5th Grade
Keefe, Kingsley & Ward
Upcoming Events
April 18th: Unit 6 Test
April 19th: Parent Camp Meeting 6:00-7:00 at the High School Auditorium
April 21: Brewer's Weather Day Field Trip & Term 5 ends
April 22: No School
May 3-4: Math MAP Testing
May 9-10: Reading MAP Testing
May 17: BizTown Field Trip
June 1: Camp material drop off 4:00-7:00 (optional)
June 2-3: Camp Whitcomb Field Trip (Please pick up your child at 2:00 on June 3rd)
WI Forward Testing Schedule for our House
April 14: Kingsley Math (8:45 - 9:45), Ward Math (11:50 - 12:40)
April 15: Keefe Math (8:45 - 9:45), Kingsley Math (11:50 - 12:40)
April 18: Kingsley ELA (8:45 - 9:45), Ward ELA (11:50 - 1:00), Keefe ELA (2:45 - 3:30)
April 19: Kingsley ELA (8:45 - 9:45), Ward ELA (11:50 - 1:00), Keefe ELA (2:45 - 3:30)
I Love Math
Looking for ways to encourage and sustain a love of math within your child? Check out these steps you can take at home. There is also a variety of resources provided: including math tasks to try at home, recommended apps/games, parent resources, and a lot more!
Mr. M Band Update
Classroom Supplies
As we are working hard in 5th grade, we've noticed that a few of our school supplies have been dwindling. If you would like to help our house out and donate more supplies, we would greatly appreciate it. Here are the supplies that we are in need of:
- Pencils
- Eraser tops
- Dry erase markers
- Pens (not erasable)
- Loose leaf
- Clorox wipes
- Headphones (if your child doesn't have them yet)
Reading
Strategy this week:
Analyze Critically:
There are elements in a story that some readers believe are true. Our job as a reader is to read and think critically, analyze what is happening, and offer a solid opinion to support our reason.
***Please use the following link to review the MAP testing skills!
http://www.sowashco.org/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/reading.htm
Math
With the Wisconsin State Froward test, students have been independently working on tasks to get them prepared. From coordinate graphing to solving expressions, your child has been widening their math knowledge.
Next week will be starting to wrap up Unit 6 with a second quiz on Tuesday. Students will be assessed on word problems involving all operations in fractions, decimals, and whole numbers.
Finally your child needs to have their math take home folder signed for Monday. Please take a look at their Unit 6 Quiz. I've encouraged the students to make corrections on their quiz to prepare for quiz 2. Here is a link to the signing sheet if your child lost his/hers.
Writing
Social Studies (Keefe and Kingsley)
Science (Ward's Homeroom)
Accelerated Math
This week, we continued our ratio unit. We found equivalent ratios by scaling up and down. We also used double number lines, tables, and graphs to represent equivalent ratios. Our last lesson of the unit focuses on unit rates, and determining which is the better buy - a real-world skill! Our ratio assessment will be Wednesday, April 20th.
Also, in case you want to include it in your newsletter for Block 3 kids:
Math MAP Testing (FOR ALL STUDENTS): May 4th and 5th