5th Grade
Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Keefe
Upcoming Events
May 9th: Camp Whitcomb Forms Due (there are 2 forms that need to be completed!)
May 22nd: Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast 9:00-11:00 in the Horizon Cafeteria
May 25th: Keefe Mile Run
May 26th: Keefe Mile Run Makeups
May 26th: Ward Mile Run
May 30th: Ward Mile Run Makeups
June 1-2: Camp Whitcomb
June 6th- Band Concert 6:00pm
Language Arts
- Researching a Setting
- Who has the Power?
- Learning Alongside the Main Character
- Keeping Track of Multiple Problems
- Suspending Judgement About People and Places Until We Know More
- Understanding Metaphors in Fantasy - "Things are not always what they seem."
Our Memoirs are still in rough draft form with a few of the students starting their "All about Me" book showcasing their one chosen personal narrative. Wait to you see what the kids will be doing with the pennies that they collected!!! It is still not too late to have your son/daughter bring in their pennies!
Mrs. Wandschneider
in for Judy Keefe
Math
The weeks are going by quickly! Students will be finishing their Unit 6 tests on Monday and will be taking the Unit 8 pre-test. This pre-test focuses on finding the volume of rectangular prisms and composite figures.
Other content that is covered in Unit 8 includes:
- converting metric and customary units
- quadrilaterals
- triangles
- 2-D shapes
Social Studies
For the remainder of the year, we will be concentrating on Science.