ESS 5TH GRADE NEWSLETTER
December/January 2016
“Happy New
Year”
Homework Reminders :
Inside this Issue:
• Mr. Serra’s Math News
• Ms. Eggleston’s
Science & Social Studies Updates
• Ms. Thompson’s
Reading & Writing Updates
Winter Greetings to our 5th grade
families,
We have much to celebrate and be
thankful for. As 2015 came to a close
we reflected on the many learning
opportunities we have had and the
successes we have made. We are
reaching our goals and are preparing
for our futures.
We look forward to “2016” and all the “
fabulous” memories that we have yet
to make! This quarter has proven to be
challenging academically and we are
showing our strengths and our
resilience!
• Read each night for 20 minutes
• Practice math skills/homework
learned in your daily classes
Calendar Date Reminders:
1/18/16 No school MLK,jr Holiday
1/25/16 Professional Day No School
1/26/16 3rd Marking Period begins
2/15/16 President’s Day No School
Happy Birthday to our
Winter “Pandas”!
Come for a visit or Contact us at:
carol_d_eggleston@mcpsmd.org
patrick_j__serra@mcpsmd.org
janelle_thompson@mcpsmd.org
Science
For the remainder of this marking period, the Measurement Topics of Physical Sciences
and Engineering & Technology are interwoven as students explore the physics of
electricity and magnetism. Through exploration during weeks 5-9 students received a
more in-depth view into MAGNETISM, built and tested an ELECTROMAGNET.
Social Studies students will participate in the
interdisciplinary Change in United States Government inquiry project. In this
project, students research a “movement of change” in United States history in
order to write an informative piece or create google slides, about how the
conflicts and compromises of the movement caused change in the United States
government. Students will research selected events from the following
movements in history:
• Civil Rights Movement
Women’s movement
• Health & Safety Movement
Labor Movement
Reading and Writing
“The more that you read, the more things
you know. The more you learn, the more
places you’ll go!” Dr. Seuss
For your reading log, read a variety of
self-selected texts every night including
the digital resource The International
Children’s Digital Library to read books
in many languages from around the world.
(http://en.childrenslibrary.org )
At home you can…
•write a poem with multiple stanzas about
a topic of choice. •use online poetry resources to
support learning:
Giggle Poetry to read and create poems with
figurative language. (http://gigglepoetry.com/ )
Poetry 4 Kids to build vocabulary.
(http://www.poetry4kids.com/games )
The Poetry Archive to listen to poets read their own
work. (http://www.poetryarchive.org
)
REMEMBER to keep
reading for your
Book It!