GRADE 5 

March/April 2025

Math - In the months of March and April students will be learning about fractions. Students will learn to identify the greatest common factor and least common multiple of a set of numbers. These skills will help them to be able to complete fraction operations. Students will learn to compare fractions, simplify fractions, convert mixed numbers and improper fractions. Additionally, students will learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions.

Reading - In March, will be working on their reading comprehension skills. They will practice making inferences from a text and identifying the main idea. They will use multiple details from a text to respond to a question. In April, they will be working on a poetry unit. Students will learn the elements of poetry and work on analyzing poems from their structure and their meaning.

Writing -  In March, students will work on persuasive writing. They will learn persuasive strategies and learn how to identify persuasion in the real world.  They will review the elements of paragraph writing and how to use details to share their opinions throughout the essay process. In April, students will be having a poetry slam. They will learn the elements of the following poems: acrostic, couplet, quatrain, cinquain, diamante, haiku, limerick, bio poem, and concrete poems. Additionally, they will write several of their own original poems for each type we learned in class. Students will complete a poetry portfolio and choose 3 of their poems to display in the hallway. 

Social Studies- Students will begin their Colonial America Unit. They will learn about the Columbian exchange, Spain, France, and England in the New World, and Southern, New England, and Middle colonies. 

Science- In the beginning of March, students will be doing their NYS investigation called “Cloud in a Bottle.” After that, they will be working on their Chemical Magic unit. In this unit, students investigate the properties of matter by dissolving everyday chemicals to make solutions and by exploring simple yet surprising chemical reactions. Through these investigations, students begin to build conceptual models for the particulate nature of matter.

Religion- Students will be learning all about Lent. They will read passages and do activities relating to Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. They will also have an opportunity to review the scriptures of Holy Week as they walk through the moments that lead to Jesus’ death and resurrection.

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Please check your child’s Google Classroom regularly for updated grades and information on missing assignments. If you need their login information please email me. Although, most students have this memorized. If you need help with this please let me know.

Using IXL at home for practice is encouraged and a really great way for students to improve their skills. Students have skill plans for both math and ELA pinned to easily find lessons that align to their lessons. They also have recommended lessons based off of their IXL diagnostic.

You may reach the Parent Portal here https://parentportal.eschooldata.com/buffalodiocese

Mrs. Jenna Jakubowski - Grade 5 

jjakubowski@cawb.org