Mr. Booth’s 5th Grade Class
November 30 – December 4, 2015
Look at What We Learned Last Week!
Look at What We Are Learning This Week!
Reading: We practiced quoting from the
text.
Reading: We will begin learning about
figurative language.
Writing: We worked on our explanatory
writing project about how a new invention
we have created works.
Writing: We will continue to work on our
explanatory writing project about how a new
invention we have created works.
Science: We learned about global wind
patterns and the difference between
weather and climate. We worked on our
storm projects.
Science: We will learn about ocean currents,
the jet stream and the Gulf Stream. We will
review everything we have learned about
during our unit on weather. We will work on
our storm projects
Math: We looked at whether fractions were
more than, less than or equal to a whole.
We used addition and multiplication
equations to show what we found. We also
divided candy bars to show equal shares
and related it to multiplication and division
equations. We also started to create a
Hiking Trail to show equally spaced
markers by dividing a whole number into
equal parts.
News and Upcoming Events:
November 25th-27th- Thanksgiving Break
December 2nd – Science Vocab Quiz Part 2
December 4th – Weather Test
TFK Quiz
Adding and Subtracting
Fractions Quiz
Math: We will continue to add and subtract
fractions with unlike denominators.
Vocabulary
Coriolis Effect Affects the direction of winds; makes things
appear to move in a curved path due to the Earth spinning
low pressure system-Causes cloudy and rainy weather;
rapid low pressure changes cause storms
high pressure system-causes clear and sunny weather
ocean currents- large rivers of water that flow the ocean
warm current- water is heated by the sun and pushed
along by steady winds from the equator
cold current-run deep below the surface and creep along
the bottom of the ocean until they reach the tropics
jet stream- a fast flowing river of air found in the
atmosphere at around 12km above the surface of the Earth
just under the troposphere; it flows west to east
gulf stream- the warm current that flows from the
equator; it originates in the Gulf of Mexico and runs past
the East Coast of the US towards Newfoundland
hemisphere- half of the Earth divided by an imaginary line;
the equator divides the northern and southern
hemispheres; the prime meridian divides the western and
eastern hemispheres
latitude- a geographical coordinate that tells where
something is located in relationship to the distance north or
south of the equator
prevailing westerlies- located between 30 and 60 degrees;
blow west to east; cause most of the weather in the US
polar easterlies- located between 60 and 90 degrees; blow
irregularly from the east and north
trade winds- located between 0 and 30 degrees; blow from
the northeast towards the equator