Welcome back!
Important Dates and Information:
Monday, 9/7: Labor Day; there will be no Zooms or Google Classroom lessons. Enjoy the long weekend!
Tuesday, 9/8: There will be NO Zoom meetings (Homeroom, Small Groups, or Tutoring) due to faculty training taking place throughout the school day.
Phased Reopening: Due to the latest reopening plan, 5th grade families who have opted to return to campus for Brick & Mortar learning will begin sending students to the building on Monday, September 21.
Reminder: Each day starts at 8:00 a.m., when we look forward to seeing all students sitting scholarly and ready for our Homeroom Zoom meetings!
English Language Arts:
Grammar & Writing:
We started off the year in Grammar reviewing the Four Types of Sentences and the Principal Elements. In the coming weeks, we will be focusing on Adverbs: what they do and how to use them. Each fifth grader should have a Well Ordered Language 2A workbook where they can complete a majority of their assignments and in which they may underline and/or take notes as they watch Grammar videos.
In Writing, we are working on how to summarize passages about a variety of subjects. This week, we identified main ideas and wrote summaries in paragraphs. Next week, we will create summaries by using different kinds of outlines to organize central themes. Students should have a Writing notebook where they take notes as requested, but for now, they should be completing Writing assignments on loose-leaf lined paper.
Math:
Hello Fifth grade Spartans,
Next week for math we will be working with mental math. We will look at equations differently and try to manipulate them in ways that will be easier to solve in our heads. This will be a great help when we get to word problems. By the end of the week we will learn how to navigate a word problem and how to properly solve it.
-Mr. Dorazio
History:
We will continue our studies of Mesoamerica next Monday, discussing the Incan Empire and the influence it had in South America. The Incan people brought together many other groups along the Western coast of South America and created better roads, bridges, farming techniques, etc. that would advance their empire into greater dominance within the region.
We will have a Mesoamerican Unit Review on Wednesday, followed by a 10-question test inside Google Classroom. This will be an “open note” test completed with the notes provided from the lessons provided through GC.
Be Well,
Mr. Swanson
Science:
This week in Science we started to investigate chemical and
physical changes. Next week, we dive deeper into what makes a chemical change
different from a physical change. Be on the look out for our first Science test on Tuesday the 15th!
- Mr. Chisholm
Specials link: https://ghwhspecials.blogspot.com/
5th Grade Contact Info:
5A Lead – Mr. Craig Swanson; craig.swanson@greatheartswesternhills.org
AT – Ms. Kate Wall; katharine.wall@greatheartswesternhills.org
5B Lead – Mr. Vinny Dorazio; vincent.dorazio@greatheartswesternhills.org
AT – Ms. Kate Wall; katharine.wall@greatheartswesternhills.org
5C Lead – Ms. Hannah Harkness; hannah.harkness@greatheartswesternhills.org
AT – Mr. Daniel Coronel; daniel.coronel@greatheartswesternhills.org
5D Lead – Mr. Travis Chisholm; travis.chisholm@greatheartswesternhills.org
AT – Mr. Daniel Coronel; daniel.coronel@greatheartswesternhills.org
If you need us, we’re here! Please do not hesitate to reach out with questions, comments, or concerns.
