5th Grade

Learning Targets:  We will be discussing how to simplify and multiply mixed numbers.

Homework:   due the next day 

• • Mon.:  study multiplication facts for #6-9

  • Tues.:  3-5 paper #1-12

Mult. Facts #6-9 Check:  Tuesday

Learning Targets: We will be starting a new part in our unit on "Mixtures and Solutions." We will be learning about Chemical Reactions and how to define them. 

Assessment: None

Learning Targets: This week we will discuss slavery in the Americas. Why did it start? what was life like for an enslaved African?

Assessments: 

Reading/Writing:  This week we will continue our informational writing unit. Students will begin drafting their own informational writings and applying the conventions of informational writing (topic sentences, supporting details, etc.). Students will be typing up a final draft of their informative pieces on Matthew Henson and turning them in for a grade. Then, we will begin our unit on informational reading, in which we will read an informational text about animal cells. 

Homework:  

• None

Assessment:

• Informational writing will be graded, final draft due Wednesday

Band: Last week, we got more practice on the note A (B for Trumpets/Clarinets and F# for Saxophones). Additionally, we started to look at p. 14 in our TOE books to play eighth notes! I have finalized exactly what we are playing at our concert, and we are going to keep refining those materials this week! Please be on top of your child to practice their instrument at home! What they should be practicing is written directly on their practice record.

• Tuesday Power Hour: 1st Wave - Tubas; 2nd Wave - Flutes and Clarinets

• Thursday: Bring Instruments to class!!!

Homework: 

• Practice Records due on Monday