5th Grade News
Mrs. Burmeister, Mrs. Carlson, Mrs. Davis, and Mr. Springer
Friday, December 7, 2018
Winter Party
Impact Unit
5th Grade has just finished their Choose Their Own Adventure narrative writing project. They have presented their projects and really enjoyed doing something unique and different. In reading we continue with Unit 3: Impact. We are setting goals based on our reading MAP data. Also, students should be reading every night for 30 minutes. Research supports when a student reads consistently every night, they make significant gains.
Unit 3: Impact - Revolutionary War
Greek & Latin Roots
Informational Writing Unit
Grammar/Spelling/Writing
Grammar/Writing: In writing we are beginning our new informational writing unit. This unit will focus on writing news articles similar to those in Scholastic News for Kids. They will do research and write a five paragraph essay that will then be put into the “Rose Glen Gazette” (a newspaper template created by students)! We are continuing our Greek and Latin Roots focus on vocabulary and spelling. Students are enjoying the Quizlet activities to help them master unit words. Please make sure that they are practicing every night for 10 minutes.
Math Workshop
The fifth grade students have started Unit 3: Write and Interpret Numerical Expressions. The context of this Fosnot unit is based on the story by Mark Twain -The Celebtrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - to develop equivalence and its use in solving algebraic problems. The context of a frog jumping along a track is used to foster number line representations in which students solve for an unknown amount, which is usually the length of a frog jump.
The unit begins with a problem in which students find the length of a bullfrog's jump, knowing the full length of a sequence of his jumps and steps. This context leads to using the number line as a tool for solving problems with unknowns.
The Big Ideas for This Unit
- an algebraic expression can be treated as an object (not only as a procedure)
- variation: variables describe relationships and not merely unknown quantities
- equivalence: algebraic expressions can appear different yet be equivalent objects
- equivalent expressions can be used interchangeably
- equivalent amounts can be separated off
- equivalent expressions can be operated on, by + or -, x and ÷, to give new equivalencies
MakerSpace Challenge and Share
MakerSpace Buddy Share 10:45 - 11:15
Matze: Carlson
LaValle: Springer
Shumaker: Burmeister
Czarnecki: Davis
Six Flags Reading Program
Remember, your child may begin reading and recording his/her reading minutes any time! Completed reading logs are due by Friday, February 15th.
Please note: Six Flags does not allow 4K students to participate in this program.
Any questions can be directed to Mrs. Krahn, Rose Glen's coordinator for Read to Succeed.
#970-2451 or bkrahn@waukesha.k12.wi.us
Remember the Dates
Wednesday, December 12th - Report cards "live" in Infinite Campus
Friday, December 21st - Last day of school
Monday December 24th - Monday, January 1st - No School - Winter Break
Tuesday, January 2nd - School resumes after Winter Break
Contact Information
Nancy Burmeister - nburmeis@waukesha.k12.wi.us
Pachion Carlson - pcarlson@waukesha.k12.wi.us
Annmarie Davis - adavis@waukesha.k12.wi.us
Darrin Springer - dspringer@waukesha.k12.wi.us