5th Grade Weekly News

August 27, 2018 – August 31, 2018

This Week’s Objectives

Reading/Writing: This week we will
Reminders/Upcoming Events begin our unit on Human Rights.
What are human rights? Why do we have them
Tuesday 8/28: Back to School Night and how are they protected? This
ELAC/GATE Meeting 5pm-7pm unit is designed to help students build
knowledge about these questions while
Friday 8/31: No School simultaneously building their ability to read
challenging text closely.
Monday 9/3: Labor Day - No School
Math: Place value and decimal fractions.
Wednesday 9/5 PTSA Meeting *Please encourage your child to persevere
when they come upon a problem that is difficult
*Tues. 8/28 – at first. As always, we are continuing to work on
Mid Module Math Test writing about math and thoroughly explaining
our steps when solving.

Science: Spaceship Earth

Social Studies: Early explorers of America

Health: Listening with Attention

Student Shout Outs

Vocabulary Words:
ethnic - a population subgroup within a larger
Shout out to Jakob and Dante – cultural group

They have been working so hard and they help violations - the act of breaking an agreement
friends in need they are also great friends keep
up the good work! analysis - detailed examination of the structure of
something

evidence - facts or information that prove something

to be true

implications - a conclusion that can be drawn from

something

justify - show or prove to be right or reasonable.