February 20th-23rd

Happy Friday! We hope everyone is staying dry and warm with all of this rain we have had lately. Please see below for some updates from 5th grade. 

Curriculum Connections 

In math this week, the learners created some Kahoots to review all of the concepts we have been working on in math this year. Have your child sign in to their account and you can play these at home as a family! We are currently in our expressions and equations unit, with our next unit being measurement. We spent some time looking at different expressions and decoding word problems with a letter standing as the unknown number.

In science, we have been wrapping up our Earth's Changing Surface unit this week. Learner's showed their understanding of weathering, erosion, and deposition, as well as different landforms. We are excited to start exploring renewable and nonrenewable resources, as part of our Alternative Energy unit!

In reading, we have wrapped up our unit on expository/non-fiction texts. Learners reviewed the importance of having a growth mindset. We also challenged ourselves to achieve what we feel we can't do.

In social studies, we finished talking about our US government and started our discussions about the Westward Expansion.

Upcoming

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Next Friday we have one of our School Board Members, Anthony Hill coming to present for IBM eWeek. They will be participating in the Discover E presentations. Feel free to check out this link for more information. 

SKY RANCH PAYMENTS

It is finally here! The last payment for Sky Ranch will be on March 9th. If you are on the payment plan please send in that payment by this date. Our Sky Ranch paperwork is also due on this day, so please send that in as soon as possible to your learners homeroom teacher. In addition, if you are signed up to be a chaperone, your $200 payment is also due on this day. 

Don't forget to check out our calendar in the blog as we update it with important information and events coming up in 5th grade. 

TWITTER!

Don't forget to follow the 5th grade teachers on twitter! You can find our feed on our Google Sites. There are lots of pictures and curriculum connections of things happening on campus and in our classrooms.