Mrs. Gray's 5th Grade Newsletter
A Peek At Our Week - Jan. 29 - Feb. 2
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Reminders, Updates and Announcements!
Here are a few reminders, updates, and announcements:
- Please remind your child to bring their chromebooks to school fully charged every day.
- Norton Simon Museum Field Trip - Thursday, February 1, from 9:15 until 12:00 pm. The museum requires at least 3 adults to be present with the class during the field trip. If you are available to attend, please contact me as soon as possible. Also, remember to sign and return the permission slips if you have not already done so. Thank you!
- 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
What We Are Learning
Reading: Informational Reading - Determining Main Ideas and Supporting Details; Summarizing Texts.
Writing: Editing informational writing on biomes. We will focus on editing for capitalization, punctuation, and correcting run-on sentences.
Grammar: Review capitalization, fixing run on sentences, and using commas after prepositional and transitional phrases
Word Study: Latin Roots - vis/vid, aud, dict, liber and mar
Math: Subtracting mixed numbers with different denominators
IB Unit of Study: Different forms of government throughout the world
Social Studies - Colonial Life - We will explore how the three colonial regions (Southern, Middle and New England) were alike and different.
Science: We will explore how matter cycles between the air and the soil and among plants, animals and microbes as these organisms live and die.
In the science lab, students will discover the critical role earthworms play in decomposing dead material and releasing nutrients into the soil.
Congratulations to this month's award recipients!!
Science Lab
Students explore what conditions will affect the decomposition of matter.
January Birthdays! 🥳🎉🎈
January 3 - Victoria 🎊
“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.”
-Nelson Mandela