5TH GRADE NEWS
September 9th - 13th
IMPORTANT DATES
Friday, 9/20 -- House Pride Day - Wear your house color!
Thursday, 9/26 -- Picture Day
Friday, 9/27-- 5th Grade Parent Party
Monday, 10/14 -- No School
Tuesday, 10/15 -- No School
ASSESSMENTS
Wednesday, 9/18 -- Social Studies: Turn of the Century Test (Map Skills, Cattle Trails, Inventors, Spanish American War, & Panama Canal)
THIS WEEK'S CONTENT & SKILLS
ELAGSE5RI2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
GRAMMAR
ELAGGSE5L1c: Use verb tense and aspect to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
ELAGGSE5L1d: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense and aspect.
WRITING
ELAGSE5W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
SOCIAL STUDIES
SS5H1c: Explain how William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt expanded America’s role in the world; include the Spanish-American War and the building of the Panama Canal.
SS5E1d: Describe how trade and voluntary exchange promotes economic activity (e.g., how the Panama Canal increases trade among countries).