Welcome back!
English Language Arts:
We've started reading "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" and will continue to do so in the coming week. We'll be exercising our knowledge of context clues to make predictions about the mysteries and will familiarize ourselves with stories written in first-person point of view.
Math:
Happy Friday 5th grade Spartans!
This week we ended Unit 2 in math and started fractions. We reviewed some concepts and next we will delve even deeper into how to work with fractions, including adding, subtracting, and even working with mixed numbers.
Sincerely,
Mr. Dorazio
History:
We will identify and discuss the causes and effects of the spread of Renaissance ideas to Northern Europe. We’re heading to Germany in Northern Europe, following the path along which Renaissance ideas spread. Remember Guttenberg’s printing press--it plays a very important role in spreading Renaissance ideas into Northern Europe.
Science:
This week we saw how to build circuits and how a parallel
circuit works. Now we are transitioning to something really fun: we are going to look at a pendulum and see how it works. If you want to play along at
home, you will need some string, a washer/heavy object, a pencil, and
some paper clips.
Grammar/Writing:
We've finished our focus on adjectives in Grammar, but we won't forget about them! They'll keep showing up in our sentences, but our next focus will be on Predicate Verbs and Direct Objects.
In Writing, we've begun working on ordering events. In the next couple of weeks, we'll focus on identifying main events and writing about our own events in chronological order.
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.
