MATH
MATH
We will be using i-Ready math for our curriculum this year. For more information regarding content and FAQ, please visit the following page on i-Ready's website.
Science Fusion is the curriculum used for science. Lessons from the curriculum are coupled with in-class lab activities as well as at home projects to further teach and apply scientific concepts. Topics covered include:
-Ecosystems
-Energy & Ecosystems
-Space & Planets
-The Engineering Process
-Motion
-Forms of Energy
-Light & Sound
In addition to Science Fusion, we will use The Great Body Shop to teach health. Topics covered include:
-Healthy Eating
-Your Lungs
-Basic First Aid
-Emotions
This curriculum includes lessons on the following:
-The liturgical year
-Holy Days
-How to Live like Christ
-Mass & The Eucharist
This year the students will read from a variety of rich and wonderfully crafted novels written by proven authors. Through these novels we will explore elements of a story, theme, genre, character analysis, figurative language, cause and point of view and much more. The novels selection for this year are:
The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
Marcus Vegas Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Refugee by Alan Gratz
A Dog’s Life by Ann M. Martin
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
The Perfect Score by Rob Buyea
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty
The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Restart by Gordan Korman
In addition, we will be using Amplify CKLA.
This year in Writing I will help students navigate the writing process from draft to published piece. When a piece is published we will have a Writer’s Celebration! The types of writing we will cover this year are:
Point of View
Expository
Informative
Personal Narrative
Fiction (fantasy/make-believe)
Essay (to convey ideas support by facts and events)
Grammar (which includes spelling) will not be taught in isolation. We will study grammar through our writing, mentor sentences, novels and mentor texts
This year the 5th graders will study geography of the northern and western hemisphere. We will make history come alive with lots of hands-on activities and projects. The units we will cover this year are:
USA, Canada, Middle America, Europe through Time, Europe Today, and Northern Eurasia.
We will focus on the 5 themes of geography with each unit of study. The five themes of geography are: movement, region, place, location, and human-environment interaction.
The textbook we use is My World Interactive World Geography ( Western Hemisphere).