5th grade -Weeks of 5/11-5/14 and 5/17-5/21 

Each child should complete at least 5 tasks from the menu board this week - one from each content area. Students 

who complete ALL the tasks will have their name put in a raffle for a chance at two prizes per grade level when we 

return!  

Cada niño debe completar al menos 5 tareas desde el tablero de menús esta semana - una de cada área de 

contenido. Los estudiantes que completen TODAS las tareas tendrán su nombre puesto en una rifa para una 

oportunidad de dos premios por nivel de grado cuando regresemos! 

  Reading  Math  Science   Social Studies  Writing 

Choice 1  Nonfiction 

Read the Scholastic Article 

How Pizza Conquered 

America.  

 

Imagine you work for a 

museum of food, and 

you're setting up an 

exhibit about Frank 

Mastro or Noritoshi Kanai. 

Write an introduction that 

people would read at the 

beginning of the exhibit, 

explaining who the person 

Order of Operations 

Online Activity. 

 

Click the link below 

and play the game. 

 

http://www.gregtang

math.com/missing 

 

5.10B Traits 

 

 

STEMSCOPES: 

 

1. Watch content 

connection video 

 

2. Stemscopedia 

 

3. Virtual 

investigation 

 

4. Concept review 

game 

 

5. Post assessment 

Watch the latest 

episode of Liberty’s 

Kids 114 (The First 

Fourth of July).   

Take short notes on 

what happens during 

the episode.  

 

Who were the main 

people involved 

(characters)?  

 

Where was the action 

taking place (setting)? 

 

Write at least 5 

sentences. 

After reading the Scholastic 

Article How Pizza Conquered 

America, think about YOUR 

favorite food.  

 

Why is it your favorite food?  

 

Draw an advertising poster 

for your favorite food, 

Remember to include the 

things that make it your 

favorite (smell, taste, where 

you get it, etc.) 

was and why he's being 

featured in the museum. 

Write at least 8 sentences. 

  

Send a picture of your work 

to your teacher. 

Choice 2  Fiction 

Read the Scholastic Article 

The Choice.  

 

The story ends with the 

sentence "It might be a 

fake ring, but it has a real 

story to go with it." 

Imagine that you're 

Zander and write a 

journal entry that tells the 

"real story" of finding the 

ring. 

 

Watch the video by 

clicking on the link 

below: dividing whole 

numbers by 

fractions. 

 

https://us-school.pe

arsoned.com/school/

ded73ceb-075e-4a32

-b178-51ffaef99cf1/D0

904860/player.html 

 

After watching the 

video represent and 

solve the following 

1. Choose 3 

different animals 

and write a 

paragraph for 

each one explaining 

the similarities 

between the adult 

and baby of each 

species. 

 

2. Make a chart and 

list: 

 

-5 different 

animals 

 

-how they protect 

themselves from 

Explore Level 2 (The 

Assemblimator) on 

the Admongo site.  

This is a website 

created by the 

Federal Trade 

Commission to help 

students 

understand 

advertising and 

economics.  

 

 

 

Complete the 

activities included in 

After reading The Choice, think about the following: 

Weird Counter Guy tells 

Zander that he regularly 

hides fake rings in the 

clothing in his shop.  

 

Write a short story that tells 

what happens when another 

person finds a fake ring. 

Describe the person and tell 

about how he or she 

decides what to do with the 

ring. What happens when 

this person finds out the 

ring is fake?  

 

Write at least 8 

sentences. 

Send your work to your 

teacher when you are 

finished.  

 

 

 

problems: 

 

Two divided by 

one-sixth. 

 

 

4 divided by 

one-fifth. 

 

 

Ten divided by 

one-half 

 

Six divided by 

one-third 

 

predators 

 

-is that 

characteristic 

inherited or 

learned 

Level 2.  

 

Take a picture of 

your challenge 

answers and send 

to your teacher 

when you are 

finished.  

Be sure to include correct 

grammar, spelling, 

punctuation, and sentences.  

Send a picture of your work 

to your teacher when you 

are finished.