Mrs. Mullins Weekly Update
Week 29 Mar 11-15
2024 in 5th Grade!
Happy Monday,
We have a second field trip coming up. This field trip will be April 11th for our class to go to iFly in Ashburn. Information letter and permission forms will be going home TODAY. Please complete the permission slip, sign, and return it to your child's teacher. Please use the RYCOR system for payment by March 21, 2024. This field trip is $40 per student. Please indicate on the returned slip if you would be interested in being a chaperone. WE DO NEED 5 CHAPERONES PER CLASS FOR THIS TRIP. All chaperones will be chosen March 20th and parents selected will be notified by the end of the day on March 20th.
Your students have been hardworking on their exhibition research and projects. We have finished the research piece and I am so proud of the essays and paragraphs students have written! They are still working on thier product now to display their research. Our parent exhibition night will be March 20th 6-7pm. We are encouraging all students to attend this night as they will be expected to share their research and learning on thier topic and their beautiful displays.
I know it seems early, but 5th grade promotion is coming up aound the corner! Heather Dempsey (a fellow 5th grade parent) has offered to plan our awesome day for the 5th graders to celebrate their accomplishments at BMES. She is looking for volunteers to help her with this. If you are interested in helping plan and be a part of this day, please reach out to her by email at heather0876@gmail.com.
The 5th grade T-shirt is ready! Please use the link below to purchase your child's T-shirt. We will wear our shirts on any day that has a 5, 5th, 15th ,25th. We will also wear our T-shirts for the 5th grade end of year party. At that time the students will have an opportunity to sign each other's shirts. Later in the year we will send the link for yard signs.
Spring picture day is coming up on March 18th and all pictures must be PRE-PAID for these. Please take a look at the flyer attached below.
As always if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to reach out to me by email.
Thank you for your continuing support.
Mrs. Mullins
5th Grade T-Shirt Order Link
SECOND Field Trip Letter
Field Trip Payment Directions
Spring Picture Day Flyer
Exhibition Night is March 20th 6-7 PM
Math
Unit 9 Patterns, Functions, and Algebra TEST NEXT THURSDAY, MARCH 21!
Standards:
5.7 Simplify whole number numerical expressions, using the order of operations (limited to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and containing parentheses).
Essential Questions:
- What is a mathematical expression? ...equation?
- What is the mathematical order of operations?
- Why are parentheses used in numeric expressions?
- Why does “order of operations” matter when evaluating (simplifying) expressions containing more than one operation?
5.19a Investigate and describe the concept of a variable.
5.19b Write an equation to represent a given mathematical relationship, using a variable.
5.19c Use an expression with a variable to represent a given verbal expression involving one operation.
5.19d Create a problem situation based on a given equation, using a single variable and one operation.
Essential Questions:
- What is a variable? (a)
- Why are equations with variables (open sentences) useful? (b, c, d)
- How is the “equal sign” in an equation like the fulcrum of a balance scale? (c)
- How can equations be used to represent problem situations? (d)
Standards:
5.18 Identify, describe, create, express, and extend number patterns found in objects, pictures, numbers, and tables.
Essential Questions:
- How is a pattern analyzed to understand how it grows or changes or what part of it repeats?
- How can a pattern be expressed in words, a table, a graph, as a mathematical expression?
- How are tables, graphs, and mathematical expressions used to represent relationships in patterns?
- How can we find the rule in a list or table?
- How can pattern identification be used to solve problems?
Language Arts
Reading Workshop:
Content Objective:
5.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts, literary nonfiction, and poetry.
g) Differentiate between first and third person point-of-view.
h) Differentiate between free verse and rhymed poetry.
i) Explain how an author’s choice of vocabulary contributes to the author’s style.
Language Objective:
Students will apply comprehension strategies within poetry.
I CAN:
I can differentiate between first and third person point of view.
I can differentiate between free verse and rhymed poetry.
I can explain how an author's vocaubulary choice makes the author's style of writing a poem.
Writing Workshop:
Content Objective: Students will be working on beginning research writing for IB Exhibition.
5.9 The student will find, evaluate, and select appropriate resources to create a research product.
a) Construct questions about a topic.
b) Collect and organize information from multiple resources.
c) Evaluate the relevance, reliability, and credibility of information.
d) Give credit to sources used in research.
e) Avoid plagiarism and use own words.
f) Demonstrate ethical use of the Internet.
Language Objective: Students will be writing using various ways of research to research a topic and build their writing based on that topic.
I Can
- research a topic and explain it within my writing.
Science
SOL 5.6 Light Energy
Enduring Understandings
By the end of this section of the module, you will understand that...
- the sun produces radiant energy.
- many types of radiant energy cannot be seen.
- light travels in transverse waves and does not need a medium through which to travel.
- light waves are characterized by their wavelengths.
- the greater the frequency, the greater the amount of energy.
- the visible spectrum has a range of colors that are determined by wavelength.
- the sum of colors in the visible spectrum is white light.
Learning Goals
By the end of this section of the module, you will be able to...
🎯 explain the relationship between energy and visible light.
🎯 construct a model of a transverse wave and label a wavelength, crest, and trough. 🍃
🎯 describe the relationship between wavelength and color of light.
🎯 create models illustrating high- and low-energy light waves. 🍃
Key Vocabulary
Here are some important words you will learn more about during this section of the module:
- energy
- radiant energy
- light
- radiant energy
- matter
- particles
- medium / media
- phases
- solid
- liquid
- gas
- transverse (light) wave
- wavelength
- crest
- trough
- frequency
- high-energy
- low-energy
- visible spectrum
- colors
- red
- orange
- yellow
- green
- blue
- violet
- white light
Enduring Understandings
By the end of this section of the module, you will understand that...
- light travels in straight paths until it hits an object.
- light can be reflected, refracted, transmitted, and/or absorbed.
- light can be reflected when light bounces off an object.
- light passes through some materials easy (transparent), through some materials partially (translucent), and through some not at all (opaque).
Learning Goals
By the end of this section of the module, you will be able to...
🎯 plan and conduct an investigation using water, mirrors, and prisms to explore the reflection and refraction of light. 🍃
🎯 plan and conduct an investigation to determine how different materials interact with light. 🍃
🎯 compare the reflection and refraction of light.
Key Vocabulary
Here are some important words you will learn more about during this section of the module:
- light
- behavior
- straight path
- reflected / reflection
- refracted / refraction
- prisms
- transmitted
- absorbed
- interactions
- transparent
- translucent
- opaque
Enduring Understandings
By the end of this section of the module, you will understand that...
- light transfers radiant energy.
- light is absorbed and warms Earth's land, air, and water.
- light facilitates plant growth through the process of photosynthesis.
- current technology transforms light energy into mechanical and electrical energy.
Learning Goals
By the end of this section of the module, you will be able to...
🎯 describe examples of radiant energy transfer in both nature and the man-made world.
Key Vocabulary
Here are some important words you will learn more about during this section of the module:
- energy
- transfers
- transforms
- radiant energy
- light
- mechanical energy
- electrical energy
- behavior
- transmitted
- absorbed
- photosynthesis
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