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5th Grade Information
5th Grade Information
Welcome to 5th Grade! We are looking forward to this year with all of the students. Below you will find subject specific information and announcements. You can also find out more about the 5th grade teachers by selecting the "Teachers" tab above and clicking on their names.
Important Dates:
Monday, 1/19 - No School
Tuesday, 1/20 - STAR Math Testing (5th Grade)
Thursday, 1/22 - STAR Reading Testing (5th Grade)
Tuesday, 1/27 - D.A.R.E. starts in P.E. (tentatively)
Friday, 2/6 - Half Day & DONUT DAY!
Monday, 2/16 - No School
Friday, 2/20 - End of Trimester 2
Tuesday, 3/10 - WMS Open House (5:30 p.m.)
Math
Math
5th Grade Imagine IM Math Units:
Finding Volume
Fractions as Quotients and Fraction Multiplication
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
Report Card Standards:
3.2 Divide Fractions
Multiplication and Division with Multi-digit Numbers
Place Value Patterns and Decimal Operations
More Decimal and Fraction (Add & Subtract) Operations
Report Card Standards:
6.2 Add & Subtract Fractions
Shapes on the Coordinate Plane
How can I support my math student?
Our current unit of study is highlighted on the left along with the report card standards. Click on this 5th Grade Math Concept Resources chart to find workbook pages, IXL practice skills, and parent links from our IM curriculum that align to each concept. (Student workbooks should be in their binders.)
Encourage completion of the daily CYU question in their workbook.
Review comments on prior Concept Checks to correct misunderstandings.
PRACTICE MULTIPLICATION MATH FACTS 1-12
Math Fact Lab. IXL Fluency Zone, 99Math, Flash cards, etc.
ABSENT STUDENTS
Absent Students are only required to make up CYUs and concept checks. To learn skills from missed lessons, see the note below the weekly schedule for more information.
5th Grade Science
Matter and Energy Flow in an Ecosystem
Matter and Energy in Plants
These science and engineering practices support this scope.
1. Developing and using models.
2. Engaging in argument from evidence.
● Plants get the material needed for growth primarily from air and water.
● Plants can grow without soil.
● Matter moves between the air and soil and among plants, animals, and decomposers that release waste matter back into the environment.
● Organisms survive and thrive in environments that meet their needs.
● How does the matter cycle within an ecosystem?
ELA
ELA
We kicked off our Renaissance unit with Mona Yates drawing exercise!!! Check out these photos of the kids drawing Mona Yates from different perspectives around the room.
Unit 5 - Renaissance
Unit 5 - Renaissance
This unit provides students with a broad exposure to the art and literature of the Renaissance. Looking at artists, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Van Eyck, Raphael, Donatello, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Machiavelli, Cervantes, and Shakespeare. Students learn that the Renaissance was a cultural movement that began in Italy and swept through Europe. During this time, trade increased between European countries that led to wealth, power, and influence of the middle class, which allowed merchants and businessmen to support artists as their patrons.
Spelling
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-et -it -ate Oddballs
jacket edit private ballet
secret credit pirate buffet
target limit senate
racket habit
quiet orbit
comet summit
rocket bandit
planet unit
magnet visit
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