It s really hard to believe that we have been in school for nine weeks and that we have completed the first quarter of fifth grade! We are all so proud of the strides our students have made so far, and we know that there are great things to come!
As we all know this time of year can be hectic and stressful for us as well as our kids. keeping up daily routines and expectations can help to reduce stress. Remember that students have homework in math and reading every night - Monday through Thursday.
Along with daily routines be sure that your child is getting enough rest each night.According to a study conducted b Douglas Research Center at McGill University, "Sleep has beneficial effects on our health, emotions, memory, and academic potential. Inadequate sleep, however, can negatively affect our well-being, decision-making, and attention, all of which are necessary for success in school. Elementary school and early high school have been identified as critical periods for affecting and establishing healthy habits in children. Because of sleep’s vital impact on the health and performance of students, it is important to emphasize good bedtime habits in our homes, communities, and especially in our schools during this time."
Here is what we will be working on over the next month.
MATH: Students will estimate and calculate quotients for four digit dividends and 2 digit divisors. divisors. Area models and drawings will be used as pictorial representations that support students’ understandings about place value and the relationship between multiplication and division.
MATH 5/6: Students begin instruction on sixth grade concepts, the first being ration and rate. Students use reasoning about multiplication and division to solve ratio and rate problems about quantities. By viewing equivalent ratios and rates as deriving from, and extending, pairs of rows (or columns) in the multiplication table, and by analyzing simple drawings that indicate the relative size of quantities, students connect their understanding of multiplication and division with ratios and rates. Thus students expand the scope of problems for which they can use multiplication and division to solve problems, and they make connections between ratios and fractions
READING students read myths and a Junior Great Books traditional literature selection in order to analyze the influence of point of view on the description of events. They examine how the main character reacts to challenges in order to determine a theme. Students compare and contrast events in the text and examine the structure of literary text. Students also analyze how multimedia elements contribute to the tone of a myth, review key ideas through discussion, and explore common proverbs.
SCIENCE: Students will engage in the practices of scientists and engineers as they explore electromagnetic waves. They will use wave model to investigate how waves can transmit data over long distances, and explore the orbits of satellites.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We will focus on changes in government that occurred during the creation of the United States. Students first explore the Articles of Confederation and analyze how the creation of this document changed government in the colonies. Students then analyze examples of successes and failures of governing under the Articles of Confederation. This leads students to an exploration of why and how the United States Constitution was developed.
WRITING: Coinciding with the social studies instruction about events leading to the American Revolution and the changes in government that occurred during the creation of the "new" government students will research events or individual pertinent to the war and governmental change.
As we all know this time of year can be hectic and stressful for us as well as our kids. keeping up daily routines and expectations can help to reduce stress. Remember that students have homework in math and reading every night - Monday through Thursday.
Along with daily routines be sure that your child is getting enough rest each night.According to a study conducted b Douglas Research Center at McGill University, "Sleep has beneficial effects on our health, emotions, memory, and academic potential. Inadequate sleep, however, can negatively affect our well-being, decision-making, and attention, all of which are necessary for success in school. Elementary school and early high school have been identified as critical periods for affecting and establishing healthy habits in children. Because of sleep’s vital impact on the health and performance of students, it is important to emphasize good bedtime habits in our homes, communities, and especially in our schools during this time."
Here is what we will be working on over the next month.
MATH: Students will estimate and calculate quotients for four digit dividends and 2 digit divisors. divisors. Area models and drawings will be used as pictorial representations that support students’ understandings about place value and the relationship between multiplication and division.
MATH 5/6: Students begin instruction on sixth grade concepts, the first being ration and rate. Students use reasoning about multiplication and division to solve ratio and rate problems about quantities. By viewing equivalent ratios and rates as deriving from, and extending, pairs of rows (or columns) in the multiplication table, and by analyzing simple drawings that indicate the relative size of quantities, students connect their understanding of multiplication and division with ratios and rates. Thus students expand the scope of problems for which they can use multiplication and division to solve problems, and they make connections between ratios and fractions
READING students read myths and a Junior Great Books traditional literature selection in order to analyze the influence of point of view on the description of events. They examine how the main character reacts to challenges in order to determine a theme. Students compare and contrast events in the text and examine the structure of literary text. Students also analyze how multimedia elements contribute to the tone of a myth, review key ideas through discussion, and explore common proverbs.
SCIENCE: Students will engage in the practices of scientists and engineers as they explore electromagnetic waves. They will use wave model to investigate how waves can transmit data over long distances, and explore the orbits of satellites.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We will focus on changes in government that occurred during the creation of the United States. Students first explore the Articles of Confederation and analyze how the creation of this document changed government in the colonies. Students then analyze examples of successes and failures of governing under the Articles of Confederation. This leads students to an exploration of why and how the United States Constitution was developed.
WRITING: Coinciding with the social studies instruction about events leading to the American Revolution and the changes in government that occurred during the creation of the "new" government students will research events or individual pertinent to the war and governmental change.