5TH GRADE RED HOUSE
MS. MITCHELL'S CLASSROOM NEWSLETTER: 2020-2021
WEEK THIRTY: APRIL 5TH - APRIL 9TH
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WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
READING & WRITING
Reading this week, we finished our read aloud, The Thief of Always. Learners enjoyed the mystery about Harvey and his new look on life. During our unit on Fantasy, learners used their selected novels with their book club and began to understand how cultures are portrayed in stories. In Writing, we worked on a creative writing activity about the life of Earth and its rotation and revolution.
Math
In Math, we are representing and solving problems related to perimeter, area, and volume.
SCIENCE
In Science, we continued our Life Science Unit. This week we explored interactions in the ecosystem including food chains and food webs.
SOCIAL STUDIES
In Social Studies this week, we continued our unit on the 20th Century and created timeline of important events that occurred in the United States during 1914-1920.
LEADER OF THE WEEK: Yohan Arun
Our Leadership Quality of the week is CURIOUSITY
LEEdership Quality of the Week:
the eager desire to learn, explore, to investigate
A lesson in Leadership:
Learn and inquire about things that interest you.
Lee Quote of the Week:
“The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it, and turn it inside out." -Anonymous
IMPORTANT TIMES:
Schedules:
- Morning Meeting 7:50-8:10
- Specials: 8:30-9:15
- Recess: 11:30-11:00
- Lunch: 1:00-1:30
Conference Time:
- Daily: 8:30-9:15
Specials Rotation
- Day 1 - P.E.
- Day 2- Music
- Day 3 - Design
- Day 4 - P.E.
- Day 5 - Art
- Day 6 - Create