December classes

The 5th graders are beginning to study the American Revolution, and with that will be getting into the making of our government. We have a textbook called We The People that we will be studying out of. Later this week we will be learning parts of the Declaration Of Independence. Please help your child with this. In math we will begin a chapter on measurement. Learning parts of an inch will be difficult. We round to the nearest inch, half, fourth, and eighth. We will be learning about area and perimeter. Our problem solving activity this Friday will be designing a 5000 square foot backyard with whatever they choose to put in it. They will use perimeter and area to figure out what will fit and then design their own backyard.