The School Scoop
All Things Fifth Grade!
- Upcoming Dates -
February 5th: PTO's Trempealeau Twist
February 12th: Classroom Valentine's Party
February 16th: STAR Math Test at 8:00 am
February 17th: Field Trip- Viterbo Play
February 18th: Bruce Mound
February 19th: No School
February 23rd: STAR Reading Test at 8:00 am
Fall in Love with your Public Libarary
February 6 marks the fifth annual Take Your Child to the Library Day.
Libraries are GREAT resources for families; you can find books, entertainment, educational and cultural enrichment, literacy tips, and other valuable information.
1. Free programs and activities
2. Story times
3. Workshops
4. Books!!!!!!!!!
5. Audiobooks
6. Movies
7. Music
8. Magazines
9. Computers
10. Makerspaces - STEM activities
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 2: Plane Sense
- Engineer a small model-plane
- Observe and compare the characteristics of model-plan flight
- Identify variables that might affect the flight
Math
Unit 6: Concepts of Volume
- Understand what volume is
- Relate volume to multiplication and additions
- UNIT 6 TEST: FRIDAY, FEBRAUARY 12
Reader's Workshop
Interpretation Book Clubs
- Setting ambitious reading goals
- Writing about reading
- Learning to think analytically