The Anne Sullivan School
P.S. 238
1633 East 8th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209
May 2009
Vo l u m e 1 , I s s u e 9
*Marvelous May is here!* 5th Grade Newsletter
The Fifth Grade will be going on so many exciting and
wonderful trips this month!
Writer’s Workshop
Monday- May 4th-Earth Movie Tuesday-May 5th-Festival of
Cultures
In May, the fifth grade will use the
Wednesday-May 20th-Staten Island Museum-Staten Island Ferry
Writing Process to write a Narrative
New York Harbor Tour Procedure that engages the reader;
provides a guide to action that anticipates
Thursday-May 21st-Brooklyn Botanical Gardens a reader’s needs; makes use of
appropriate writing strategies; includes
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta-The Fifth Grade will celebrate this historic relevant information; excludes
event on Wednesday, May 6. Both fifth grade classes will the extraneous information; and provides a
opportunity to eat some traditional Mexican dishes and listen to
sense of closure to the writing.
Mexican/Hispanic music.
Students will pick a topic of their liking
On Thursday, May 21, P.S. 238 will be having their annual Anne
Sullivan Society ceremony. Congratulations to Ady, Allie, Andy,
and present their reports and
Daniella, Julieta, Kevin, Olesya, Melissa, Rida and Sara. demonstrate their procedures in their
individual classes.
Mrs. Ferrara and Ms. Escowitz are SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS!
Monday-May 25-No School in Observance of Memorial Day Mathematics
Reader’s Workshop The fifth grade will complete Unit 9 and
begin Unit 10 of Everyday Math this month.
In May, the fifth grade will continue to read Unit 9 focuses on Coordinates, Area, and
and comprehend informational books and Volume and Capacity. The fifth grade will
reading passages to develop understanding learn how to plot coordinates on a grid, how
and expertise. The students will learn how to to find the area of a specific shape and find
restate or summarize information into their the volume of a rectangular and right
own words; relate new information to prior prism. Unit 10 focuses on Algebra
knowledge and experience; extend their Concepts and Skills. We will learn how to
ideas; and make connections to related topics solve algebraic expressions, solve pan
or information. balance problems, read a graph and find
the circumference and area of a circle.
Please refer to the Family Letters for Units 9
Encourage your child to select good books on and 10.
his/her “Just Right” reading level. Ensure
that your child reads for a minimum of 45
Science and Social Studies
minutes and completes his/her Reading Log
This month in Science, the fifth grade will learn about
entry every night. Your signature is required
nutrition and how foods affect our diets. The fifth grade
on the Reading Log. Children must answer
will also be learning about the new food pyramid-
one question each night from the sheet titled
MyPyramid as well as keeping a food journal of what
“50 Sentence Leads for Reading Responses.”
foods they eat everyday. This will hopefully make them
pick better food choices throughout the day.
Parents- Also encourage your child to
continue to work hard and diligently on
This month in Social Studies, the fifth grade will learn
specific GOALS in his/her classroom in
about the country of Mexico which will include its
reading, math, writing, science and social
geography, its people, government, its cities and other
studies. important aspects of this vast country.
