5th Grade News

Language Arts/Social Studies:

In Language Arts, we started a new Junior Great Book Story. In The Time of the Drums is a Gullah Folktale. Learners discussed ways characters show strength. We also had our second week of book clubs. Finally, in Social Studies we studied the Bill of Rights. Learners presented a tableau of one of the first ten amendments.

Math/Science:

This week in Math we began budgeting and planning a dream vacation! The students are choosing a destination as well as planning out the cost to get there and back, hotel stay, and activities to do. In Science we are using flipped and blended learning to study our Life Science unit. The learners are completing activities using resources such as Discovery Education, Study Jams, Schoology, and many others.



In Other News...

• Don't forget that Sky Ranch is this coming Wednesday-Friday! Please refer to your Sky Ranch packet and previous e-mails for important reminders. 
• Please consider supporting a group of 5th graders that are trying to raise money to go to the Destination Imagination Global Competition! Click on this link to see more: https://www.gofundme.com/globalconquerors
• 5th Grade homeroom parents are beginning to collect photos for the 5th grade graduation ceremony slideshow. Please check the e-mail from your homeroom parent about specific expectations for the photos. The e-mail address to send the photos is tce2016gradpics@gmail.com. 

5th Grade News

Language Arts/Social Studies:

This week we learned about the three branches of government in Social Studies, The students were able to test out their knowledge on icivics.org with interactive learning games and simulations. We also started our new book clubs this week. The students had a chance to choose a book club to participate in with other students, and today they met together with their group. We heard so many great questions and discussions!

Math/Science:

This week in Math and Science we have been wrapping up our Solar Powered Car Engineering Design Challenge. The learners got a chance to display all of their hard work from last week in a presentation of their choice that included their research, pictures and videos of their solar cars, and the results of their tests! Ask your learner about their presentation! We are looking forward to starting our Life Science unit next week. As a reminder the Science STAAR test will be May 11.



In Other News...

• Please consider supporting a group of 5th graders that are trying to raise money to go to the Destination Imagination Global Competition! Click on this link to see more: https://www.gofundme.com/globalconquerors
• 5th Grade homeroom parents are beginning to collect photos for the 5th grade graduation ceremony slideshow. Please check the e-mail from your homeroom parent about specific expectations for the photos. The e-mail address to send the photos is tce2016gradpics@gmail.com. 

5th Grade News

Language Arts/Social Studies:
This week in Language Arts, the learners started a new Jr. Great Book, "The Invisible Child". Ask your kids all about it. It had some very unique characters! In Social Studies, we began our study of the Constitution. We used the metaphor of a three-legged stool to represent its balance of power.

Math/Science:
This week we started a new Engineering Design Challenge. We worked on designing a way to create a car that runs entirely on solar power! We completed research, sketched our designs, and came up with a plan to create a solar-powered car. We even got a chance to test them out and race them! This engineering project went along with our Alternative Energy unit. In math we continued to practice skills using Think Through Math, Hands on Equations, and our DynaMath magazines.

In Other News...

• We will take a practice Science STAAR on Monday, April 11th. As a reminder, 5th grade takes the Science STAAR May 11th.

• The TCE Hoedown is on Friday, April 15th. Please click here to sign up to be a volunteer for the event. 

• 5th Grade homeroom parents are beginning to collect photos for the 5th grade graduation ceremony slideshow. Please check the e-mail from your homeroom parent about specific expectations for the photos. The e-mail address to send the photos is tce2016gradpics@gmail.com.