Math and Science

Fourth and Fifth Grade 2025-2026

Learning never exhausTS the mind.

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)

St. David School of Wales Catholic School: Mission Statement.

It is the mission of St. David of Wales Catholic School to consistently provide a safe environment for academic and spiritual growth.

Rooted in Catholic beliefs and values, our school prioritizes academic achievement and builds moral and social responsibility. We cultivate global citizens in a culturally diverse community while promoting Catholic values and respect for all of God’s creations.

Week Overview and Upcoming Events:

2025-2026 Calendar: School Events

Weekly Schedule 2024-2025

Supply List 2025-2026

Please feel free to reach out at:

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Please be sure to notify the Front Office (Mrs. Tiara Turner) about your donation and the student's name so that your family credits can be recorded.

St David School of Wales: Richmond, CA 94805. USA. 510 232 2283

St David School: https://www.stdavidschool.org/

Expected Behavior in the Classroom:

Respect others: at all times, treat your classmates and teachers with respect and courtesy.

Listen: When someone else has the floor, be quiet, and let that person have a turn to talk.

Follow directions: Carry out the teacher's directions quickly and precisely.

Participate: Engage in-class activities and discussions in an interested and respectful manner.

Be on time: Come to class on time and be prepared with all materials you will use.

Stay on task: Keep your area neat and clean, and use your time wisely to make sure that you can complete all of your work.

Ask questions: If you do not understand or know something, then ask. Be clear on what you know or don't know.

Work cooperatively: Respect peers by cooperating during group activities and projects.

Respect personal space: Allow others their personal space and maintain safety in behaviors.

Show responsibility: Take responsibility for actions and belongings inside and outside the classroom.

In the event of misbehavior or disruption by a student, the School Principal will be informed. Parents or guardians may also be contacted via email. Depending on the severity of the offense, the School Principal may issue a Behavior Slip and/or request a meeting with the parents/guardians and teachers.

Math Standards: Math School Year 2025-2026

PS4.M - Grade 4 Priority Math

PS4.M.OA - Operations and Algebraic Thinking

PS4.M.OA.1 - Distinguish between multiplicative and additive comparisons

PS4.M.OA.2 - Solve multi/div word problems using multiplicative comparisons

PS4.M.OA.3 - Solve a multi-step word problem using a variable as an unknown

PS4.M.OA.4 - Define/determine factors, multiples, prime, and composite numbers

PS4.M.NBT - Number and Operations In Base Ten

PS4.M.NBT.1 - Explain digit value in a multi-digit number, as 10Xs digit to the right

PS4.M.NBT.3 - Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers

PS4.M.NBT.4 - Fluently add/subtract multi-digit numbers w/standard algorithm

PS4.M.NBT.5 - Multiply 4 4-digit numbers. by a 1-digit number and two 2-digit numbers

PS4.M.NBT.6 - Find whole num quotients w/4-digit dividends and 1-digit divisors

PS4.M.NBT.6b - Illustrate and explain the calculation. (NBT.6)

PS4.M.NF - Number and Operations - Fractions

PS4.M.NF.1 - Explain/ generate equivalent fractions using models

PS4.M.NF.2 - Use >, <, or = to compare fractions with different num/denom

PS4.M.NF.3 - Add and subtract/decompose whole and mixed fractions

PS4.M.NF.4 - Multiply a fraction by a whole number

PS4.M.NF.6 - Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100

PS4.M.NF.7 - Use >, <, = to compare two decimals to hundredths

PS4.M.MD - Measurement and Data

PS4.M.MD.2 - Solve word problems involving various measurements

PS4.M.MD.3 - Apply area/perimeter formulas for rectangles in math problems

PS4.M.MD.4 - Make a line plot, then solve problems w/add. and sub. of fractions

PS4.M.MD.5 - Recognize angles as geometric shapes (2 rays w/common endpoint)

PS4.M.G - Geometry

PS4.M.G.1 - Draw and identify lines and angles

PS4.M.G.2 - Define/classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles

PS4.M.G.3 - Identify/draw the lines of symmetry for two-dimensional figures

Math Standards: Math School Year 2025-2026

PS5.M - Grade 5 Priority Math Standards:

PS5.M.OA - Operations and Algebraic Thinking

PS5.M.OA.1 - Use parentheses, brackets, and braces to write/group numbers. expressions

PS5.M.OA.2 - Evaluate/Solve expressions w/symbols (Order of Operations)

PS5.M.OA.3 - Generate numerical pattern using two given rules/identify relationship

PS5.M.OA.3a - Form ordered pairs and graph pairs on a coordinate plane

PS5.M.NBT - Number and Operations In Base Ten

PS5.M.NBT.1 - Recognize digit place value (10Xs on right and 1/10 on left)

PS5.M.NBT.2 - Explain patterns in the number of zeros multiplying by powers of 10

PS5.M.NBT.3 - Read/write/compare decimals to the thousandths in multiple forms

PS5.M.NBT.4 - Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place

PS5.M.NBT.5 - Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers with the w/standard algorithm

PS5.M.NBT.6 - Find quotients of whole numbers. w/4-digit dividend/2-digit divisor

PS5.M.NBT.7 - Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths

PS5.M.NF - Number and Operations - Fractions

PS5.M.NF.1 - Add/sub fractions with unlike denominators by creating an equivalent fraction

PS5.M.NF.2 - Solve addition and subtraction word problems involving fractions

PS5.M.NF.3 - Solve division of whole numbers w/answers of fractions/mixed num.

