📚 What We Will Read

Reading opens doors to new worlds, ideas, and perspectives. This year, we will:

• Read Independently: Build stamina and discover books you love during daily independent reading time.

• Join Book Clubs & Partnerships: Collaborate with peers to discuss stories, share insights, and recommend great reads to one another.

• Study Characters & Themes: Dive deep into stories to analyze how characters grow, how plots unfold, and what big life lessons themes teach us.

• Explore the Universe: Read engaging informational texts about space, astronomy, and the mysteries of the universe.

• Travel Through Time: Immerse ourselves in captivating historical fiction novels to experience a different era and historical moments.

📝 What We Will Write

Writing is a powerful tool to share your story and shape the world around you. This year, you will:

• Draft Personal Narratives: Craft meaningful personal stories that showcase your unique voice, memory, and experience.

• Write Informational & Argumentative Essays: Learn how to present fascinating facts clearly and build strong, evidence-based arguments on topics that matter to you.

• Publish a Classroom Newspaper: Become journalists by reporting, writing, and publishing articles for our very own classroom newspaper!

🔍 Word Study, Grammar & Vocabulary

To support our reading and writing, we will continuously work on sharpening our language skills:

• Grammar: Master sentence structure, mechanics, and style to make your writing clear and impactful.

• Vocabulary & Word Study: Explore word roots, prefixes, suffixes, and rich new vocabulary to expand your language toolkit.

✍️Fifth graders are also learning Cursive Writing!

Homework should not take more than 15 minutes to complete.

• Almost every week, students will have an IXL lesson, iReady lesson, or a Khan Academy assignment. it will be due on Thursdays.

• When students are not spending their 15 minutes doing a lesson, they should spend the time reading. Each student has a reading log at the back of their ELA notebook to track their reading.  If they don't have their NB at home, jot page # to start and page # at end on a sticky note to be transferred to the log later.

• During vocabulary weeks, students will have a vocabulary assignment due on Thursday. They should also study the words because the quiz will be Friday (or the last day of the week).

Please refer to the Academic Planners for homework assignments, quizzes/tests, or any other assignments for that week.