Mrs. Gray's 5th Grade Newsletter

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Here are a few reminders, updates, and announcements:

• Please remind your child to bring their chromebooks to school fully charged every day.
  
  
• February 1, from 9:15 until 12:00 pm, our class will go to the Norton Simon Museum for a field trip. Please make sure to sign and return the permission slips.
  
  
• Please read and review the 5th Grade Activities Participation Contract with your child. The form must be signed by both you and your child and returned to school.
  
  
• Please review the Parent-Student Compact sent home this week with your child. The form should be signed by both you and your child and returned to school.
  
  
• Inquiry Night - Feb. 8th - If your child would like to participate in the cardboard challenge or complete a science project for inquiry night, please refer to the flyer that was sent home today. Inquiry night is an event in which students and families will have a chance to engage in activities and see Science, Innovation, and Cardboard Challenge projects. Please contact Ms. Wittry if you have questions: wittry.linda@pusd.us.
  
  
• FREE Tutoring - PUSD will begin providing after school tutoring at school sites including Willard. If you are interested in having your child participate, please register by clicking on the link below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUMp2Omj0RsQdQI3Jlfxh2UOGpvPGpi2pNuGljLKcxysDyLA/viewform
  

Reading: Informational Reading - Paraphrasing and summarizing texts & Quoting specific details and contextual evidence from texts.

Writing: Revising informational writing on biomes. We will focus on adding transition words, descriptive adjectives and vivid verbs, and non-fiction text features.

Word Study: Latin Roots - vis/vid, aud, dict, liber and mar

Math: Review and take a quiz on Adding fractions and mixed numbers with different denominators; begin subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with different denominators

IB Unit of Study: Introduce our new unit - How We Organize Ourselves (Government)

Central Idea: People adopt or take on some form of organization in order to maintain control within society.

Lines of Inquiry:

• Different forms of government throughout the world
• Local, national, and global power struggles
• Our rights and responsibilities as citizens

Social Studies - Early English Settlements: We will explore the challenges that were faced by early English settlements including Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth.

Science: Photosynthesis - the process by which plants use the energy of the sun to create its food

In the science lab, students will discover the role fungi play in decomposing dead materials and in creating soil.

January 3 - Victoria 🎊

Email: gray.melanie@pusd.us
Phone: 6263965600

“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.”

-Nelson Mandela