5TH GRADE RED HOUSE
MS. MITCHELL'S CLASSROOM NEWSLETTER: 2020-2021
WEEK TWENTY-NINE: MARCH 29TH - APRIL 2ND
Red House famiLEEs, here is our weekly newsletter filled with news you can use!
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
READING & WRITING
Reading this week, we continued our read aloud, The Thief of Always. Learners are enjoying the mystery about Harvey and his new friends. During our unit on Fantasy, learners used their selected novels with their book club and began to understand that their fantasy characters can be complex like real people . In Writing, we worked on a creative writing activity about the life of a raindrop in the Water Cycle.
Math
In Math, we are representing and solving problems related to perimeter, area, and volume.
SCIENCE
In Science, we began our Life Science Unit. This week we explored interactions in the ecosystem including living and non living things.
SOCIAL STUDIES
In Social Studies this week, we begin our unit on the 20th Century and created timeline of important events that occurred in the United States during 1914-1920.
LEADER OF THE WEEK: Harlyn Sandu
Our Leadership Quality of the week is FLEXIBILITY
LEEdership Quality of the Week:
the ability to make adjustments or alter plans
A lesson in Leadership:
Leader is able to change and adjust to different situations and settings with a positive attitude
Lee Quote of the Week:
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes." -Zig Ziglar
IMPORTANT TIMES:
Schedules:
- Morning Meeting 7:50-8:10
- Specials: 8:30-9:15
- Recess: 11:30-11:00
- Lunch: 1:00-1:30
Conference Time:
- Daily: 8:30-9:15
Specials Rotation
- Day 1 - P.E.
- Day 2- Music
- Day 3 - Design
- Day 4 - P.E.
- Day 5 - Art
- Day 6 - Create