5th grade families,
Autumn is here…I love this season! Please make sure to send your student prepared for those cooler temperatures with a jacket/coat. We will go outside whenever possible!
Also, Family-Teacher Conferences will be held in two weeks on Monday, October 14th, and Tuesday, October 15th. Both days will be early outs. Please sign up here for a time that will work best for you and your student to attend together. We will also be doing RISE training tests on those dates in preparation for benchmark and end-of-year testing.
This week in math we will be learning all about place value in preparation for operations with decimals. Students will learn that for both whole numbers and decimals, a digit in one place has ten times the value of the place to its right, and one-tenth the value of the place to its left. We will be using the multiplication and division skills we have been learning the past few weeks to expand our knowledge of numbers.
In ELA, we are practicing rereading to compare text structures, with a special focus on problem and solution structure, while we consider the question “What do good problem solvers do?” Please help your child remember to read for 20 minutes every day at home!
In science, we are finishing our study of weathering and erosion and will get to do some hands-on experimenting with this topic. We hope it will be a lot of fun!
Thank you,
Mrs. Shaw
