Fifth Grade Times TASS Awards: Important

Fifth Grade Times
TASS Awards:
Dec. 2015
Thank you so much to all of the parents who came to the TASS awards assembly
Important
in November to celebrate the successes of their children! Every single child at
Dates:
Goshen has successes of some sort, and it is important to celebrate them! It is
wonderful to be able to congratulate students publically on the good choices they
 12/14–
make in school! We look forward to our TASS awards assembly for the second
Interim
marking period to highlight even more students and their successes!
DistribuFamily Life Committee
tion
If you are interested in volunteering to be on this committee, please contact
 12/24–1/3
Mrs. Peterman. [email protected]
-No school
Main Office Phone Number
– Winter
Break
301-840-8165
Jennifer Peterman
[email protected]
Eunice Kim
[email protected]
Erin Kleinman
[email protected]
Mai-Anh Weir
[email protected]
Please visit the following website for more detailed information about what students are learning in the second Marking Period!
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/2.0/parent-newsletters.aspx
Curriculum 2.0 Skills
Students are focusing on metacognition and synthesis while completing all academic tasks.
Metacognition is knowing and being aware of one’s own thinking and having the ability to monitor and evaluate one’s thinking. Synthesis is putting parts together to build understanding of a
whole concept or to form a new or unique whole. Students will continue to use both of these
skills in all subjects this quarter.
Inquiry Project
Students are researching how conflicts and compromises among people in the United States
prompted change in the government within two movements of change: Women’s Rights and Civil
Rights. They are exploring multiple sources, both print and online, to find answers to specific
research questions. Students will then write an informative piece that will explain the history
of their movement, events within the movement, and resulting changes in the government.
Information Literacy (Media)
Students will design a multimedia product about the movement in Unites States history they
selected to research. Students will show their presentations to their peers. As a class, students will have the opportunity to reflect on their new knowledge and defend the conclusions
they made after viewing their peers’ presentations. They will also analyze the effective use of
multimedia.
Math
Students will find equivalent fractions
as a method for adding and subtracting
fractions. They will use many manipulatives,
such as pattern blocks, Cuisenaire rods, and
fraction strips. They will be challenged to
estimate prior to adding and subtracting in
order to determine if their answer is reasonable. Students will apply what they have
learned to solve word problems.
Reading
Students will study characteristics
and themes of mysteries as well as
continue to practice finding a character’s point
of view. Additionally, students will practice
comparing characters and analyzing illustrations
within a larger text, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Students will also compare two settings
within the same book or two books within the
same genre. Additionally, students will practice
close reading to critically analyze a text. During
Science
the second part of the month, students will
Students will continue to study electricity.
begin reading informational text that can help
They will build simple circuits to determine
that a closed loop is necessary for the circuit expand their knowledge of literature. They will
also analyze nonfiction books in small group
to function. They will also experiment with
reading, and will find the main idea and key demore complicated circuits such as parallel
tails of a text in order to summarize.
and series circuits. They will then connect
electricity and magnetism concepts that they Writing
have learned.
Students will write an informative piece of writing detailing the movement they studied (either
Social Studies
the Woman’s Movement or Civil Rights MoveStudents will continue to study changes in
the U.S. government over the course of his- ment). They will explain the history of the
tory. They will examine the Bill of Rights and movement, events that occurred within the
determine its significance and application to movement, and changes in the government as a
our lives. Additionally, students will be learn- result of the movement. Students will then
ing about their chosen movement in U.S. His- have the opportunity to create a multi-media
tory; Women’s Rights or Civil Rights, as well presentation displaying what they have learned
about their chosen movement.
as the Labor Rights movement through the
teacher modeling process.
Instrumental Music
Mark your calendars for the cluster concerts; January 6th for strings and January
7th for band (wind-instruments). The concerts will be in the new auditorium at
Gaithersburg HS beginning at 7:00
pm. These concerts will involve students in
5th-12th grade and are a great opportunity
for the students to see what Instrumental
Music will be like at the secondary level.
Hope to see many of you there!
Art
Students will focus on art and human experience, and looking at connections between art
and other contents. After completing the building of our most recent project, students will
have the opportunity to decorate the project in
their ‘anything’s possible’ theme using paints,
yarn, pipe cleaners, and other found materials.
After the project is complete, we will begin a
painting unit on abstract tree paintings inspired
by a current German artist Jolina Anthony.
Music
Please mark your calendars for our chorus concert December 15th at 7pm. Chorus members
Students will continue to work on throwing
should report to the music room by 6:45 pm and
and catching. They will also learn how to es- wear black pants or skirt and a white top. This
tablish, monitor, and modify a personal physi- month, students will be focusing on singing partcal activity goal.
ner songs with accurate pitch, increased vocal
expression, and clear diction.
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