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   5th Grade Overview

  November 2-6, 2026

Practice Good Hygiene: Remember to teach your child about deodorant this year…the sooner the better!

Legacy Breakfast – November 5: Please see the website for details.

Thanksgiving Lunch – November 20: Please see the website for details on class times and how to sign up (scroll to the bottom of the homepage).

Late Homework: Just a reminder that in 5th grade, late homework is accepted; however, every day it is late is minus 10 points.

F&F: We will finish our unit on Plot. Study materials are in binders. Students should know the definitions of vocabulary words AND how to use/define them in sentences. They should know how to draw/label the visual tool and be familiar with process questions 1-7 and 9. At home, please encourage and assist your child in their studies, working ahead instead of waiting until the night before. Skills Test is Thursday, November 12; Vocabulary Test is Friday, November 13; Performance Test is Tuesday, November 17.

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English: In Writing, we are finishing our Pirate stories. In ELA, we will continue our nouns unit and work on irregular and possessive nouns.

Math: After our Test Monday, we will begin Unit 3, covering place value, comparing decimals, and rounding decimals. We will learn what happens when we multiply and divide decimals by 10 and how to convert between measurement systems. Homework goes home Monday and is due Friday. 

Science/Social Studies: We will finish our unit on electricity with some experiments with magnetism and then begin our Social Studies unit on the expansion of the US - both geographically and industrially - and the effects this had on the country.

Spelling: List 5 and its Activity Sheet is in binders. Activity Sheet is due Wednesday, November 4; Test will be Friday, November 6.

Bible: We’ve been working through the New Testament and the beginning of Jesus’ life to begin the year. We are now working through the start of Jesus’ ministry as he calls his first disciples and begins preaching and performing miracles.