Questions/discussions to have at home: (updated 12/08/25)
Tell me about your abolitionist poster project.
Give me a common denominator you could use to add 1/5 and 3/8.
What did you do in music this week?
What was the civil war being fought over?
Tell me about the book Watercress.
What we are currently studying in 5S (Updated December 08)
Math- Unit 4- "How many people and teams?" Multiplication and Division #2 - Focusing on the operations of multiplication and division
Social Studies- Abolition and the Civil War- How abolitionists worked to create "a more perfect union"
Reading- Unit 3 Argument and Advocacy -students to read informational texts to analyze a variety of arguments, and then work in a research group to study a debatable issue.
Writing- Unit 3-Argument Essay- writing essays focused on building a powerful argument using evidence to persuade readers to action
SEL-Second Step- Unit 2- Emotion Management- Students learn how to identify emotions in themselves and apply strategies to manage their emotions.The goals of this unit include students being able to:
Describe a recurring situation in which they typically feel a strong emotion
Recognize what they can and cannot change about recurring situations in which they typically feel strong emotions
Describe changes they will make to manage strong emotions the next time the situation occurs