Dear Fifth Grade students and parents,

Hello and welcome to fifth grade!  We are your fifth grade team for the 2023-2024 school year, and we are so excited to meet each of you!

As a fifth grader, you will learn many new things, use many digital tools, work collaboratively with your peers, and prepare for the transition to middle school. We couldn’t be happier to guide you through all of the greatness that is in fifth grade!

Please come by our classrooms and join us for our open house on Wednesday, August 23rd, from 10 am - 12 pm.  You are welcome to bring in your supplies that day, too. We hope you are able to make it to our open house; be sure to bring your grownup along.

We hope you are enjoying your summer and are reading every day! We look forward to seeing you at the open house and/or the first day of school (August 24th) at 8:00 am.

See you soon! It’s always a great day to be a Hornet!

Sincerely,

Fifth Grade Teachers.

Summer Learning

Math

• Fact fluency! Create your own multiplication or division cards and practice a little each day - building fact fluency will help with MANY math skills!

• Dreambox and ALEKS - keep up your work!

• Measure! Measure items in your house - what are some objects that are the same length? Same weight? Same volume?

Reading

• Create a reading notebook to write about all the books you've read this summer. Maybe you will write the next big review!

• Listen to audiobooks on MackinVia! Many books are ready for you to listen to and enjoy!

• Go on a word hunt! Pick a letter or word and try to find as many words that start with that letter around your house!

Writing

• You can create a Google Doc to write the best story! Add images to help your story come alive! Maybe you'd rather create a story on Google Slides - then you can even add your own drawings using Kleki!

• Take a look at these writing calendars and write a little each day

Science

• Plant something! There are seeds in many foods you eat that you can get and recycle for free! Keep a journal of how much your plant grows or changes each day!

• Create a bubble wand! Love playing with bubbles? Make your own bubble wand to see if you can make even BIGGER bubbles!

• Weather-watch! Keep track of the daily weather patterns - what is happening each day? What is the average temperature in a week? How many days will it rain this summer? Make a prediction and record results! You can record your results in a Google Slide or Document, too!

• Care for your community! Make signs to remind your neighbors to keep your neighborhood clean, recycle, pick up after pets, stay on side-walks, and more! Let's work together to keep our communities beautiful!

• Rock collectors - find some of the coolest rocks. Write about why they are special or unique - is it the shape? Colors? Shine?

• Animal watch! Keep a record of all the different types of animals you see this summer. Who will see the most different types of animals?