Life in 5th grade!

After a wonderful summer, it is time to get back to school. Fifth-grade is an exciting year, and there are so many changes from 4th grade. It is time to learn how to switch classes, and to have 6 different teachers everyday.
Mr. McBride is your science teacher, so hang on and get ready for lots of science experiments and fun. Mrs. Ganong is our sunshine in 5th grade. She teaches Language Arts. She is our high-energy person who loves to dance and teach—-all at the same time! Mrs. Owens will be teaching reading, and she loves to get you interested in great stories. Mrs. McFall will be teaching Social Studies, and she has some amazing things planned for her classes this year. Mrs. Johnson will be teaching math theory. She is SO SMART, and will make sure you have a solid learning base in math. I, Mrs. Smith, will be teaching math problem-solving. In my class we will using math in order to solve real-life problems. Let’s make it, draw it, measure it, and analyze it.
Some examples of the things we have to ‘figure’ in my class are: what is the size of the area of the basketball court, how tall is our building, how far is it from here to Gladewater in METRICS, and what is the average height of a 5th grader.
I am sure that you will find 5th grade to be a exciting, learning-full year. We will start the first day of the year excited to learn together, and hopefully end the year in the same way.