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Welcome to 5th Grade

Daily

Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:45-9:15 Arrival / Morning Meeting Arrival / Morning Meeting Arrival / Morning Meeting Arrival / Morning Meeting Arrival / Morning Meeting
9:15-10:40 ELA ELA ELA ELA ELA
10:40-11:50 Math Math Math Math Math
11:50-12:35 Micro Electives Micro Electives Micro Electives Micro Electives Micro Electives
12:35-1:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:00-1:25 Recess Recess Recess Recess Recess
1:25-1:50 WIN/RTI WIN/RTI WIN/RTI WIN/RTI WIN/RTI
1:50-2:35 SPECIALS SPECIALS SPECIALS SPECIALS SPECIALS
2:35-3:05 Writing Writing Writing Science / Social Studies Science / Social Studies
3:05-3:30 Writing Writing Science / Social Studies Science / Social Studies Science / Social Studies
3:30-4:00 Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:45-9:15 Arrival / Morning Meeting Arrival / Morning Meeting Arrival / Morning Meeting Arrival / Morning Meeting Arrival / Morning Meeting
9:15-10:40 ELA ELA ELA ELA ELA
10:40-11:50 Math Math Math Math Math
11:50-12:35 Micro Electives Micro Electives Micro Electives Micro Electives Micro Electives
12:35-1:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:00-1:25 Recess Recess Recess Recess Recess
1:25-1:50 WIN/RTI WIN/RTI WIN/RTI WIN/RTI WIN/RTI
1:50-2:35 SPECIALS SPECIALS SPECIALS SPECIALS SPECIALS
2:35-3:05 Writing Writing Writing Science / Social Studies Science / Social Studies
3:05-3:30 Writing Writing Science / Social Studies Science / Social Studies Science / Social Studies
3:30-4:00 Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal

Course

Curriculum

Reading / ELA

Fiction Study:

  • Identifying theme main idea, and purpose
  • Summarizing
  • Analyzing characters
  • Structure of fictional literature
  • Analyze point of view and multiple accounts of the same event
  • Compare and contrast (author’s purpose)
  • Use text evidence to support answers
  • Draw inferences from literature texts

Writing

  • Narrative writing
  • The writing process
  • Developing story elements
  • Grammar and punctuation
  • Dialogue structure
  • Transitional phrases
  • Summarizing
  • Spelling and vocabulary
  • Homonyms, greek, and latin affixes and roots
  • Fact vs. opinion

Mathematics

Place Value and Operations:

  • Understanding the place value system
  • Explaining patterns in powers of 10
  • Reading, writing, and comparing decimals (to thousandths)
  • Rounding decimals
  • Multiplying whole numbers
  • Illustrating and explaining finding whole number quotients based on place value
  • Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals using concrete models or drawings (to hundredths)

Science

Earth and Space Science:

  • Water cycle and earth’s system

Social Studies

  • US geography
  • Map skills

Reading / ELA

Non-Fiction Study:

  • Identifying theme main idea, and purpose
  • Summarizing
  • Draw information from multiple sources
  • Use text evidence to support answers
  • Structure of non – fiction texts
  • Compare and contrast different informational sources on the same topic

Writing

  • Opinion / argument writing
  • Transitional phrases
  • 5 paragraph essay
  • Introductions and conclusions
  • Organizing ideas into multiple paragraphs
  • Grammar and punctuation
  • Spelling and vocabulary
  • Homonyms, greek, and latin affixes and roots

Mathematics

Fractions and Mixed Numbers:

  • Adding and subtracting fractions/mixed numbers with unlike denominators
  • Solving word problems involving addition, subtraction, and multiplication of fractions/mixed numbers by using visual fraction models
  • Interpreting a fraction as division
  • Multiplying and dividing fractions/mixed numbers and whole numbers
  • Finding the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths
  • Interpreting multiplication as scaling

Expressions:

  • Evaluating expressions with grouping symbols
  • Writing simple expressions
  • Generating two numerical patterns given rules
  • Identifying relationships between terms

Science

Physical Science:

  • Chemical reactions and properties of matter

Life Science:

  • Ecosystems and the food web

Social Studies

  • Early Americans
  • Age of exploration

Reading / ELA

  • Drawing inferences from informational texts
  • Identifying theme of poetry
  • Structures in poetry
  • Identifying fact and opinion in information text
  • Use text evidence to support answers

Writing

  • Informational writing
  • Note taking works cited
  • Transitional phrases
  • 5 paragraph essay
  • Grammar and punctuation
  • Figurative language:
    • Similes and metaphors idioms
  • Spelling and vocabulary
  • Homonyms, greek, and latin affixes and roots

Mathematics

Measurement/Data:

  • Converting measurement units within a given system
  • Making and using line plots to solve problems
  • Recognizing volume and understanding concepts of volume measurement
  • Measuring volumes by counting unit cubes
  • Finding volume of right rectangular prisms
  • Applying the volume formula
  • Recognizing volume as additive

Geometry:

  • Using axes to define a coordinate system
  • Understanding x and y coordinates
  • Representing real world problems by graphing points in the first quadrant
  • Understanding attributes of two dimensional figures
  • Understanding two dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties

Science

Earth and Space Science:

  • Stars and the solar system

Social Studies

  • Colonial America
  • American Revolution

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