In social studies we have been focusing on the French and Indian War, building the background for why the colonists will be taxed so high...leading to the Revolutionary War. We are currently writing our last "practice" essay before we beging the writing test during the week of January 25th. Our class is ready and well prepared for this!
In math, we have been working on the order of operation. Ask your child how he/she remembers which order to perform when. We are moving into positive and negative numbers, including adding and subtracting them. Perhaps conversations about money and temperatures at home could help your child further understand these concepts as we get into them.
The school wide World-a-Thon jump started yesterday during an assembly. For the fifth graders, their task is to memorize where each state is located and what the capital of each state is. We will be practicing for this each morning, but students will need to dedicate 15-30 minutes a night doing the same at home. The test for this will take place on Friday, January 21st.
January 21st also happens to be the day book reports are due. Although many students are already done with theirs, due to the five and a half weeks since the last one, I have been encouraging them to finish this before the night it is due. The next book report will be over a genre of their choice once again. It will need to be an Accelerated Reader book as well.
