5th Grade News March 2016
Ms. Counts and Mrs. Greenhow
What's Going on in Class
Reading - We are working on finding the main ideas and supporting details of informational texts, as well as summarizing them. Next, we will be practicing making inferences (reading between the lines) and evidence based reasoning in informational text.
Writing - We will be learning about and writing opinion pieces.
Social Studies - Social Studies will continue with studying Explorers and Colonization in North America.
D.A.R.E. - Our Resource Officers started the D.A.R.E. program with 5th graders on January 12th. They will be with us every Tuesday for an hour for 10 weeks. Ask your child what they have learned so far.
Discovery CU Science Day
Power Plant Field trip
Power Plant Field trip
Upcoming Dates
Dads & Donuts, March 2
Moms & Muffins, March 3
Literacy Carnival, March 3 @ Sunset Elementary 5-7pm
Grandparents & Granola, March 4
PARCC Testing, March 14-17
PARCC Testing, March 21-24
Spring Break, April 4-8