This week’s digital planners:
Boelter/Caskie AM Digital Planner (if your student start their day with Ms. Boelter in the morning): Boelter Caskie Digital Planner
Caskie/Boelter AM Digital Planner (if your student start their day with Mrs. Caskie in the morning): Caskie Boelter Digital Planner
We dug into challenging 5th grade curriculum this week in both science and math. Students had the opportunity to learn that the size of objects in space is relative; for instance, Earth can seem both big and small when compared to other objects in space. In math, we finished up our unit on order of operations and students completed their CYU (Check for Understanding) on Friday in which they checked their own understanding in preparation for our assessment on Monday. The purpose of our CYUs are for students to check their own understanding in our learning progression. Friday’s CYU required a lot of thinking, and after we finished, students were asked to reflect on where they were in terms of understanding the order of operations and written expressions.
Don’t forget! This Tuesday is our 5th Grade Grown Up Orientation! We’d love to have you join us. Please send a dojo message confirming that you’ll be joining us to your student’s homeroom teacher. We want to make sure we are in the best space for seating for all parents, and knowing how many parents will be attending is really helpful. Thanks so much!
Curriculum
Next week, we will jump into a new unit in math, understanding place value and how it relates to partial and whole numbers, including numbers with exponents. Monday, students will complete their Order of Operations assessment. Students will be assessed in a variety of ways in the classroom, and we intend to break down how we assess at the Grown Up Orientation. You’ll note that the digital planner this week has an❗next to Monday’s assignment. This is how students know that they have an assessment. Each assessment will be marked with that ❗ In science, we’ll continue to investigate the size and proportional distance of planets and stars in our solar system.
We’re getting into more challenging concepts in both science and math this week. Encouraging your student to work through those difficult concepts will help their mindset in the classroom so much. We appreciate all of your encouragement and support. Thanks for another incredible week!
Ms. B. in Class 