Questions/discussions to have at home: (updated 03/03/26)
What happens when a solid dissolves into a liquid?
What is 2/5 x 60?
What did you do in P.E this week?
What is happening in the book Gregor the Overlander?
Tell me about the memoir you are writing.
What we are currently studying in 5S (Updated March 3rd)
Math- Unit 7: Races, Arrays, and Grids-multiplying and dividing rational numbers, which includes extending students’ understanding of the meaning of those operations and of place value. Students use contexts and representations (fraction bars, arrays, and grids) to solve problems involving multiplication and division of fractions and decimals. Students also apply their understandings of multiplication and division to solve measurement conversion problems.
Science- Modeling Matter - Exploring the natures of solids, liquids, and gases.
Reading- Unit 4- Fantasy -Identifying multiple themes, symbolism, metaphors, tangled plot lines, character change, nuanced settings, patterns across multiple texts
Writing- Unit 4-Memoir- Students will write in high volume about big ideas using small details of events that they have experienced in their own life.
by flash drafting seed stories into essays and narratives.
SEL-Second Step- Unit 4- Problem-Solving
Students learn how to apply their emotion management, communication, and perspective-taking skills to solve interpersonal problems and demonstrate strategies for effectively dealing with interpersonal conflict.