Mrs. Rowe & Mrs. Dunn
5th Grade
Announcements
Thursday, October 22: Board Meeting 7pm @ South Elementary
Friday, October 23rd: 2nd Progress report period ends
Reading
This week in Reading:
We will focus on understanding Author's Purpose, the how & why an author writes; P-I-E, persuade, inform, and entertain.
We will begin a new vocabulary list, which will be tested on October 30th.
There will be NO SPELLING LIST this week!
We will be reviewing all week and have Unit 2A Test this Friday!
Math
This week we will continue with Unit #3: Extending Decimals. Students will work on adding/subtracting and comparing/ordering decimals. We will review on Wednesday and take Unit #3 test on Thursday. There is no vocabulary for this unit. We are still working on topics 1 and 2 in envision.
Math tutoring is offered Monday and Tuesdays from 4pm - 5pm
Science
We will continue with Unit #4: Forms of Energy. This week will begin Light Energy. Students will learn about reflection and refraction and how light travels. Students need to be studying vocabulary and notes from unit #4.
Science tutoring is on Monday's from 4-5
Social Studies
Students will finish learning and reading about the French and Indian War. We will then begin discussing Samuel Adams, The Boston Tea Party, and the Second Continental Congress.
Be watching for your student's login and information on Social Studies Weekly.