Mrs. Lansville's Updates: 

Rotations will be approximately 3 weeks.  By the end of 9 weeks, all fifth-grade students will have completed the same assignments, projects, and novels.  It is expected that each child read 20 minutes a night.  There will be times that chapters will be assigned from the class book.  If a fifth grader has an independent novel, he/she can read from that book.  If your child is in a writing rotation, he/she may read a free choice book for the nightly reading.  

Block 1 - Language Arts - 9:00-10:10 

Students are working on Wordly Wise and will be working on writing responses and essays using multiple texts.  We will also read the novel, The Cay. This book is dedicated to the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King. 

Block 2 - Language Arts - 12:10-1:35

We are reading the class novel, The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull.  Students will work on writing detailed responses.  We will also work on  Wordly Wise and Perspective Writing.  

Block 3 - Language Arts - 1:55-3:25 - Students will use multiple sources (articles and videos) to help them decide if humans should eat insects.  The fifth graders will write a five paragraph essay.  

Geography - 

All three academic blocks are learning the locations of the countries of South America

Mrs. Dinkel's Updates

I encourage you to help your child practice their multiplication facts.

Mrs. Mozelewski's Updates 

Social Studies: We are currently working on physical science units. The unit we are on now is Conservation of Mass and next will be Gravitational Forces.