Fifth Grade Newsletter
May & June 2016
Teacher corner
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You will notice the scheduled dates for
the PARCC assessments for Grade 5
math and reading on the calendar below.
We ask that families support their
students for these required items in two
important ways. First, make sure your
child gets a good night’s sleep the night
before the scheduled testing. Second,
make sure your child arrives to school on
time the day of testing and ready for
the task at hand. We thank you in
advance for your support.
Calendar Corner
Please mark the following dates
on your calendar.
May 5: MCPL Summer Reading
presentation
May 10: Grade 5 Panoramic Class Photo
May 12: Q4 Interims sent home
May 13, 16, 17, 18: Grade 5 Math PARRC
May 19: Spring Chorus Concert at SKR
May 20: Patrol Picnic
May 25,26,27: Grade 5 Reading PARRC
May 30: Memorial Day: No school
June 1: Grade 5 Field Trip to MLKMS
June 3: Field Day for Grades 3, 4, 5
June 10: Olympic Day for Grade 5
students
June 20: Grade 5 Promotion Ceremony
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Other Corner:
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As we approach the middle of the
fourth quarter there are still
opportunities to volunteer and
enjoy with your child the final
weeks at SKR. We will need parent
volunteers for Field Day, 5th Grade
Olympics and the 5th Grade
Promotion Ceremony. Contact
your child’s teacher if you are able
to help out. Please consider giving
some of your time for this super
group of students.
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Curriculum Corner
For the months of May and June, we
will focus on the following objectives
in our content areas.
 Reading: Students will read
literary texts and plays and
compare characters and
settings in both genres.
 Writing: Students will
complete opinion writing by
ordering details and reasons
logically while focusing on
word choice and sentence
fluency.
 Math: Students will convert
measurement units in both
standard and metric systems.
Students will list ordered
pairs on a coordinate plane.
Students will classify various
two dimensional shapes.
 Science: Students will
examine unicellular and
multicellular organisms with
the technology of a
microscope. Students will
investigate heredity and how
traits are passed from parent
to offspring.
 Social Studies: Students will
examine careers and financial
decision making (spending,
saving, investing, credit and
debt).