5th Grade Newsletter August 31
Mr.Pridgen 912 -383-5906
jpridgen@effingham.k12.ga.us
Quizzes & Tests – Open Book SS & Science
are not always listed
Tuesday– Earths Layers Quiz
Thursday – Volcano & Earthquake Quiz
Friday – Begin math Quiz
Classroom News
There are only two math assessments
thus far. They include: First Things First
and Order of Operations Quiz. Please look
over these along with graded papers to
prepare for the unit test nest week.
Also look at the math review powerpoint
for the unit one test. Please check out
my web site for extra math, science, and
social studies review material.
Thank you so much to the parents who
are checking and signing your child’s
planner every night.
CATCH OF THE DAY:
Be on the look out for the
“green bass” in your
child’s planner.
Quote of the week: "You have not
lived until you have done
something for someone who can
never repay you." - Anonymous
Standards & Essential Questions
• MCC5.OA.1 Use parentheses, brackets, or braces
in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions
with these symbols.
• MCC5.OA.2 Write simple expressions that record
calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical
expressions without evaluating them.
• MCC5.NBT.1. Recognize that in a multi-digit
number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as
much as it represents in the place to its right and
1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.
• MCC5.NBT.2 Explain patterns in the number of
zeros of the product when multiplying a number by
powers of 10, and explain patterns in the
placement of the decimal point when a decimal is
multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use wholenumber exponents to denote powers of 10.
• MCC5.NBT.5 Fluently multiply multi-digit whole
numbers using the standard algorithm.
• MCC5.NBT.6 Find whole-number quotients of
whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and
two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place
value, the properties of operations, and/or the
relationship between multiplication and division.
Illustrate and explain the calculation by using
equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
Why is it important to follow an order of
operations?
Can I write a number in expanded form, written
form, and standard form?
What is an expression?
Science: Earth Science
S5E1. Students will identify surface features
of the Earth caused by the constructive and
destructive processes.
1. Identify surface features caused by
constructive processes: deposition
(Deltas, sand dunes), earthquakes,
volcanoes, faults
2. Identify and find examples of surface
features caused by destructive
processes. Erosion (water – rivers and
oceans, wind) weathering, impact of
organisms, earthquake, volcano