📚 5th Grade Language Arts

Students develop their reading, writing, speaking, and language skills through a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and argumentative texts. Evidence-based writing is embedded throughout each unit, while Grammar and Word Study skills are practiced on a rotating biweekly schedule.

• Fiction Reading & Writing – Students read fiction, including Home of the Brave, participate in book clubs, and develop their skills through narrative writing.

• Nonfiction Reading & Writing – Students read and analyze informational texts while conducting research and developing evidence-based essays.

• Argumentative Reading & Writing – Students examine different perspectives, conduct research, and write arguments supported by evidence and reasoning.

• Test Prep – Students practice reading strategies, writing skills, and test-taking strategies to prepare for standardized assessments.

• Fantasy Reading & Writing – Students explore fantasy texts through book clubs and create their own fan fiction while developing characters, settings, plots, and themes.

Bridges Math

Unit 1: Expressions, Equations & Volume

Students explore numerical expressions and equations while learning how to use parentheses and follow the order of operations. They also investigate volume and learn to calculate the volume of rectangular prisms.

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Unit 2: Adding & Subtracting Fractions

Students build fluency with adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers. They use models, number lines, and strategies to solve fraction problems and explain their thinking.

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Unit 3: Place Value & Decimals

Students deepen their understanding of place value with whole numbers and decimals. They compare, round, add, subtract, and represent decimals in different ways.

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Unit 4: 

Multiplying & Dividing Whole Numbers & Decimals

Students develop strategies for multiplying and dividing multi-digit whole numbers and decimals. They solve real-world problems and use models and equations to explain their reasoning.

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Unit 5: Multiplying & Dividing Fractions

Students learn how to multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers. They use visual models, equations, and problem-solving strategies to understand what happens when fractions are multiplied or divided.

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Unit 6: Graphing, Geometry & Volume

Students work with coordinate planes, ordered pairs, and graphing. They also classify and analyze geometric shapes and continue developing their understanding of volume and measurement.

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Unit 7: Division & Decimals

Students continue building their understanding of division, including dividing whole numbers and decimals. They use different strategies to solve problems and apply their skills to real-world situations.

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Unit 8: Solar Design

Students apply their math skills to a real-world solar design project. They use measurement, geometry, data, and problem-solving skills to design and analyze solar-powered solutions.

Earth Systems

In this unit, students explore how different parts of the Earth work together and affect each other. They learn that Earth is made up of four main systems that are always interacting.

The Four Earth Systems:

Geosphere – The solid parts of Earth

(rocks, mountains, land, etc.)

Hydrosphere – All the water on Earth 

(oceans, rivers, lakes, rain)

Atmosphere – The air and gases around Earth 

(weather, clouds, wind)

Biosphere – All living things

(plants, animals, people)

What Students Will Learn:

• How these systems interact (Example: How rain from the atmosphere affects the land)

• How natural events (like earthquakes or hurricanes) change Earth’s systems

• How human activities can affect the Earth, like pollution or farming

• How to use models and data to show how the Earth systems work together

Why This Unit Is Important:

This unit helps students understand how Earth works as a system. It also encourages them to think about how people affect the planet and how we can take care of it.

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Interactions Within the Earth, Sun & Moon

In this unit, students explore space and the solar system. They learn about the objects in our solar system, how they move, and how the Sun, Earth, and Moon are connected.

What Students Will Learn:

• How the Sun, Earth, and Moon interact with each other

• How the Earth’s rotation and orbit affect day, night, and the seasons

• How the Moon moves around Earth and why we see different phases of the Moon

• How the Sun provides light and energy to Earth

• How scientists use models, observations, and data to learn about space

• How the solar system is organized, including the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects

Why This Unit Is Important:

This unit helps students understand our place in space and how the objects in our solar system interact. Students will use models, observations, and evidence to explain what they see in the night sky and learn how scientists study the universe.

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Properties and Changes in Matter

In this unit, students explore matter and its properties. They learn that everything around us is made of matter and that matter can change in different ways.

What Students Will Learn:

• What matter is and how it makes up everything around us

• How to describe matter by its properties, such as size, mass, volume, and state

• The three common states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases

• How matter can change states, such as melting, freezing, and evaporation

• The difference between physical and chemical changes

• How to use observations, measurements, models, and data to investigate matter

• How matter can be combined and separated in different ways

Why This Unit Is Important:

This unit helps students understand the materials that make up the world around them. Students will investigate how matter behaves, how it changes, and how we can use its properties to explain what we observe in everyday life.

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Ecosystems

In this unit, students explore ecosystems and how living and nonliving things interact. They learn how plants, animals, and other organisms depend on one another and their environment to survive.

What Students Will Learn:

• The difference between living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• How plants and animals depend on one another

• Food chains and food webs and how energy moves through an ecosystem

• The roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers

• How changes in an environment can affect living things

• How matter and energy move through ecosystems

• How scientists use observations, models, and evidence to understand ecosystems

Why This Unit Is Important:

This unit helps students understand how all living things are connected. Students will learn how organisms depend on their environment and one another, and how changes to an ecosystem can impact the entire system.