PS5.M.NF.4 - Multiply fractions or whole numbers by a fraction.

PS5.M.NF.5 - Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing).

PS5.M.NF.6 - Solve real-world problems w/multipl of fractions/mixed numbers.

PS5.M.NF.7 - Divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by fractions

PS5.M.MD - Measurement and Data

PS5.M.MD.1 - Convert different-sized standard measurement units in the given system

PS5.M.MD.2 - Make a line plot to display data and solve problems

PS5.M.MD.3-4 - Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures/measure volume

PS5.M.MD.5 - Solve real-world math problems involving volume w/add and sub

PS5.M.G - Geometry

PS5.M.G.1-2 - Graph pts on the coordinate plane to solve real-world problems.

PS5.M.G.3-4 - Classify 2-dimensional figures based on properties

Math G4 and G5:

Learn Book:

Application Problems.
Problem Sets.
Exit Tickets.

Practice Book:

Sprints & Fluency.

Success Book:

Additional Problems for Homework.
Homework Helpers.

Math Learning Process:

Today: Lesson 1 Homework: Lesson 1.

Tomorrow Morning: Lesson 1 Exit Ticket.

The procedure for the math learning process is as follows:

Let’s say today we learn Lesson 1, then the homework for today will consist of exercises related to that Lesson 1.
The following day, there will be an Exit Ticket based on Lesson 1.
In the middle and at the end of each module, tests are given on the content learned. Students are usually notified at least one week in advance, and the tests are typically administered on Wednesdays.

Science Standards: Grade 4 and Grade 5: 2024-2025

PS5.SCI.S - 5th Grade Science.

PS5.SCI.1 - Explain decomposers, consumers, and producers' roles in ecosystems.

PS5.SCI.2 - Describe the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, & atmosphere, & how they interact.

PS5.SCI.3 - Model patterns caused by the relative positions of Earth and the sun.

PS5.SCI.4 - Identify matter as particles of matter too small to be seen.

PS5.SCI.5 - Explain the basics of Engineering Design.

Social Students Standards: Grade 4 &Grade 5: 2025-2026

PS5.SS.S - 5th Grade Social Studies

PS5.SS.1 - Explain why different groups of early explorers decided to settle in the US and their impact on Native Americans

PS5.SS.2 - Explain how different regions of the US affected where the English settled, the economy, religion, & politics of the nation

PS5.SS.3 - Explain how different groups of Native Americans organized systems of government/confederacies and family/community structures

PS5.SS.4 - Explain why colonists started to rebel and what it took to become an independent US

PS5.SS.5 - Explain the development, significance, and parts of the American Constitution

PS5.SS.6 - Explain what brought immigrants to the US, their impact, and how the nation expanded Westward

ELA Standards: Grade 5: 2025-2026

PS5.ELA - Grade 5 ELA Priority Standards

PS5.ELA.RL - Reading: Literature

PS5.ELA.RL.1 - Cite text evidence that supports analysis of the text

PS5.ELA.RL.2 - Use close reading strategies to comprehend the theme in text

PS5.ELA.RL.3 - Cite text evidence to compare characters/settings/events

PS5.ELA.RL.4 - Use strategies to determine the meaning of words and phrases PS5.ELA.RL.5-7 - Analyze structure/multimedia elements in story/drama/poem

PS5.ELA.RL.6 - Describe how point of view influences the telling of a story.

PS5.ELA.RL.9 - Analyze text evidence to compare/contrast two genre stories PS5.ELA.RL.10 - Proficiently read and comprehend grade-level literature

