5th Grade News!
For the Week of November 10-14
Learning Objectives
- Identifying characteristics, classifying, and analyzing myths and their plots
Language Arts
- Writing a historical narrative: researching, choosing characters, and planning
Math
- Representing data with bar graphs, frequency tables, dot plots, and stem-and-leaf plots
**Data assessment on Friday, November 14
Science
- Understanding the formation of rocks and fossil fuels
Social Studies
- Understanding and analyzing the Constitution of the Unites States, including the Constitutional Convention, Articles of Confederation, and the three branches of government
- Explaining and understanding the importance of Veteran's Day
Homework
Also, practice your math facts daily.
Reading - One menu item due Friday, November 14
Information and News
Field Trip
We were disappointed about our field trip being cancelled due to weather, but will be rescheduling for a nicer day! We will send out information when we have a date.
Word Watchers
The words of the week are import and export. Ask your child to use these in a sentence and look for examples of their use in everyday conversation.
Veteran's Day
On Tuesday, November 11, we encourage students to wear red, white, and blue in honor of our veterans. We will also be studying this holiday in Social Studies.
PackPons
If you purchased Packpons, here are the dates for the remainder of the PackPon days. Your teachers have a list of all the students who bought them at the beginning of the year. You may still purchase packpons - bring $5 to school! :)
This week: Crazy Hair Day – 11/13
Coming up:
Board Games – 11/21
Extra Recess - 11/24
Hat Day – 12/5
Sunglasses – 12/16
Stay Connected to TWE!
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5th Grade Team Members
Willie Manning - WillieRManning@KATYISD.ORG
Julie Longoria - JulieALongoria@KATYISD.ORG
Julie Hernandez - JulieRHernandez@KATYISD.ORG
Nichole Howard - NicholeCHoward@KATYISD.ORG
Jennifer Counter - JenniferTCounter@KATYISD.ORG
Kailey Miller - KaileyMiller@KATYISD.ORG
Abbie Artley - AbigailEArtley@KATYISD.ORG