English/ Grammar

We will continue to work with Mentor Sentences this week. Our focus will be on the review of types of sentences and (identifying /writing) simple subject/predicate.

 

Social Studies

We will continue to discuss maps, specifically Latitude and Longitude. Something you could do at home would be to look at a map and point out places your family has been. Discuss the physical features of that area and even look at the latitude and longitude. While we were looking at maps this week a couple of students were very interested in time zones listed at the top of the U.S. map. That is also a great topic for family discussion! 

We will also begin to discuss American symbols. We will cover several symbols from our flag and Uncle Sam to the Twin Towers and September 11th Memorial. 

One of the symbols we will discuss is the Pledge of Allegiance. One of our 5th-grade learning points (TEKS) is to recite and explain the pledge. I will be asking each student to recite the pledge on  8/30-8/31.