Mrs. Gray's 5th Grade Newsletter

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Here are a few reminders and updates:

• The students will be taking the iReady Reading and Math Diagnostic this week. Please remind them to bring their chromebooks to school fully charged every day. If they have earbuds or headphones, they are welcome to use them for testing.

• Holiday Performance - Friday, December 8 at 1pm in the auditorium. Students should practice their songs on their instruments. The dress code for the performance is holiday festive attire. All students will be participating in the holiday performance.
• 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

Sharpies (fine tip)

Dry erase markers

Small erasers for dry erase boards

Reading: iReady Reading Diagnostic & Informational Reading (Quoting Accurately from a text to explain explicit and inferential information).

Writing: Students will begin to research and gather information for their expository (informational) writing on ecosystems.

Math: iReady Math Diagnostic & Comparing and Rounding Decimals

IB Unit of Study: New Unit - How the World Works (Physical and Biological Science):

Central Idea: People have sought to understand the physical and biological aspects of the world in order to manage resources and support sustainability.

Lines of Inquiry:

• Habitats, biomes, and ecosystems
• Interrelationships between living things and their environments
• Earth's systems - biomes, hydrosphere, geosphere and atmosphere
  
  

Social Studies: European Explorers

Science: In class, we will study physical and chemical properties of matter and mixtures.

In the science lab, students will learn that Earth has just the right amount of heat and light for life to exist. Students will plan a "space mission" to other planets and explore whether that planet has the right environment for life to occur.

December 28 - Brandon 🎊

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

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

-Nelson Mandela