5^th grade is a very important year.  Your child will take the Science STAAR in April. Because we have a lot of hands-on experience in the classroom, your child will have very little homework.  Vocabulary is key to success in 5th grade, so please work with your child regularly.  It is amazing how a few words a week build into an academic vocabulary by the end of the school year.  We will use interactive notebooks to document everything that we are learning. Notebooks will be kept in the classroom, but students are urged to take them home to study.  Weekly quizzes will also be given every Friday.