Cool Stuff Students are Learning in 5th Grade

Students have been hard at work reading and creating line plots in math.  We are able to see the data more easily on a line plot than a list.  We noticed that it is important to organize your data (information) first to make things easier.  

What type of soil do isopods and darkling beetles prefer?  Do you have a guess?  We found out what soil they preferred, but we want to know what you think.  Make a comment down below.  

Some classes are already learning about the Revolutionary War.  The Revolutionary War is all about how war changes earth’s revolution.  Does that make sense?  Of course not, the Revolutionary War in the US is about how colonists were getting really angry and furious that England was trying to control them and take all their wealth and land.  So, this led to war with England.  What are you learning in school?