PS5.ELA.RI - Reading: Informational Text

PS5.ELA.RI.1 - Cite evidence that supports an analysis of the text

PS5.ELA.RI.2-3 - Use text details to find main ideas/explain relationships

PS5.ELA.RI.5-6-9 - Use text structures/multiple texts to gain information

PS5.ELA.RI.7-8 - Explain how authors use evidence to support points in text

PS5.ELA.RI.10 - Proficiently read/comprehend grade level informational text

PS5.ELA.RF - Reading: Foundational Skills

PS5.ELA.RF.3 - Apply grade phonics/word analysis skills in decoding words

PS5.ELA.RF.4 - Read w/sufficient accuracy/fluency to support comprehension

PS5.ELA.L - Language

PS5.ELA.L.1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar/usage

PS5.ELA.L.2 - Demonstrate command of conventions of standard English writing

PS5.ELA.L.3 - Use knowledge of language and conventions in writing, reading

PS5.ELA.L.4 - Determine the meaning of unknown/multiple-meaning words/phrases

PS5.ELA.L.6 - Accurately use conversational, academic words and phrases

PS5.ELA.W - Writing

PS5.ELA.W.1 - Compose an effective and accurate argumentative piece

PS5.ELA.W.2 - Compose an accurate/thorough informational piece on a topic

PS5.ELA.W.3 - Compose a descriptive and engaging narrative piece

PS5.ELA.W.5 - Plan, edit, and revise to improve writing

PS5.ELA.W.6 - Use technology to research, produce, and publish writing

PS5.ELA.W.7 - Conduct short research projects to learn about topics

PS5.ELA.SL - Speaking and Listening

PS5.ELA.SL.1 - Engage effectively in collaborative grade-level discussions

PS5.ELA.SL.4 - Present information in a focused, organized, coherent manner

ELA Standards: Grade 4: 2025-2026

PS4.ELA.RL - Reading-Literature

PS4.ELA.RL.1 - Cite textual evidence that supports analysis of the text

PS4.ELA.RL.2 - Cite/analyze text evidence to determine key idea and details

PS4.ELA.RL.3 - Use close reading strategies to describe elements of a story

PS4.ELA.RL.4 - Use effective strategies to determine the meaning of a word/phrase

PS4.ELA.RL.5 - Explain the difference between structural elements of poem/drama/prose

PS4.ELA.RL.10 - Proficiently read and comprehend grade-level literature

PS4.ELA.RI - Reading Informational Text

PS4.ELA.RI.1 - Use close reading strategies to state facts/draw inferences

PS4.ELA.RI.2 - Cite/analyze text evidence to show main idea and key details

PS4.ELA.RI.6 - Compare/contrast different accounts of the same topic or event

PS4.ELA.RI.8 - Explain how authors use reason/evidence to support their points in text

PS4.ELA.RI.10 - Proficiently read/comprehend grade-level informational text

PS4.ELA.RF - Reading Foundational Skills

PS4.ELA.RF.3 - Use knowledge of letter-sound relationships to read unknown words

PS4.ELA.RF.4 - Read aloud fluently, accurately, and with natural expression

PS4.ELA.L - Language - Conventions of Standard English

PS4.ELA.L.1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar

PS4.ELA.L.2 - Demonstrate command of conventions of standard English writing

PS4.ELA.L.3 - Use knowledge of language and conventions when writing/reading

PS4.ELA.L.4 - Determine the meaning of unknown/multiple-meaning words/phrases

PS4.ELA.L.6 - Use conversational, academic, content-specific words/phrases

PS4.ELA.W - Writing

PS4.ELA.W.1 - Compose an effective argumentative piece that supports point of view

PS4.ELA.W.2 - Compose an accurate/thorough informational piece on a specific topic

PS4.ELA.W.3 - Compose a descriptive and engaging narrative piece

PS4.ELA.W.5 - Plan, edit, and revise to improve writing

PS4.ELA.W.6 - Use technology to produce and publish writing

PS4.ELA.W.7 - Conduct short research projects to learn about topics

PS4.ELA.SL - Speaking and Listening

PS4.ELA.SL.1 - Engage effectively in collaborative grade-level discussions

PS4.ELA.SL.4 - Present information in a focused, organized, coherent manner

Religion Standards: Grade 4 and Grade 5: 2024-2025

PS5.REL.1 - Recognize and express understanding of how Bible stories apply to everyday life

PS5.REL.2 - Demonstrate knowledge of Catholic prayers and mass responses

PS5.REL.3 - Articulate grade-appropriate church doctrine, history, and moral issues

PS5.REL.4 - Participate in and reflect on age-appropriate Service Learning

One of my passions is research and scholarly work. I've had the opportunity to publish investigations in international journals across various domains, including trade, statistics, economics, and consumer behavior.

This scholarly pursuit fuels my commitment and promise to critical thinking and knowledge advancement.

I find immense value in understanding, creating, and harmonizing opinions from individuals with different backgrounds.

This approach not only leads to more robust arguments but also enhances the quality of research and investigations.

Respect and tolerance for differing opinions are values I treasure, and I believe they are vital in creating a better world. During my years of teaching experience, I've had the privilege of inspiring students from diverse backgrounds, countries, and cultures.

My goal has always been to encourage young minds to apply classroom knowledge to real-world scenarios, fostering a passion for learning and discovery.

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