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What to expect this week in 5th grade…
ELA:
We are focusing on looking at social issues within our book clubs. We are looking at how paying attention to intense scenes and how different characters react to the situation, allow us to learn more about the issue. Our book clubs are focusing on how the social issues might connect to one, or many characters in the book. We are also working in small groups reading articles on social issues, pushing our thinking beyond the text.
We are continuing our journalism unit writing editorials and reviews. We are also interviewing others to include quotes in our articles. We will begin work on our classroom newspaper towards the end of the week. Our grammar focus this week is “What do endmarks do?”
STEAM:
We will wrap up chapter 8 by comparing fractions and writing fractions as decimals and percents.
Students are responsible for showing you their Check My Progress scores on their Gmail (because of no school on Friday, we are taking the check in on Tuesday, scores will be released on Wednesday). The focus is always giving their best effort day in and day out, and showing off their hard work during these checks. We are also focused on learning from mistakes and understanding why they got a problem wrong.
We are continuing to learn about how gravitational forces affect the solar system, including Earth. Ask your child how they would describe gravity?
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