5th Grade Newsletter
March 23, 2021
Language Arts
What are we learning?
- We are working on writing persuasively and reading with an eye for bias.
Home/School Connection
- When you watch TV or see a print ad talk about who the audience is and how are the makers of the ad appealing to the consumer?
Math
What are we learning?
- AAP math has begun an algebra unit where we will work with solving linear equations using algebra mats, scale models and inverse operations.
- Gen Ed. math has continued to work on computing decimals specifically targeting strategies to divide decimals. Our next unit will be Fraction Computation.
Home/School Connection
- Watch for algebra in the world, what is the expression? For example the check out line for “15 or less”
- Figure how much money each family member will get to spend at the carnival when you have a total of $51.45. Show your division strategy.
Science
What are we learning?
- After spring break we will study cells and characteristics of the plant and animal world.
- AAP: As a final event in our study of change, students are sharing their Re design inventions.
Home/School Connection
- Take a walk and notice the different types of plants,vascular( root system) and nonvascular( moss for example).
Animals with a back bone (vertebrates and animals without a backbone( invertebrates)
Social Studies
AAP is taking a quick look at Ancient India and comparing it to other cultures we have studied.