CURRICULUM

In Reading, we will begin the year by identifying the literary elements of theme, setting, conflict, point of view, and plot line in our short story unit; and, then follow with reading the listed novels throughout the year: Hatchet, Sign of the Beaver, Pedro's Journal, Tuck Everlasting, Holes, and My Brother Sam is Dead.

Writing assignments for 5th grade can include:

• Personal Narrative

• Compare and Contrast

• Persuasive Essay

• Informational Report

• Historical Fiction Narrative

• Why Story

• Fairy Tale with a Twist

• Poetry

The following concepts will be covered in Math this year:

• Place Value

• Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers

• Fractions

• Decimals

• Geometric Measurement

Social Studies will consist of:

• Learning the 50 states and capitals

• Five Regions of the United States

• Native Americans

• The Age of Exploration

• Building the First Colonies

• Settling the Thirteen Colonies

• The Revolutionary War

• The Constitution

• Westward Expansion

5th Grade Science explores the Next Generation Science Standards in the areas of:

• Physical Science

• Life Science

• Earth and Space

• Engineering Design

In Health we will be discussing:

• Body Transport Systems

• Healthy skin, hair, nails, teeth and gums

• Nutrition

• Importance of keeping fit and active

• Communicable and noncommunicable diseases

• Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco