Sunday, August 21, 2011

This week in Fifth Grade!

In reading we are reading "Thunder Rose"
"Thunder Rose" is a tall tale. Can you name some more American Tall Tales? Which one is your favorite?
Follow this link and click "Google preview" on the right below the book picture to read the first pages of the book!

Thunder Rose performed in sign language
(no spoken words~ see if you can pair it with your story!)


In math we will be working on decimal place value and rounding decimals.


Here's a BBC rounding decimals game: link
IXL rounding decimals quiz: link

In science we are continuing to learn about weather and Earth's atmosphere


Watch a youtube video showing pictures of F1 through F5 tornadoes

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