Mrs. Gray's 5th Grade Newsletter

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Thank you so much for your support in helping the students to complete their Heritage Floats and prepare for the presentations. The students did an amazing job with their floats, posters, or Google Slides and the presentations are going great! I have included some pictures below showcasing their projects.

Here are a few reminders and updates.

• Students should bring their chromebooks to school fully charged every day.
  
  

• Parent-Teacher Conference Sign Ups - Please use the following link to sign up for a conference - https://calendar.google.com/calendar/appointments/AcZssZ2vIoYJ8FMAoGhE07ySJRUQMVIIdgxkcP1PPEs=. The dates will be Thursday 10/5, Monday 10/9, and Friday 10/13 (School Wide Conference Day - No School). If these days or times listed do not work for your schedule, please email me so that we can make alternate arrangements.

  
  

• Volunteers Needed - Do you love math and working with children? If so, I am looking for parent volunteers who are interested in working with small groups of students to practice math skills. If you are interested, please let me know.
  
  

• Remember to fill out and return the permission slip for the field trip to the Armory Center for the Arts on 10/31 @ 9:30 am. I realize that this is Halloween and the school usually has a parade around 8:30 am in the morning, so I am not sure how the field trip will impact our participation in the parade, but I will look into and let you know.
  

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) - Students will be able to recognize recurring situations that cause them to feel strong emotions.

Reading: Class Novel, Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

• Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story, drawing on specific details from the text.
  
  

• Making Inferences based on evidence from the text
  
  

• Word Study - Greek and Latin roots
  
  

Writing:

• Revising personal narratives - Showing vs. Telling & Using Descriptive and Precise Language
  
  

Math:

• Review and have a quiz on Multiplying Multi-Digit Numbers
• Dividing Multi-digit numbers

IB Unit of Study: Who We Are (Culture Changes):

• Heritage Project Presentations
• Finish Group Culture Projects - (In class project)
• Culture Unit Reflections

Social Studies: Students will be working in groups studying different Native American Cultural Regions and creating a triaroma to show the different elements of each culture's region such as food, shelter, climate, natural resources, tools, etc.

Science: Structure and Properties of Matter - In the science lab, students will investigate and model how gases cause explosions. Students will experiment by mixing baking soda and vinegar inside a sealed bag and observe how the gas bubbles produced cause the bag to inflate.

October 5 - Chance

October 30 - Leroy

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

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

-Nelson Mandela