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.
  
  
• Homework - This week, the students received a homework agenda that includes a reading log on the back and instructions to complete last week's packet. If they completed last week's homework packet, they should complete the reading log along with 45 minutes of iReady for reading and math for the week.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Photo Gallery Returning Soon - I have a new phone and for some reason I am having trouble uploading my pictures to the newsletter. As soon as I figure it out, or get one of my kids to help me, the picture section will return :)
  
  
• 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 (Quoting Accurately from a text to explain explicit and inferential information) - This week, we are specifically working on referring back to the text to cite details and examples that support our inferences.

Writing: Drafting informational writing on biomes

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

Math: Adding fractions and mixed numbers with different denominators

IB Unit of Study: Students will work in groups to create food web posters for the biomes that they are studying.

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

Science: Energy transfer in organisms

In the science lab, students will explore matter and plant growth.

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