A STEM Designated School
A STEM Designated School

It’s already the middle of October! We finished up our unit on Ancient Civilizations with a Mesoamerican Celebration. We drank Mexican hot chocolate, made clay Maya calendar codes, and had tortilla chips made from the staple crop of the Aztecs: maize! Next week we will continue our work on fractions, dive into our geography unit, and begin learning all about poetry.





Fifth grade had fun at our field trip and learned a lot about the solar system. We even got to take a picture with a tree grown from a seed that was on the moon! Our solar system unit will end with a project we have started that requires students to research a planet, design, and build a model of a spacecraft that would survive landing on their specific planet. We can’t wait to show what we create next week!
.We’ve finished our first unit in ELA on personal narratives. We’re going to be finishing our Math unit on volume this week. In Science we are completing a chapter on the solar system just in time for our field trip to the planetarium at the beginning of October. Check out some fun builds we did during team builder STEM bin time this past Friday!

Hello 5th grade families!
We are off to a great start after these first two weeks of school. I am proud of how the students have settled back into the routine of school and following expectations, it's almost like we never left for summer break!
Our focused learning goals for the month of September are as follows:
1. ELA- Quoting accurately from text when explaining what the text says, citing specific details and examples to support inferences, and understanding the theme the author is trying to convey.
2. Writing- Personal narrative writing and point of view writing.
3. Science- The nature of science, scientific procedures, and scientific questions. Also the solar system, including the planets and their characteristics.
A few reminders:
Make sure your student is in dress code every day. It is also a good idea to make sure your student's name is written on the tags of any clothing or jacket that they may be taking on or off throughout the day. Fifth grade will be heading a project to revamp the lost and found system at our school and we want to make sure we aren't adding to the lost and found with our own misplaced items!
This year we are completing daily assignments in our workbooks which will be torn out and sent home at the completion of the chapter. You will notice that there will be many days in a row that nothing is sent home, that is simply because we haven't reached the end of the chapter yet.
I'm looking forward to a great month of September. Bring on Fall!

Welcome to 5th grade, a year of exciting new challenges and opportunities! This is a big year, marking the final year of lower school and the start of leadership roles for students. Get ready to explore new topics and work together as we try our best, make mistakes, and grow our knowledge. I am thrilled to have you join us as we journey towards middle school!
See you soon!
Ms. McCain
Here are some resources to help you with schoolwork or help challenge your student:
Math
https://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/
https://illuminations.nctm.org/Default.aspx
ELA
https://www.parenttoolkit.com/advice-tips/5th-grade-english-language-arts-tips
https://kidsread2kids.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0vHO2Zj46AIVhK7ICh1IGgbtEAMYAyAAEgJUNvD_BwE
Here is a cool video and editor to use:
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