Red House 5th Grade
MS.MITCHELL'S CLASSROOM NEWSLETTER 2020-2021
Week Seventeen:December 14th -December 18th
Red House famiLEEs, here is our last weekly newsletter of 2020, it's filled with news you can use!
LEEDER OF THE WEEK: Gibson Petree
Our Leadership Quality of the week is "Trustworthiness."
CHARACTER TRAIT OF THE WEEK
LEEdership Quality of the Week:
Trustworthiness- keeping your word, doing what is right for yourself and others
Lee Quote of the Week:
“Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.” -Abraham Lincoln
Lesson in Leadership:
“People trust you when your attitude, words, and motives align with what you actually choose to do. This includes being honest about mistakes, refusing to gossip and shift blame, and doing things the ethical way. (even if it's quicker to do otherwise)”
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
READING & WRITING
Reading and writing this week, we finished our poetry anthology projects and completed our read-aloud book, Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park.
Math
In Math, learners had a math-magical time with Elves. They were able to analyze various graphs and have fun while doing it!
SCIENCE
In Science, learners finalized their exploring with their Argument Driven Investigation on Potential and Kinetic Energy.
SOCIAL STUDIES
In Social Studies this week, we learned about the events that led the United States expansion into the West.