Writing
We’ve got some Angry Birds loose in the Caraway neighborhood! This week, students are going to make their own angry bird character and write a warning note to the community about their angry bird. They will plan out their angry bird, draw what their angry bird will look like and describe their birds using adjectives and verbs. Students will go through the writing process and begin with a rough draft of their Angry Birds warning note, then edit and complete a final copy. We’ll discuss what would happen if their angry bird ran loose in the neighborhood. What should people do if they see it? This is a fun writing activity for students to get creative! At the end of the week, students will share Angry Birds writing with the class.
Reading
This week we will continue on with learning all about drama! We will understand the importance of a narrator in a script and discuss how plays have the same components of a story, but are presented differently. Plays still have characters, a problem, and a solution. We will also understand that just like books have different kinds of genres, so do plays! Toward the end of the week, each student will be assigned a part in a class play.
Math
This week we will wrap up our unit on fractions. We will be making fraction creatures, playing some fun fraction review games, and discussing the relationship between the number of fractional parts of the size of those parts. We will assess our knowledge of fractions on Friday.
Social Studies:
We are moving on to social studies for the last few weeks of school. We will be discussing communication, transportation and recreation changes in our community over time. We we be looking closely at how technology has changed over time. Students will describe how science and technology has changed the ways people meet their basic needs as well as communication, transportation, and recreation, past and present. At the end of the week we will design a future mode of transportation. Students will make a 3 dimensional vehicle of the future. They will even get to name their invented vehicle! For this fun activity, we are asking for donations of pasta shapes (rigatoni and wheels) and Play doh. Please let me know if you are able to donate.
At-Home Enrichment (optional homework):
Research: research the “question of the week” and bring what you find out to school. It can be any type of presentation such as a poster, powerpoint, game, etc.
Question of the week: Can you get sunburned if it's cloudy outside?
Math Enrichment:
Want to work on your computer coding skills? Add the app Run Marco! from the Google App Store and learn how to write code!
Want to practice some fractions? Check out these websites!
Fun fraction at home:
What You Need:
Round or square food items such as sandwiches, bagels, cookies, donuts, pies or pizza. Measuring cups and spoons.
What You Do:
1. Encourage your child to cut sandwiches, bagels or other food items into halves, quarters and thirds.
2. Invite your child to help you in the kitchen, especially when you are measuring. Talk about cups, 1/2 cup, 1/4 teaspoon and so on.
3. Give your child a plate of cookies and encourage him to divide them equally among friends.
4. These are some vocabulary words that can be used to enhance your child's understanding of fractions: divide, equal. fourth, half, part, fraction, share, whole
Science Enrichment:
Check out this fun website about food chains:
Reminders
May 11-15: Book Fair- open late on Thursday!
May 14: 5th Grade Legacy Gala & Fine Arts Night
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