March 17, 2017
FIFTH GRADE NEWS
MRS. LAUDATO’S CLASS
Highlights From Our Week
Students analyze primary sources for the
Boston Tea Party and events that followed.
Students “rebeled” against the taxation
inflicted by Queen Laudato.They gained
historical empathy for the Colonists.
Important Dates
or
Reminders
This week in Science, we reviewed our Earth Science unit in preparation for their test
on Friday. Students also finalized their severe weather commercials and analyzed weather
data using forecasts of Sacramento and weather around the country. They noticed warm and cold
fronts, humidity levels, air pressure and how these change with the temperature changes outside. Use
the weather link below and ask your student to analyze these weather patterns. In Social Studies, our
class participated in a Taxation Week, where each student was given stamp notes to “pay” for the new
tax act each morning. The students were not happy and “rebeled” on Thursday, where we repealed
three acts of taxation. This simulation allowed students to gain historical empathy in understanding
the frustrations of the colonists while trying to create a new nation. The students demanded
representation much like the founding fathers did, which eventually led to the Revolutionary War.
Students were able to also analyze primary sources of the Boston Tea Party and participated in a
virtual representation of the major battles of the Revolutionary War.
In Language Arts, our class focused on their expository writing pieces and reviewed how to
cite sources as a bibliography and to indicated in their text, what source they used for the information
they are sharing. Our class also continued reading our novel My Brother Sam Is Dead and students
were able to make connections between what they are learning about in Social Studies with the
events revealed in the novel. We used Google Lit trips to survey the different places in Google Earth
that are mentioned in the novel. The students were able to understand just how far it was for the
Meeker family to travel to Verplanks Point for their yearly cattle run or how far they were from the
battle of Lexington and Concord. Check out the links below to connect with some of the activities
used this week.
Interactive Revolutionary War Battles
Google Lit Trip (KMZ file to be used in Google Earth)
Severe Weather Commercial Example
Boston Tea Party Song Video
Weather Analysis Link
Coming up next…
• Math: Students will begin our new focus on Topic 11: Multiplying and
dividing fractions and mixed numbers. Topic Test:
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Design Thinking Open House • Language Arts: Students will conclude our study of our novel, My
March 23rd, 5-7pm
Brother Sam Is Dead. Our class will then complete a book project and
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Has your student used First
In Math at home? Have them
• Science: Our class will begin our Life Science unit focusing on
bring their login information
dichotomy of organisms and vertebrates vs. invertebrates.
home and work on building
skills that we have covered
• Social Studies: Students will focus on key founders and people who
in class!
test on the novel. More details coming soon.
founded the United States. We will also begin looking at the
Declaration of Independence and analyze the battles of the American
Revolutionary War.
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