Fifth Grade Math
We continue with Chapter 6 Adding & Subtracting Fractions. The Fraction Project, featuring where fractions are found in the real world, a center Fraction problem designed by the students or choosing from a list of problems, and tripling their favorite recipe, is due Tuesday. Students will take a short quiz on Wednesday: Adding and Subtracting with "like denominators", and a short quiz on Friday: Adding & Subtracting with "Unlike Denominators". Students will be assigned a Chapter Study Guide/Review Sheet on Friday. The Chapter 6 test is scheduled for Wednesday, March 13th. Here's a website that explains Adding Fractions and contains an online quiz: Adding Fractions (University of Chicago website). Additionally, the Recommended Websites Tab contains websites with videos and worksheets you can download for practice.
Mr. Sparke, the pilot from Southwest Airlines, will visit on Monday morning to resume his Math-Science Program. Students have a booklet to use for the program. Last visit, he gave us a copy of his schedule and we were asked to compute his weekly trip hours.
Fifth graders will begin Multiplication and Division Timed Tests each Monday. Please practice flashcards or use the websites recommended in the Tab above.
Fourth Grade Math
Fourth graders continue Long Division in Chapter 7 Division this week. There will be a short quiz Tuesday on Dividing by powers of ten and dividing without a remainder. On Friday, there will be a short quiz on Estimating with compatible numbers and dividing with remainders. Students will receive a Division Packet with notes and steps to help practice their division skills. We continue with Multiplication Timed Tests once a week. See the RECOMMENDED WEBSITES tab at the top of this page. It contains a video and step-by-step Long Division examples.
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Math Help - Office Hours
Tuesday through Thursday: 7:15am
4th Grade Mondays: 2:25 - 3:15
5th Grade Wednesdays: 2:25 - 3:15
Fifth Grade Reading, Spelling & Vocab
We will read the Lesson 18 Realistic Fiction selection, Project Mulberry, a story of the lifecycle of a silkworm. We will focus on comprehension using Story Structure and Main Idea & Details graphic organizers. The Lesson 18 Comprehension & Vocabulary Test will be on Friday. We will skip Spelling Lesson 25 and proceed with Lesson 26 this week. The Spelling Lesson 26 Workbook is due on Thursday, with the Spelling Test held on Friday. The Vocabulary Cards (or Spiral Notebook Definitions) for Blue Book Unit 12 are due on Friday.
Fifth Grade Religion
Last Thursday, the fourth and fifth graders began practice for the Living Stations of the Cross on Friday, March 8th. We will continue discussing the Cardinal Virtues in Chapter 6 of the Religion Book. Students will write about the meaning of the virtue, Justice. Additionally, students are reflecting on each station of the cross in a packet they received on Ash Wednesday.
Other Fifth Grade News
Living Stations of the Cross - Fri., March 8th @ 1:15