Waters Landing Elementary School
Fifth Grade Newsletter
March 2014
Important Dates
March 3rd
Claire’s Gourmet Fundraising
Orders due
March 3rd
MSA Begins
March 4th
PTA Meeting
7:00 PM Media
Center
March 7th
Interim Report Cards and Data
Notebooks come Home
March 5th
Family Life and Dieses Prevention
Parent Information Meting
7:00PM Media Center
March 5th and March 6th
5th Grade MSA Reading Testing
Begins at 9: 30AM
March 11th and 12th
Grade 5 MSA Math Testing
Begins at 9:30AM
March 21st
Town Hall Meeting
Claire’s Gourmet
Our Claire’s Gourmet Fundraiser ends March 3rd.
All orders must be returned with payment to your
child’s homeroom teacher on Monday March 3rd.
Thank you for your support in helping to lower the cost
of our spring field trip to Mount Vernon for all students. Details and specifics about the field trip itself will
be shared at a later date.
Again on behalf of the student, thank you for your support with this
fundraiser!
Family Life and Human Sexuality and Disease
Prevention and Control Parent Information Meeting
We will be having a parent/guardian information meeting on Wednesday, March 5th at 7:00 PM in the Media Center to review the current
Family Life and Disease Prevention program. At that time we will be explaining the program, sharing materials and answering questions.
Permission slips were sent home and MUST be returned no later than
March 14th.
Reading
We continue our exploration of graphic novels into this
March 21st through March 27th
5th Grade Family Life Instruction
March 27th
3rd Marking Period Ends
March 28th
No School for
Students
Teacher’s work
day
Month. Along with reading and analyzing the graphic novel we will
be analyzing and comparing graphic novels, literary text and movies
all of the same title. In addition to fiction graphic novels we will review and analyze non-fiction informational graphic novels and compare them with non-fiction/informational articles. We round out the
quarter by reading biographies. We will continue specific vocabulary
instruction for new academic vocabulary , as well as, figurative language, and the affixes and roots of words.
Social Studies
Instruction focuses on the regions of Maryland and why people created settlements in specific areas. We look at the effect technological advances had on a
growing and prospering nation and Maryland. Along with expansion, how the economy was affected, jobs that were created, and how the geographical characteristics
of a given area were changed by man.
Writing
We will be writing multiple pieces and covering all areas of writing a personal narrative to inform
and to give one’s opinion.
With informative writing we will be looking at the introduction of a topic, development of
the topic, grouping related information logically, and solid concluding statements.
With opinion writing we will be looking for and instructing on introducing a topic, stating
an opinion, reasons supported by facts, organization – ordering reasons logically, grouping ideas
logically, and solid concluding statements.
Students will be completing their book trailers. Some class time will be provided for the initial design of the book trailer. Some work may need to be completed at home. We will be using
Photo Story to complete the book trailer. This software can be downloaded on your home computer for free. Login to the WLES website and visit Destiny, directions can be found in the 5th grade
LiveBinder site.
5th Grade Math
In math we continue with the multiplication of fractions for the remainder
of the week. We continue to work with fractions with like denominators,
fractions with unlike denominators, and fractions greater than a whole.
We will then move onto the division of a whole number and a fraction
(partitive, whole number products) and problem solving, using length models,, number line
models, and set models. Division of a fraction by a fraction (where the numerator of one factor is a multiple of the denominator of the other) and problem solving . This will continue on
to the end of the marking period.
6th Grade Math/Math A
Let’s celebrate the return of Mr. Bradshaw!!!!! He will be returning to WLES the
week of March 3rd. Many thanks to Mr. Warner, Mr. Chechik, and Mr. Grosett for their help in filling in since the departure of Mr. Fisher.
Students will continue their study of quadrilaterals, identifying them,
listing attributes, and calculating area. They will continue to review angles,
constructing, measuring, and identifying. The unit continues on with the construction
of circles, angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals based on given measures, and ends with
locating and plotting coordinates on a coordinate plane and the study of transformations.
Science
We continue with our study of planets, celestial patterns, light & shadow, properties & patterns of Earth & stars, Earth’s relationship to the Sun,
characteristics of Earth and other planets, and the characteristics of other celestial bodies such as comets, asteroids,
meteors, and the moon.
Birthday Celebrations
If you wish to send in celebratory treats for your child’s birthday
please send in cookies or doughnuts. Items must be purchased from a store.
Students do not have enough time to eat larger treats and they make a huge
mess. Thank you for your support in this matter.
REPLENISH
Please check with your child. Many of them
need to replenish supplies needed for school: erasers, pencils, spiral notebooks, etc.
Donations are appreciated. With the cold and
flu season upon us, most of us are in need of tissues.
Thanks,
Ms. Cook, Mr. Evans, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Chechik