Welcome to 5th Grade! 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:
Wednesday, 8/12 (5:30-7:00 p.m.) - Meet the Teacher
5:00 p.m. - 5th Grade Presentation (Gym)
Thursday, 8/13 - First Day of School (Half Day)
Monday, 9/7 - No School
Resources:
Skyward - Check Gradebook Regularly
Set up Email Notifications through "My Account - Account Settings"
5th Grade Imagine IM Math Units:
Finding Volume
Fractions as Quotients and Fraction Multiplication
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
Multiplication and Division with Multi-digit Numbers
Report Card Standards:
4.1 Multiplying Whole Numbers
Place Value Patterns and Decimal Operations
More Decimal and Fraction (Add & Subtract) Operations
Shapes on the Coordinate Plane
HOW CAN I SUPPORT MY MATH STUDENT?
Highlighted on the left are the current unit of study and the report card standards (concepts) currently being assessed. Click on this 5th Grade Math Concept Resources document to find IXL practice skills, and parent links from our IM curriculum that align to each concept.
Encourage completion of the daily CYU problem and the Weekly Math Review (WMR) worksheet (linked in the calendar).
Review comments on prior Concept Checks to help correct misunderstandings and have students see me if they need help.
PRACTICE MULTIPLICATION MATH FACTS 1-12
Amplify Math Fluency, IXL Fluency Zone, Flash cards, etc.
ABSENT STUDENTS
Absent Students are required to make up Weekly Math Review worksheets and concept checks. To learn skills from missed lessons, see the note below the weekly schedule for more information.
Students will start to figure out these things during this unit:
Planning and carrying out investigations related to what plants need to grow and how animals use their energy.
Exploring places where they see producers, consumers, and decomposers.
Reading about the plants, animals, and decomposers that live and grow on a nurse log and about the scientists who research them.
Developing models that explain how matter and energy move through an ecosystem.
What questions are you trying to answer right now about nurse logs?
What have you figured out about how plants get matter and energy to grow?
Can we find other examples of plants, animals, or decomposers?
How did you or the class share ideas in science today?
What new words have you been using to talk about what you are doing in science?
How has your thinking changed as you have figured things out?
Anchoring Phenomena:
How does a nurse log help other things live and grow?
Personal Narratives is the first unit of our 5th grade CKLA curriculum. Students will get to read a variety of personal narratives told from authors of different time periods, cultures, races, and perspectives. These narratives we read open the door to enriching discussions about the lives of others and how they may or may not relate to our own lives. Students will learn about writing techniques alongside writing their own narratives based on different experiences they have had in their own lives. This is a great kickoff unit for 5th grade! We pave the way for the rest of the year along with getting to learn about one another through the journey of personal narratives.
Spelling
A new spelling unit is introduced every other week. The spelling pattern can be found here for families to view.