5TH GRADE NEWS April 2016
MS. COUNTS AND MRS. GREENHOW
What we are learning in 5th Grade!!
Math - We are beginning the month with coordinate planes, then moving on to attributes of geometric figures. Still important that your student is practicing his/her multiplication facts if he/she is not fluent!
20 Time- We continue to work on our 20 time projects. It is exciting to see the creative and determined learning that is happening! Ask your child about his/her project!
Reading - We are working on cause and effect and fact and opinion in informational texts.
Writing - We will continue to learn about and write opinion pieces.
Social Studies - Social Studies will continue with studying colonization in North America.
D.A.R.E. - We are finishing up our D.A.R.E. unit and will be writing an essay and have graduation in May.