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This video describes the GOAL for fifth grade students. By the end of this school year, we want students composing short essays of three paragraphs. The essay should include a 2-3 sentence introduction, a body paragraph of 5-8 sentences, and a conclusion paragraph of 2-3 sentences. Besides length, we also look for transition words, variety of words/language usage, punctuation, and capitalization.
See below for the writing rubric used in fifth grade.
Unit 1 - First 9 Weeks
Unit 1 - First 9 Weeks
The first reading unit is The Birchbark House. You will read literary and informational texts about how Native Americans and global explorers laid the foundation for the United States. You will learn about our past and how that impacts who we are today by writing about character and theme development and discussing how point of view is important for constructing meaning.
Unit 2 - 2nd 9 Weeks
Unit 2 - 2nd 9 Weeks
The second reading unit is "The Making of a Scientiest." You will read and study scientific discovery methods focusing on inference. You will read about different scientists. The Templeton Twins Have an Idea is the unit text.
Homework Packet:
Monday through Thursday read 20 minutes, make sure to fill out reading log and have parents initial on Thursday night. Spelling exercises, one per night, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Turn in packet on Friday. When time is available, you may work on homework in class.
Unit 3 - 3rd 9 Weeks
Unit 3 - 3rd 9 Weeks
Students learn that even in the most fantastical settings, literature can teach us real lessons about life. Students explore the opposition of good and evil; the value in courage, adventure, forgiveness, and honesty; and the importance of maintaining the natural world. They begin to consider how authors convince readers to believe the impossible and discuss the history and use of special effects in movies to begin to see how imagination and creativity can inspire progress and change.
Homework Packet:
Monday through Thursday read 20 minutes, make sure to fill out reading log and have parents initial on Thursday night. Spelling exercises, one per night, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Turn in packet on Friday. When time is available, you may work on homework in class.
Student writings should show specific analysis of the texts referenced in assignments.
Unit 4 - 4th 9 Weeks
Unit 4 - 4th 9 Weeks
Students learn about the importance of language, education, and communication. By determining how characters respond to challenges of language barriers and ineffective communication, students learn how language and stories can connect us or divide us, and that bridging differences requires effective communication.
Homework Packet:
Monday through Thursday read 20 minutes, make sure to fill out reading log and have parents initial on Thursday night. Spelling exercises, one per night, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Turn in packet on Friday. When time is available, you may work on homework in class.
LEAP Testing
April 24 - April 30
For a student's best results:
- Get plenty of sleep each night.
- Eat breakfast.
- Limit stress.
- Keep to a schedule.
- Stay positive.
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