Mrs. Mentzel

Our Classes...

🍎 This year you will be part of the Red Team 1. Ms. Guzman & I will be your teachers for Language Arts and/or Social Studies. Your Math & Science teachers are Ms. Bilik & me. 

Language Arts...

📚  This year you will explore & improve your reading and writing skills. Through narrative, literary analysis and fantasy units, we will focus on the "life lessons" (themes) that can be learned in stories and how to write them into your own stories. We will discover the effective craft techniques that writer's use to bring out the meaning of their stories. We will learn how to communicate our ideas clearly and effectively with proper structure & grammar. 

Social Studies...

🌎  This class will use the lens of historical events to explore the themes that exist in our past and how they impact our current lives. Our curriculum is divided into four central themes that will support our learning about Native American and Early American culture, history, geography, economics and government. We will look at different groups of people and their perspectives and try to enhance our understanding of  American history. 

Science...

🧪 This year in Science we will explore 4 main units of study. These include Space Systems, Structures and Properties of Matter, Earth's Systems and Matter/Energy and in Organisms and Ecosystems. 

Math...

🧮Throughout the year in 5th grade math we will cover various chapters, including: place value, decimals, fractions, graphing, etc.