Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: November 19-23, 2018
Curriculum Information for the Week:
Literacy: Students will be continuing their Nonfiction reading and writing unit. This unit will be integrated with our science unit, so students will be using texts about sustainable energy to improve their nonfiction reading. This week we will understanding more complex nonfiction text and practice writing various text structures (compare/contrast, problem/solution, description, chronological order). Students will choose a topic that they are interested in to begin to investigate.
Math: Students will be tuning in to coordinate planes this week. We will use important vocabulary to express ourselves and explain our thinking, focusing on one quadrant of the coordinate plane. They will be plotting ordered pairs, as well as reading and interpreting data on coordinate planes. This week we will be building a map of a State fair with coordinates and practice coordinates with mystery pictures. Students will continue to review our learning from Unit 1 and Unit 2 in the daily warm ups.
Unit of Study: We will continue to work with the Sustainable Energy unit. Classes will continue to get into the labs working with circuits and get to build their own LED flashlight. In 5CC, we will continue investigating the question "What happens when you waste electricity?" and working in our classroom committees to inform our school about the impact as well as our usage at school. Ask your child what committee they are a part of!
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Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
No School on Tuesday, November 20th.
Friday, November we are celebrating Deepavali
