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5B Specials
Monday--STEM
Tuesday-STEM
Wednesday-PE, Music
Thursday-Art
Friday-Music, Spanish -
Contact Info
e-mail jvolinski@stbenedictohio.com
school office 216-662-9380 x175 -
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Welcome to 5th Grade!
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Look forward to Math homework Monday through Thursday nights:)
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Fifth Grade News
The fifth graders have been learning all about multiplying decimals this month. They started by multiplying decimals and whole numbers and moved on to expanded form, multiplying money, and then multiplying by other decimals. This kind of practice was then found useful on the math section of the MAP test along with other concepts they have been working on this year. In English the focus has been on persuasive writing and comparing two stories as they inflect their thoughts and work at lengthening essays. In science they are discussing how earthquakes and volcanoes impact our Earth. They built multiple structures and tested them with an “earthquake”, researched the Richter Scale and different magnitudes of earthquakes, and found out our crust is always moving with different boundaries. As they start volcanoes, they will learn about three types and even get to experiment with how volcanoes erupt! In reading the concentration has been on the four categories of author’s purpose (persuade, inform, entertain, and explain) and how to tell the difference between the categories. In social studies discussion of the Plymouth colony and other early American settlements has rounded out the month. The order of the Mass is being studied in religion and then seen first hand weekly at Mass for students to discuss further. The days fly by quickly and are filled with all kinds of new things. Check back next month to see what’s new.