Grade Five

Humanities:

All assignments will be sent to students through Google Classroom. Students should ALWAYS read independently for 20 minutes a day.

Historical Fiction Books (books used)

  • Sign of the Beaver

  • Chains

  • My Brother Sam is Dead

  • (More books will be chosen by the students for Book Clubs)

Social Studies & Writing

  • Native Americans through the American Revolution

Patterns of Power (Grammar)

  • Capitalizing Historical Periods and Events

  • Irregular

  • Verbs

  • Active Voice

  • Advanced End Mark Punctuation

  • Compound Sentences (neither, nor)

  • Conditional Subordinate Nonessential Clauses

Words Their Way (Spelling)

Daily 5 (Stations)

  • Read to Self

  • Read to Someone

  • Writing

  • Word Work

  • Listen to Reading

For a more detailed overview, please click the link below.

https://sites.google.com/apps.whschools.org/publicviewgrade5humanities/home

MATH:

Overview of a typical daily lesson:

● DMR - Daily Math Review - review skills from previous grades and/or units

● CORE Lesson - Teacher taught, 15 to 20 minutes

● Independent Work - Students independently work on the skill taught

● Exit Slip - quick assessment to check for mastery of the skill taught

● Homework - Reinforcement of skill taught

Every morning, each math class will complete part of the Daily Math Review (DMR) sheet. They are given 4 questions to complete daily as morning work. The questions are to help them review skills from previous grades and/or completed units. The teacher will go over the questions with each class. This is a quick assessment of what skills need remediation or extension. After the DMR, teachers will teach a 15 to 20 minute core math lesson and then assign practice to show application of that skill. The class will end with an exit slip to quickly assess for mastery of the skill taught. Homework is given most nights to reinforce the skill.

The 5th grade students finished Unit 1 Fractions as of winter break. In that unit, they learned how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions, as well as calculating volume and area with fractional lengths. Unit 2 - Understanding Place Value - will begin on January 4, 2021. In this unit, students will use fractions to show place value of decimals, understand place value of whole numbers and decimals through thousandths, multiply and divide with powers of ten, read/write/compare whole numbers and decimals through thousandths, and round whole numbers and decimals. Each unit consists of a predetermined number of FAs, a Performance Task, and a Flipbook.

Grade 5 2020 - 2021 Math Pacing Guide.pdf

Below are some websites that are used in the classroom, but can also be done at home. Students can go through Clever to access some of these as well.

● Khanacademy.org

● IKnowit.com

● Splashlearn.com

● ABCya.com

● Coolmath.com

● xtramath.org

Science

Week of Jan. 4th: Ocean Ecosystems and Ocean Impact

    1. Describe the Earth’s Ocean ecosystems.

    2. How do Oceans impact the land around them, including islands, and the climates around the globe?

Week of Jan. 11th: Landforms impact

    1. How do landforms impact weather patterns?

    2. How do landforms and the atmosphere impact events and conditions in the atmosphere?

Week of Jan. 19th: Impact of Humans on Earth’s Land, Vegetation, Air, Water, and Space

    1. How can various human activities impact different parts of the Earth?

Week of Jan. 25th: Plants and Pollution

    1. How is the growth of plants in a model environment affected by the presence of a model pollutant?

    2. How would particles of a pollutant move through the environment after being introduced?

Week of February 1st: Protecting Resources

    1. How can humans change behaviors to protect our natural resources?

    2. How does the example of a vertical forest accomplish protecting our resources?

Week of February 8th: Renewable Energy & Solar Energy

    1. How do renewable energy resources protect the Earth?

    2. How can solar energy be used to create clean water?

Digital sites being used are Generation Genius, Quizziz, Brainpop, Flocabulary, and Kahoot which can be accessed through Clever and the student’s Math/Science Google Classroom.

All assignments have been sent to students through Google Classroom.

special Areas

Please look at your child’s google classroom for all of their Special Area Teachers.

*Art – Mrs. Tomcheski, Mrs. Heath, Mrs. Rubino

*Science Lab with Science Facilitators - Mr Carrano – Grade 6, Mr. Merola – Grade 5

*6th grade Computers with Ms. Pitts

*Music with Ms. LaMotta, Mr. Benn

*Band with Mr. Lupoli

*Library with Mrs. King-Kelley

*Physical Education with Mrs. Vaughn, Ms. Coldren

Library Media

All assignments have been sent to students through Google Classroom.