5th Grade

What We're Learning: December 2024

Reading: This month, we will continue to learn and use nonfiction reading skills to help us research and learn more about the Maya, Aztecs, and Inca. 

Math: This month, we will focus on deepening and extending students’ understanding of fractions and equivalent fractions and representing fractions using an area model (rectangles). They will use these understandings to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers.

Writing & Social Studies: This month, we will continue our study of the Maya, Inca, and Aztecs by doing research with informational texts. We will write an effective speech about these cultures and create an artifact for a living museum.

  • Students participating in a student-led lesson
  • Students coding on tablets
  • Students coding at the Microsoft Experience Center
  • Students playing video games at the Microsoft Experience Center field trip
  • Students outside the Microsoft Experience Center field trip
  • Students posing with characters at the Microsoft Experience Center field trip

Home Connection

  • Equivalent Fractions
     Converting equivalent fractions 
    In 5th grade, we learn how to add unlike fractions. This procedure involves converting the fractions to equivalent fractions with a common denominator. So, the concept of equivalent fractions is an important prerequisite to add and subtract  fractions.

  • What is a museum curator? A museum curator manages collections of works of art and artifacts. They take care of and display items, such as artwork, collections, historical or scientific items, as well as getting new works of art, usually with the aim of educating the public. They provide information and design displays for the benefit of visitors.

  • Please support your child at home by practicing the multiplication tables at home. 
  • Your child’s daily assigned homework can be found on Google Classroom. 
  • Reading, writing, and math assignments are assigned every week. 

Important Dates

  • Wednesday, December 11: Field Trip to the Museum of the American Indian

  • Friday, December 13th: PA Meeting / International Family Potluck Dinner

  • Thursday, December 19th: Celebration of Learning!

  • Friday, December 20th: Pajama Day!

  • Monday, December 23rd - Wednesday, January 1st: Winter Recess (Schools Closed)

Contact Your Teacher

Ms. Aucapina maucapina@ps343.org Text Ms. Aucapina

Ms. Rabin srabin@ps343.org Text Ms. Rabin

Ms. Verde everde@ps343.org Text Ms. Verde

Ms.  Ramirez jramirez@ps343.org Text Ms. Ramirez

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