with logical thinking problems, algebra, and pi. Today your student (if they are in my math class) brought home a not about our pi(e) day celebration. Please let me know if you are able to send in a pie for sampling.
Writing this quarter will consist of a higher expectation of the quanitiy of writing as we have built our stamina. your student is expected to be bringing his/her writer's notebook in to write in 3 times per week at home as well as daily at school. We have been doing daily grammar and conventions lessons along with our spelling to really "raise the bar" in our editing skills. We will be doing three units of study in writing during this last quarter. They are: advice articles, advice columns, and memoir.
Reading this quarter will continue to work on comprehension, accuracy, and fluency, with a special empahsis on expanding vocabulary. We will be reading articles and memoirs to influence our writing. We will also be using some kindles in our classroom to determine the impact of this technology on our readers. It will be an exciting time!
Many of you have begun to inquire about dates. Formal invitations for Go West are going home tomorrow, but here are some dates that you might want to pencil in to your calendar:
April 20th--Fieldtrip to Discovery World Museum
May 6th--Fieldtrip to Wisconsin Hills Middle School
May 20th--Go West Musical (Our time is 2:30-3:15)
June 8th--Fifth Grade Recognition (1:15 start)
Thank you so much for all of your on-going support!
Cindy Stemper
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