Curriculum 

Reading

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, Tiger Rising, There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom, Becoming Naomi Leon, My Brother Sam is Dead and Fighting Ground.

Writing 

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

Math

The following areas will be covered in Mathematics

• Place Value and Whole Numbers*

• Whole Numbers and Operations*

• Operations with Decimals

• Operations with Fractions

• Geometry

• Shapes

• Volume and Data  

*critical concepts

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

Health

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