♥️ February in 5th Grade 🥰
ELA- We will continue to wrap up Unit 4 of the Wonders reading series and move on to Unit 5. Our weekly stories will be expository text, argumentative text, biography, drama, and historical fiction. We will continue to have story tests every other week and students can use their textbook for reference during the test. In writing we will focus on informational and biographical writing. We will also begin a special poetry project to create a class book. Our grammar topics will focus on all types of pronouns. and then we will move on to adjectives. We will alternate between one week of spelling words and one week of vocabulary words using the Vocabulary Workshop book.
Math- This month the at level math class will continue working with fractions- adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing them. Please continue to practice basic multiplication facts. Each day we use a site called Xtra Math for 10 minutes of focused fact practice. Students may access this at home to practice more. The quicker they are with their basic facts, the easier the larger problems will be and basic facts are essential to success working with fractions. *Honors math class- please refer to communication/Google classroom from Mrs. Burns.
Religion- We will finish working on the Sacraments of Healing, discuss the season of Lent, and then we will move on to learning about Sacraments at the Service of Communion.
Science- We will finish up our microscopic investigations and move on to discussion food chains, transfer of energy, and the needs of living things. Next we will explore the human body!
Social Studies- Students will work through Chapter 5, complete the 50 states test, and begin working on South American capitals and countries.