The School Scoop
All Things Fifth Grade!
- Upcoming Dates -
February 16th: STAR Math Test at 8:00 am
February 17th: Field Trip to Viterbo- The Peking Acrobats
February 18th: Bruce Mound
February 19th: No School
February 23rd: STAR Reading Test at 8:00 am
-A VALENTINES THANK YOU-
We ate lots, laughed more, and had a fun afternoon singing and dancing together. This group of kids sure knows how to have fun!
Thank you to all the families who helped make our Valentines party extra special!
Bookish News
Writer's Workshop
Memoirs
- What makes a memoir?
- Interpreting the comings and goings of life
- Investigating and planning our own memoirs
Mentor Texts: Eleven and Quietly Struggling
Science:
Unit 2 - Variables
Investigation 3: Plane Sense
- Engineer a small model-plane
- Observe and compare the characteristics of model-plan flight
- Identify variables that might affect the flight
Construction of our model planes.
Team Work and Problem Solving
Math
Unit 7: Multiplication and Division with Whole Numbers and Decimals
- Real World Problem Solving
- Multiplying Two-Digit Numbers
- Multiply with Larger Numbers
- The Area Model for Multiplication
Reader's Workshop
Interpretation Book Clubs
- Setting ambitious reading goals
- Writing about reading
- Learning to think analytically