Great Hearts Western Hills 5th Grade

  Teachers Corner: Parents please ensure that you and your scholar are checking and completing assignments on their agenda every night including weekends. We have started assigning  real  infractions, remind scholars that once 3 of the same kind of infractions have been accumulated they will miss their house meeting on Friday.  We will also continue to work with your scholar on rules, procedures, expectations, transitions, and opening their locker.  Math:  Scholars will multiply factors with decimals. They will also multiply fractions by fractions. Science:   Scholars will now compare and contrast physical and chemical changes in matter, following with concentrated vocabulary practice and reviewing their study guides (due Thursday, 9/26) History: Scholars will continue learning about the Age of Exploration looking at the journeys of Columbus and Sir Francis Drake. Literature: Scholars will finish VODT this week. Our next book will be The Secret Garden please have by 10/3 Upcoming Test

Teachers Corner: Parents please ensure that you and your scholar are checking and completing assignments on their agenda every night. We have started assigning  real  infractions, remind scholars that once 3 of the same kind of infractions have been accumulated they will miss their house meeting on Friday.  We will also continue to work with your scholar on rules, procedures, expectations, transitions, and opening their locker.  Math:  Students will learn how to e stimate products with whole numbers and decimals. Science:     Scholars will wrap up their Astronomy unit with a test on Tuesday 9/10, then they will begin to investigate the properties of matter. History: This week the scholars will be finishing their unit on the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations by reviewing their study guides on Tuesday and taking the unit test on Wednesday. On Thursday, the scholars will be reviewing the U.S. Constitution before heading into their next unit.  Literature: This week the scholars will cont