Math*

5.NF.4 Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction. 

• • Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths by tiling it with unit squares of the appropriate unit fraction side lengths, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths. Multiply fractional side lengths to find areas of rectangles, and represent fraction products as rectangular areas.

Last week, we worked on understanding that a fraction is a division problem and a division problem is a fraction.  This week, we will see the relationship between division and multiplication and work on multiplyng a whole number by a fraction.

Small group work will include extra help with new concepts and a review of expressions and order-of-operations work.

I'm also continuing to work on global practices and perspectives.  This week we will look at how families live around the world depending on their monthly income.

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ELA*

This week we will continue Module 1 of Wit & Wisdom. 

• RL.5.3- I can compare and contrast two characters in a story, drawing on specific details in the text.

• RL.5.4- I can recognize specific word choices that contribute to the meaning and tone of a text.

• L.5.5.a- I can understand figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.

Science*

We are starting our weather unit, it is a long one! We will spend the next several days learning about the water cycle.  

ESS.5.1 Understand how Earth systems (hydrosphere and atmosphere) impact patterns of weather and climate.

ESS.5.1.1 Analyze and interpret data to compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns.

ESS.5.1.2 Analyze and interpret weather data to explain current and upcoming weather conditions (including severe weather such as hurricanes and tornadoes) in a given location.

ESS.5.1.3 Construct an explanation to summarize the ocean's influences on weather and climate in North Carolina.

ESS.5.1.4 Use models to explain how the sun’s energy drives the processes of the water cycle (including evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation).

Social Studies

5.G.1  Understand the ways in which geographic factors and features have influenced development of the United States.  

• 5.G1.1  Explain the relationship between location, physical environment, and human activity in the United States. 

• 5.G.1.2  Explain ways in which voluntary and forced migration and slavery led to changes in the landscape of the United States, using maps. 

• 5.G.1.3  Explain how technological innovation has impacted the geography of the United States. 

• 5 G 1.4  Explain the reasons for forced and voluntary migration to, from, and within the United States.