5th Grade Newsletter
November
Dates to Remember
Horizon Book Fair
Monday, November 17- Friday, November 21
Family Night at the Book Fair
Friday November 21st 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Horizon Food and Coat Drive: November 17- November 21
Monday- Any Helper Meals in boxes or cans
Tuesday- Any canned meat
Wednesday- Cereals, Oatmeal, Coffee, Peanut Butter
Thursday- Any Soup or Crackers
Friday- Any canned fruits, applesauce or vegetables
Thanksgiving Break -November 26-28
Looking Back at the Halloween Party
5th Grade Curriculum
Upcoming Envision Math Topics
Topic 5
Dividing by 2-Digit Divisors
- Using Patterns to Divide
- Estimating Quotients with 2-Digit Divisors
- Connecting Models and Symbols
- Dividing by Multiples of 10
- 1-Digit Quotients
- 2-Digit Quotients
- Estimating and Dividing with Greater Numbers
Topic 6
Multiplying Decimals
- Multiplying Decimals by 10,100, or 1000
- Estimating the Product of a Decimal and a Whole Number
- Number Sense: Decimal Multiplication
- Models for Multiplying and Decimals
- Multiplying a Decimal by a Whole Number
- Multiplying Two Decimals
Science Properties of Matter
- Develop and model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to bee seen
- Understanding the evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
- Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties
- Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in a new substance.
Exploring Evaporation
What will evaporate first?
Following the Scientific Process
Is shaving cream a solid, liquid, or gas?
Making predictions on what will happen to the penny.
Making an observation and prediction
ELA and Writing Standards
We will be practicing the following concepts in different subjects throughout the quarter.
- Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words
- Delinate and evaluate the arguement and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the reevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
- Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses
- Introduce topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically;include formatting, illistrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding coprehension.
- Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.