5th Grade Newsletter

Important Dates

★ Wednesday, March 5: Late Start- School begins at 11:05

★ Wednesday, March 19: Late Start- School begins at 11:05

★ Monday, March 24:- Friday March 28: Spring Break- NO SCHOOL

★ SCHOOL RESUMES: March 31, 2025

Special Events:

We also encourage parents to participate in the 5 Essentials Survey as soon as possible. This information will be extremely beneficial to academic and financial planning for our school . Once you have completed the survey, send a screenshot with your child to school to be entered into a drawing for a prize :)

Social/Emotional

Learning:

Little Fort has developed a social emotional (SEL) support plan that is differentiated developmentally and culturally in order to address emotional growth. The following weeks we will be learning about empathy and assertiveness. We are very happy to inform you that Little Fort has put in place a great system to encourage students’ participation by giving them lifeguards for showing respect to property, others, themselves and learning. They can redeem their lifeguards for any of the amazing prizes on our Dolphin Menu.

Resource Information & more

Over the course of Unit 7 our 5th grade students will be on a “Quest” to read, write, act, direct, design, and watch Shakespeare’s, A Midsummer Night's Dream The Big Idea of this unit is that students will experience the joy of reading, speaking, performing, and listening to beautiful language that has thrilled people for more than 400 years. And they will have the satisfaction of seeing each other understand and fall in love with Shakespeare and his characters.

95 Phonics

In volume 2, students will focus on silent-e, complex multisyllable words, as well as simple multisyllable words. We will review: closed, silent-e, open multisyllable, vowel teams, complex multisyllable, review: closed, silent-e, open, vowel teams multisyllable, consonant-le, multisyllable, vowel-r, multi syllable, review: vowel teams, constant-le, vowel-r multisyllable.

Math

During March, our Everyday Math Unit will be focusing on learning two methods for multiplying mixed numbers. Students will use these methods to find the areas of rectangles with fractional side lengths and to solve problems involving fractional data in line plots. Students also will review attributes of 2-dimensional figures and classify shapes in a hierarchy based on properties. Finally, students graph points on coordinate grids to visualize numerical patterns and represent real-world problems.

Social Studies/Science

Social Studies will be woven into Unit 7. Students will have a unique learning experience as this unit has been written as a Quest. Over the course of this Quest, students will read, write, act, direct, design, and watch Shakespeare’s, A Midsummer Night's Dream. We will begin to apply our Renaissance studies through guiding questions such as, “ How did the ideas of the Renaissance shape Shakespeare’s work?” How did the ideas of the Renaissance shape Shakespeare’s work? Writing Prompt: How is Hermia like the women of the Renaissance you read about in Unit 5? What problems is she up against?

Family Connection Corner

Ways to Support Learning at

Home

Spring is in the air. The days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer, and students are excited for spring break. While, we can all use the break, it is important to communicate to your child the importance of the work they are doing in school. Engaged parents are the key to student success. With families, schools and communities working together as partners, student achievement is enhanced and children are better prepared to do well in school.

Individualized Education Plan

Case Manager Corner (IEP Support)

Getting Ready for Middle School. We are halfway through the school year and that means, it is time to start looking at what your child’s day will look like in middle school. If your child has already had their IEP this school year, the case manager will be speaking to their middle school principal and potential case manager to give them insight to who your child is as a learner. If there is anything you would like us to share that we may not know, please reach out to your child’s case manager.