Fifth Grade News
Curriculum Highlights
Literacy:
Focus Skills/Strategies
 Vocabulary Skills
 Narrative Elements
 Summarizing
 Main Ideas/ Details
 Adjusting Reading Rate 
 Non Fiction text struc-
ture
Writing:
Focus
 Opinion Editorials
 Poetry
 Writer’s Workshop
 Ongoing grammar study
 Incorporate technology Grade 5
 Conferencing
Fifth Grade Happenings
April 4 – Classes Resume
April 7- Parent Night @ Hill
Middle School 7pm
April 14—PTA meeting 7 pm
April 22—No School—Local
Holiday
Cowlishaw
Elementary School
Social Studies: Ratios
Focus  Unit 9—Coordinates, Issue 7
 The American Revolu- Area, Volume, and Ca-
tion. pacity April 2011
Science:
Accelerated Math:
Focus
 Unit 8—Rates and Fifth Grade Team:
The Scientific Method Ratios
 Jan Kelly:
 Unit 9—More Variables, jan_kelly@ipsd.org
Formulas, and Graphs
 Ryan Klein:
Spelling: ryan_klein@ipsd.org
Focus  Christi Grezlik:
 Word Study christi_grezlik@ipsd.org
 Weekly spelling units  Tamela Williams: tam-
ela_williams@ipsd.org
Mathematics:
 Julee DeGeus:
Focus
julee_degeus@ipsd.org
 Unit 8—Fractions and
Reminders:
 The Fourth/Fifth grade
Family Math Night has
been moved to April
28.
 **Don’t forget about
April 25—No School—SIP
Day Bubble Gum Fridays!
The money raised will
April 28—Family Math Night go toward our Fifth
6:30—8 pm Grade
Fare-
April 29—Progress Reports
go home for students with a C well
or below Party!!
and re-