5th Grade Weekly News
November 18-22, 2019
Vocabulary Words:
Please know spelling and definitions
of the words below that relate to what we will be
learning on our field trip to the Ronald Reagan Library.
**No new vocabulary words this week, but please
note the grammar skill will be tested on Friday.
Reminders/Upcoming Events
Please note the early dismissal schedule for
parent conferences this week: Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday – dismissal at
12:39pm. Tuesday is a regular schedule –
dismissal at 1:23pm.
11/22: Grammar quiz (no vocabulary)
11/22: Lunch under the trees
11/25-11/29: Thanksgiving break! Happy
Thanksgiving!
12/4: PTSA meeting
12/5: Governance council meeting
12/6: MOD Pizza restaurant night
12/11: CPK restaurant night
12/12: 5 th grade meeting in room 13, 2:30-3:00pm
This Week’s Objectives
Reading/Writing: We will continue the study of
inventors and their inventions, with a deep dive
into Garrett Morgan and The Wright Brothers.
As a class, we will continue to search for the
answer to our unit question: How do new and
improved technologies meet societal needs?
Math: We will continue our work with fractions
as we continue with Module 3. Please work on
multiplication facts with your students – this is a
foundation for making equivalent fractions.
Science: Life Science – we will continue our
science unit: Web of Life, where students will
study food webs and systems, and see how
everything on earth is connected. We will study
Mystery 3 this week.
Social Studies: We will finish our Early
Explorers unit and move into Colonial America.
To end our unit, we will write our second
narrative essay on the Early Explorers.
Grammar/ Writing: sentence structure, and
sentence types.
Student Shout Outs
Room 12 Shout Out: Ta’leighah would like to
shout out Emma and Heaven for being on task
in class.
Room 13 Shout Out: we would like to should
out Nate and Cristina for being good friends to
Frank and Nora.