Fifth Grade News
May Newsletter
A Note from the Teachers
We're finally in the home stretch of the school year! As we get into testing season, every minute of everyday is crucial to our students' success. Be sure to look out for any review materials being sent home for homework. We have a few fun activities to look forward to this month including a field trip and field day! The dates are listed below. Please make sure students are dressed appropriately for these events especially with the rise in temperatures lately. As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.
- Fifth Grade Team
Important Dates
May 2 - Field Day & Blue Sky field trip to York River State Park
May 6-10 - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 20 - Science SOL
May 27 - (Memorial Day (no school)
May 29 - Reading SOL part 1
May 30 - Reading SOL part 2
What We're Learning
Math
- 5.14 Transformations (translation, reflection, and rotation)
- 5.12 Angles
- 5.13 Triangles
- 5.10 Circles
- 5.11 Elapsed Time
- 5.18 Patterns
- 5.19 Algebra
Science
4.5 Living Systems
5.5 Plant and Animal Cells
4.4 Life Processes
- parts of a plant
- plant reproduction
- photosynthesis
- plant dormancy
Language Arts
- identifying the main idea and supporting details in a text
- identifying the sequence of events in a text
- making inferences, drawing conclusions
- identifying plot features
- using context clues to find the meaning of unknown words
- roots, prefixes, affixes
- identifying text features
- figurative language
- making predictions
- using word references materials (dictionary, thesaurus, glossary, etc.)
- identifying text features
- author's purpose
- point of view
Online Resources
- readtheory.org (ask teacher for login)
- firstinmath.com (ask teacher for login)
- newsela.com (Clever)
- solpass.org (Choose "Chimborazo Elementary" password: richmond)
- education.jlab.org/SOLquiz (no login required)
Contact Us
Please make sure you are connected with your child's teacher on Class Dojo!
Ms. Jones, Room 207 sjones18@rvaschools.net
Mr. Perkinson, Room 208 wperkins@rvaschools.net
Mrs. Booze, abooze@rvaschools.net
Website: rvaschools.net/CES
Location: 3000 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA, USA
Phone: 804-780-8392
Facebook: facebook.com/chimborazoelementary
Twitter: @chimborazoES