Fifth Grade Families, We’ve moved into one of my favorite math units - volume ! This week, students are learning how to measure the space inside a 3D shape, and they are off to a great start. To build understanding, students used unit cubes to construct rectangular prisms. By counting the cubes, they discovered what volume really means. From there, we learned a quicker and more efficient strategy using the formula: V = length × width × height This helps students understand

Fifth Grade Families, This week in math, students are stepping into the role of codebreakers as we begin learning about variables . Don’t worry, this is a gentle introduction to algebra, and students are going to do a a great job with it! A variable is just a letter or symbol that stands for a number we don’t know yet. Mathematicians use variables to help describe real-life situations. For example, imagine your child is buying apples, but they haven’t decided how many yet.

Dear Fifth Grade Families, We are in the middle of our mathematical journey Unit 4 - Operations with Fractions . This 24-day unit will run from November 5th through December 15th, with our Target Assessment Date (TAD) on December 15, 2025. The students are grasping these concepts quickly so we might take the assessment a week earlier. This will depend on how the students retain the information following our Thanksgiving break. What the Students are Learning? In Unit 4, studen