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.
  
  
• Students will not receive a new homework packet this week. I would like to give then extra time to complete the packet, especially since I did not get as far as I had planned with the math instruction for the week. If they finished last week's packet, then they will just be responsible for a reading log, and completing 45 minutes each of iReady Reading and Math Personalized instruction. The packet will be due next Monday, March 10.
  
  

• Wednesday, March 6th at 8:00 am - 5th Grade Panaramic Picture: Please have your child to wear their uniform or at least a blue or white top and be on time if they want to be in the picture. Flyers to purchase this picture will be sent home this week. Also, students must bring the form that was sent home with them to purchase the Panaramic picture whether they intend to buy the photo or not. They must hand the form to the photographer when it is time to take the picture.

  
  
• Friday, March 8 - Black History Performance - Parent Performance at 1:00 pm & Spring Movie Night - Doors Open at 5:30pm
  

Reading: Ask and Answer Questions, Central Idea, Author's Craft & Text Structure

Writing: Drafting Opinion Writing; Introductions and Conclusions

Grammar: Using the verbs be & have; Consistent Verb Tenses

Word Study: Prefixes: aqua, pro, anti / Latin Roots - terr

Math: Multiplying Decimals

IB Unit of Study: Students will begin planning their Exhibition projects. This is done by all students at authorized IB Primary Years Schools. The Exhibition will include collaborative groups. The entire student body in the fifth grade will work together to write and design the central idea and the lines of inquiry. The purpose of the Exhibition is for students to develop and implement their own planner, conduct their own inquiry, and apply all the skills they have learned through the previous years as an IB student at Willard. This year, the students will conduct the Exhibition in the transdisciplinary theme of ‘Sharing the Planet.’

Social Studies - Slavery in the Americas

Science: Earth Systems - (biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere & hydrosphere)

In the science lab, students will learn about food webs and the flow of energy.

Perry - March 5

Zachary - March 25

Mattea - March 31

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

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

-Nelson Mandela