5th Grade Newsletter

By 5th Grade Team
Fifth Grade
December 02, 2022

Greetings Families! Quarter 2 is underway and our Bucknell Bulldogs are being challenged more and more every day. Please continue supporting us by motivating students to continue showing up each day to give their best and by reinforcing school expectations at home.

Important Dates & Reminders

  • 12/12: iReady Reading Test
  • 12/13: iReady Math Test
  • 12/12-16: Spirit Week & FEL Learning
  • 12/16-1/2: Winter Break!

Please remember students should be reading at least 30 minutes every night at home. Students may log onto ST Math and Myon to get math and reading practice daily. Weekly homework packets are sent home for daily practice. Parents please show any strategies you may have learned. Math is practice, practice, practice!

Language Arts

What are we learning?

  • Narrative Non-Fiction Text
  • Students will participate in Book Clubs

Home/School Connection

Practice each night daily with a weekly homework packet sent home. Log onto Lexia, myON and ST math

Math

What are we learning?

  • Decimal Computation 
  • Fraction Computation 
  • Decimal and Fraction Word Problems

Home/School Connection

Practice each night daily with a weekly homework packet sent home. Log onto Lexia, myON and ST math

Science

What are we learning?

Landforms: Rock Types, composition of earth's crust and Layers, connection between Virginia’s history and fossil evidence

Home/School Connection

Practice each night daily with a weekly homework packet sent home.

Social Studies

What are we learning?

Geography of Greece and Rome

Home/School Connection

Practice each night daily with a weekly homework packet sent home.