The Week of September 24th

Hello 5th grade families! We can't believe it is already near the end of September. Thank you for taking the time to read our blog updates!

What's Happening Around TCE?

Conferences: 

Mark your calendars for our Parent-Teacher Conferences on Friday, October 5th. The learners do not have school on this day, but are encouraged to join the conferences. Your child's homeroom teacher will email out a sign-up link for a conference time within the next week.

Fair Ticket: 

The learners will be coming home with a free ticket to the State Fair of Texas. The fair is located at Fair Park in Dallas, TX, and will be open from September 28th - October 21st.

A Peek Into Our Classrooms

Happy "FRIYAY" from 5C!

5th Grade Relay Race Challenge in Math

5th Grade Relay Race Challenge in Math

5th Grade Relay Race Challenge in Math

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

Curriculum Updates: 

Math

Here is a link to this week's optional homework.

This week in math we will continue our unit over decimal place value. This unit will require the learners to represent the value of the digit in decimals through the thousandths place using expanded notation and numerals, compare and order two decimals to the thousandths place and represent comparisons using the symbols >, <, or =; and round decimals to the nearest tenth or hundredth place.

Science

This week in science we will be starting our unit on force, motion, and energy. The learners will start by reviewing circuits, conductors, and insulators with hands on investigations. We will then start investigating light. The learners will be learning how light travels.

Social Studies

This week, in Social Studies, the learners will continue exporing the causes of the American Revolution. Learners will learn more about the impact of events such as The French and Indian War, Taxation without Representation, The Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party.

Reading & Language Arts

This week we will be starting fiction Book Clubs! Learners will have the opportunity to select their top fiction chapter books. Then, they will meet with their Book Clubs to write their Club Constitutions, come up with a Club Name, and begin reading & discussing their books.

In writing, we will begin our narrative unit. Learners will start with a quick narrative pre-assessment. Then, they'll write short narratives in the format of a comic strip or graphic novel! We can't wait to see what they come up with.

In grammar, we will focus on collective nouns and irregular verbs. Ask your son/daughter to explain the definition of a collective noun, and then see if you can think of examples as a family!
In spelling, we will focus on words that have consonant changes when we add -ion or -ian.