5A - Ms. Everhart

Rediker Grade Book Access

Specials Schedule
Monday: Art
Tuesday: STEM 1
Wedesday: Music
Thursday: STEM 2/Spanish
Friday: Gym

For the week of January 21, 2020
4th Grade Science:
Forms of Matter Worksheet
Due: Friday, 1/24/2020

5th Grade Science:
Research your favorite animal WS
Due: Friday, 1/24/2020

5th Grade Social Studies:
No Homework

REMINDER: Movie permission slips and $ are due on Wed. 1/22/2020

Also, Book Fair will be next week. We will be doing a walk through on Friday, (NO MONEY please) More details to follow

Now that the fifth graders have finished up their unit on weather patterns, and factors in the atmosphere that affect our weather, we are moving on to Interactions within an ecosystem.  This topic focuses on foundational knowledge of the structures and functions of ecosystems. We will be learning about what an ecosystem is, what makes up a food chain and food web and how energy moves up the food chain/web.  

In Social studies, we have finished up our Native American unit and we will be moving into our unit on the age of exploration.  We will be learning about how cultures met and how the age of exploration used navigational tools, Spanish explorations and Spanish colonies.  This topic focuses on European exploration and colonization had lasting effects which can be used to understand the Western Hemisphere today. We will be covering some pretty interesting colonies and people throughout the chapter, for example, Pocahontas, the Plymouth Colony, along with the French and the Dutch.  

In Math, fifth grade is concentrating on all things decimal,  The focus has been on multiplication lately by finding patterns with decimals, multiplying by whole numbers, using expanded form, and multiplying money.  On the flip side working with division students will be also finding patterns, dividing by whole numbers, estimating, and working with zeros in the dividend.  By the time we're finished students will be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals with confidence.  

In Religion the focus is on the Mass.  Students will be able to tell the order of the Mass with ease and the vessels and vestments that are a part of the celebration..  From studying in class to participating at our all school Mass on Tuesdays students will become comfortable taking part more fully, and identifying the seasons of the church year and what the liturgical year is all about.

In Language Arts, fifth graders are finishing up their final products with the research writings. We have learned many exciting facts about Baker Mayfield, Cheese, Martin Luther King, Starfish, Cats, Michael Jackson, Bats, and many other interesting topics. Students will present 3 - 5 interesting facts that we learned and we even have the opportunity to dress up as our person. We look forward to our next form of writing which is persuasive and opinion writing.

In Reading, the 5th graders have been hard at work completing journal entries, comprehension questions, and group work related to our current novel Island of the Blue Dolphins. We are making great progress in our reading comprehension and vocabulary work.