Week of 3/23 - 3/27

Important Reminder:

• We will send home graded/completed work on Wednesdays. There will be a sheet for you to sign weekly showing that you have seen (and removed) all of their work. Forms from the office will also be included. Students have labeled the front pocket in their binder "Take Home".

Grandparents Day

Language Arts- Mrs. Phelps

Skills we are developing this week include:

Reading:

• RI.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text (reading for the "gist")

• Topics covered: artistic techniques used during the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci's works and accomplishments

Writing:

• W.5.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources to serve as evidence; summarize or paraphrase information in notes

Grammar:

• L. 5. 1d 1d. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense (subject-linking verb agreement)

Morphology:

• accurately read multisyllabic words with the prefixes im- and in- out of context

Our overall reading goals will be to develop an understanding of reading for purposes such as gist, explanation, details, and inferences.

Homework: Final typed persuasive DQ essay completed and printed or shared with Mrs. Phelps

(some are completed already, therefore those students have no homework this week)

Math: Mrs. Bennett

5th Grade – Yellow Group
Building on last week’s work with writing and evaluating expressions, the Yellow Group will now focus on how grouping numbers using parentheses can change the value of an expression. Students will explore how different groupings can lead to very different answers, even when the same numbers and operations are used. For example, in the expression 8 + 4 × 3, we must follow the order of operations and multiply first, giving us 8 + 12 = 20. However, if we change the grouping to (8 + 4) × 3, students will solve the addition first to get 12, and then multiply to get 36. Through examples like this, students will see how parentheses tell us exactly what to solve first and why careful grouping is important in mathematics. This helps deepen their understanding of how expressions work and strengthens their ability to reason mathematically.

5th Grade – Blue Group
Building off last work, students will now begin applying this understanding to solve a variety of fraction-by-whole-number problems. They will use tape diagrams and drawings to represent situations and make sense of what it means to take a fraction of a quantity. For example, when solving 1/4 × 8, students will model 1/4 of 8 by partitioning the whole into four equal parts and identifying one of those parts. Through continued use of manipulatives and visual models, students will strengthen their understanding of how multiplication with fractions can represent both equal groups and scaling. They will also begin to notice patterns in their work and explain their thinking as they move toward more efficient strategies.

Homework: 

• SS #65

• SS #66

• HMH Sheet Due Friday (Yellow groups is on HMH - did not have a printable version)

• SS Quiz Friday (did not have last Friday due to field trip - taking it this Friday)

Social Studies: Mrs. Crush

Students will continue researching a topic related to Social Studies and preparing a Google Slides presentation. This is a collaborative project with Social Studies and Technology. Students will present to their classmates at the end of the project. 

We are also continuing our learning about Ancient China and how geography helped shape one of the world’s earliest civilizations. Students are exploring how the Yellow River supported farming and early settlements, leading to the development of organized societies and dynasties. We are also discussing how Chinese rulers governed, the role of religion and traditions, and important achievements and inventions that influenced Chinese culture and the wider world. Through this unit, students are learning how geography, government, and culture all worked together to shape life in Ancient China.

Science: Mrs. Jackel

5th Grade Google Site Link