5th Grade

What We're Learning: June 2022

Reading: This month we are reading fantasy stories. Together we are reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for our read aloud. Students are reading fantasy stories in their book clubs. They are noticing what craft elements make the story interesting and what genre elements make the story fantasy. They are continuing to read as authors by finding parts they like in the story and noticing how the author makes them interesting for the reader.

Writing: This month students are also writing fantasy stories. They’ll develop their characters considering different archetypes, include magical elements and create a quest for their hero. We’ll focus on how revising and editing our work make it stronger.

Math: This month we are learning about coordinate systems and the coordinate plane. Students are learning how to identify and plot ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. They will use these ideas to create an ideal city plan by plotting coordinates of municipal and commercial buildings on a map. 

  • 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

  • Math Tip: Students should use what they know about the area model to solve.
     Area model to solve a multiplication equation involving fractions 

  • We are so excited to host our very first in-person 5th Grade Moving Up ceremony! The ceremony will be held on Friday, June 24th at 9AM. We have a lovely program planned to commemorate the end of your child’s elementary school experience. Please continue to check your child’s folder and Remind for information. More details are to follow as we get closer to the date. 

  • The last day of school is Monday, June 27th. Please make sure your child attends the last day of school so they can have one more day to celebrate all of their accomplishments with friends and teachers. 

Important Dates

  • Friday, June 3rd: Field Day Grades 3-5

  • Tuesday, June 7th: June Clerical Day (Elementary Schools Closed) 

  • Thursday, June 9th: Chancellor’s Day (No School)

  • Friday, June 10th: Hayden Planetarium Field Trip

  • Wednesday, June 15th: Parents’ Association Meeting

  • Thursday, June 16th: Celebration of Learning

  • Monday, June 20th: Juneteenth (Schools Closed)

  • Friday, June 24th: 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony

  • Monday, June 27th: Last Day of School

Contact Your Teacher

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

Ms. Strohm astrohm@ps343.org Text Ms. Strohm

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

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

B-302 Mr. Grover's Class