8:10-8:50 Special
8:50-9:30 Religion
9:30-10:10 Math
10:10-10:50 Math
10:50-11:30 Social Studies
11:30-12:10 Recess/Lunch
12:10-12:50 ELA
12:50-1:20 Science
1:20-2:00 Enrichment
2:00-2:40 Reading
2:40-2:50 Dismissal
Just an FYI, our specials each run for a week. The cycle is PE, Music, Art.
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5th grade has had a busy start to our year! Our focus in math has been on finding area and volume of rectangular prisms, which has helped us practice our multiplication facts. Now we are working on identifying 3-D shapes based on different viewpoints and using those viewpoints to help find the volume. We have also learned how to use a pan balance to measure the mass of two carrots and we are working on graphing the data on a coordinate grid. Please keep practicing those multiplication facts.
In science, we started the year by learning about the scientific method, a process that we will use when we conduct different experiments. Students got a chance to practice the scientific method by seeing how many drops of water could be placed onto a quarter, dime, nickel, and penny…with some surprising results. We have moved on to learning about the needs of plants. In health we have talked about individual goals, and we discussed an article from Scholastic News Magazine about cell phones in class/school.
We began the fifth grade year in Religion studying how we worship God through prayer, service, and sacrifice as Jesus did. After discussing the Seven Sacraments as a whole we began to more closely study the Sacraments of Initiation of Baptism as it welcomes us into the Christian community and Confirmation as it seals us with the gift of the Holy Spirit. We will continue to center our study on the sacraments next quarter as well.
In Reading, we have been focusing on essential questions and thinking about how we can relate the stories to our everyday lives. We continue to expand our vocabulary and practice reading aloud in class. We have talked about many skills in reading. Some of them are: the author’s perspective, main ideas, and rereading. Writing in our journals has helped us apply the various types of sentences we’ve learned. We will begin to learn the various parts of speech. We’ve also been practicing the writing process and worked diligently on an argumentative essay. Now, we are editing and polishing our writing pieces.
5th grade started the year learning about timelines. We are now focusing on ancient civilizations. Specifically, we are studying about the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations. As part of our Enrichment time we have been reviewing cursive handwriting so that not only can we write it, but be able to read messages from others. We have also been practicing our math facts using a program called Reflex Math.