CAFE Updates
5th Grade
February 2018
Academics
Students set new reading goals for quarter 3. Be sure to ask your son/daughter what their goal is for the quarter! Later this month, we will start new book clubs with historical fiction books that connect to our Revolutionary War unit.
Writer's Workshop
During writer's workshop, we are focusing on researching, paraphrasing, and note-taking. We will then be using these notes, to write an ABC book on the person that we have decided to be for the Wax Museum (Friday, March 23 1:30-3:15). Here is the information on due dates for our ABC books: ABC BOOK/WAX MUSEUM CALENDAR.
Math
We are finishing our Geometry unit very soon. Then we will be starting a unit on decimals. The students will be comparing, ordering, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals. We will also be converting fractions to decimals and percentages to decimals.
Social Studies
We have started studying the American Revolution. Currently, we are learning about the causes of the war and the events that led the colonists to want their freedom from Britain. We will then continue learning about the Revolutionary War by reading through Chapter 8, which covers the important battles and the end of the war.
Extras
We will be having a Valentine's Day Party on Wednesday, February 14th. We will be having ice cream sundaes - please sign up using this document if you would like to donate something for our party. Students can bring in valentines for their classmates, we ask that they bring in a valentine for everyone in our class. Here is a class list to help them fill out their valentines, remember we have 49 students in our class.
ABC Book/Wax Museum
Your child has picked a person to research for their ABC book. We have started note-taking and researching this person in class. Their finished books are due on Friday, March 19th. You can refer to this schedule to keep up with their due dates for this project. Work will be done at school and home, so please check in with your child on their progress of this assignment.
The Wax Museum will take place on Friday, March 23rd from 1:30-3:15. Please come and walk through our museum at any moment in that time frame.
CAFE
Room 15 & 16
Email: cafe@cedarburg.k12.wi.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/cedarburg.k12.wi.us/5thcafe
Location: Parkview Elementary School, Cedarburg, WI, United States
Phone: (262)-376-6848