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  • April 2nd -10th Spring Recess-No School
  • April 15th-16th NYS ELA Exam
  • April 22nd Earth Day
  • April 24th- Trip
  • May 6th-7th NYS Math Exam

Reading

In Into Reading, we are finishing Module 7, and beginning Module 8. In Module 8– A New Home. The Essential question is “How do people adapt to new experience and make a new place home?” Reading skills- we focus on Text Structure, Visualize, Figurative Language, Elements of poetry, Author’s Craft and Making Inferences. In Writing we will work on following the Rubric to complete “Write a Response” and “Performance task”.

Math

In Math, We will be learning about Mathematical Expressions and classifying quadrilaterals and triangles, and we will continue test Preparation. Later in the month we will be starting measurement.

 

Science

In science, we are preparing students for the 5th grade New York State Science Exam, and we will continue to work on investigations and experiments in preparation.

Social

Studies

In Social Studies , We will be exploring Canada, the largest country in the Western Hemisphere

Social Emotional Learning

 

We will continue to focus on Social Awareness by discussing given questions after reading each text in Module 8.

 

What’s happening this month

What We Are Learning

Fifth Grade Teachers:

  • Mrs. Bilz
  • Ms. Didonato
  • Mrs. Gangi
  • Mrs. Marinakis
  • Mrs. Padilla
  • Mrs. Pantazis

Fifth Grade  

April  Newsletter