5th Grade Newsletter
February 23, 2021
Language Arts
What are we learning?
- We have begun our Poetry Unit in Language Arts!
- Readers are responding to poetry through performance, art, and writing
- Students are learning different forms of figurative language to aid in their own writing of poetry and to better understand the deeper meaning of poems
- Readers are noticing that poetic tools reveal images, evoke feelings, and produce sounds to create a message for the reader to interpret
- Students will write their own set of poems, and share during our writing celebration in March!
Home/School Connection
- What is a poem that you read recently?
- What kind of poems do you like?
- How did your favorite poem make you feel? What mood or emotion did you feel after reading the poem?
Math
What are we learning?
- AAP math; We are finalizing our understanding of signed numbers working with story problems, solving with number lines and other visual representations of numbers.
Home/School Connection
- Talk about positive and negative integers in family finances, track positive and negative temperatures, compare highs and lows.
Science
What are we learning?
- We have wrapped up our study of the energy of light and we are moving on to sound.
Home/School Connection
- Make a homemade instrument or play an instrument, how does the sound change? How does the pitch of the music change?
Social Studies
What are we learning?
5th Graders will soon begin their Global Awareness Technology Projects (GATP). Before we begin, students will familiarize themselves with the 8 essential topics:
- Change Over Time
- Geography
- Art
- Leadership
- Interdependence
- Government
- Literature
- Math & Science
Home/School Connection
- Which ancient culture are you most interested in? Why?
- What do you see around the house right now, that was an idea from an ancient culture?