The Week of August 20th

Hi everyone! Welcome to our 5th Grade blog. We hope that you will bookmark this link and visit this blog often, as it will be an important source of communication between our teaching team and our Town Center fifth grade families. 

Please see the Google calendar embedded above with important dates and reminders. 

Important Reminders: 

• If you have not already completed the online Back to School Information forms that your teacher has emailed, please complete those as quickly as possible. 
• 5th Grade Schedules - Our specials time on Mondays-Thursdays is 9:55-10:50. Our specials time on Fridays is 11:10-12:00. Our lunch time is always 12:30-1:00, and our recess is always 1:00-1:30. 

What's Happening Around TCE? 

• Curriculum Night - You and your family are invited to join us for 5th Grade Curriculum Night on Thursday, August 30th, from 6:30-7:30. During this presentation, we will share details about our curriculum, academic goals, and grade level policies & procedures. If you are unable to make it on this night, we will be happy to share a digital copy of our presentation. 

A Peek into Our Classrooms

 

You can always follow the hashtag #tce5th on Twitter to see more pictures from our classrooms. 

Curriculum Updates: 

Math
This week in math, we will be exploring math norms in the classroom. The learners will be creating a math goal that they want to achieve by the end of the year. They will also be taking a beginning of the year assessment. On Friday, they will be taking their first pre-assessment over multiplication and division.

Science
This week in science, we will be exploring the Scientific Processes. The learners will be participating in a hands on investigation and discussing when they use certain processes throughout the investigation.

Social Studies
Learners will begin understanding causes and effects of European colonization in the United States. Students will understand why groups of people, settled, explored and colonized the United States.

Reading & Language Arts
This week we will focus on setting up our classroom reading communities. Learners will set goals for their independent reading, learn the ways in which they can share about their reading with their classmates, and begin to rebuild their independent reading stamina.