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5TH GRADE CURRICULUM NIGHT

Houle/Holt Team Room 201 ~ Shelley Houle; Language Arts & Social Studies Room 205 ~ Patty Holt; Math & Science Hanawalt/Sleight Team Room 204 ~ Tiffiny Sleight; Language Arts & Social Studies Room 202 ~ Dianne Hanawalt; Math & Science

READING

 Reader’s Workshop Model

• Teacher teaches targeted mini-lessons that meet state standards
• Students self-select “just right” books to read silently
• Students practice skills from mini-lessons using their own book or teacher selected

passage

• Teacher facilitates 1:1 conferencing and small guided groups

 Resources

• Scott Foresman (CSD adopted anthology)
• Storyworks magazine by Scholastic
• Leveled books
• Literature Studies (Holes, Tuck Everlasting, The Sign of the Beaver, and Mrs. Frisby

and the Rats of NIMH

WRITING

 Writer’s Workshop Model

• Teacher teaches targeted mini-lessons that meet state standards
• Students practice writing in their journals
• Teacher facilitates 1:1 conferencing and small guided groups

 Writing Forms

• Personal Narratives
• Report Writing
• Informational Writing*
• Persuasive Writing*

*Mostly likely will be assessed on these two forms in future grades

 Traditional

• 20 words a week
• Weekly words based on

spelling patterns

• Words are different each

week

• No emphasis on spelling

correctly in writing

TRADITIONAL SPELLING VS. SITTON

 Sitton Spelling

• Number varies each

week

• Words based on

targeted skills lessons and pulled from grade level priority and core words

• Words are cycled…they

keep popping up.

• Focused emphasis on

proofreading skills and improving spelling in content areas (reading, writing, science, etc.)

Spelling is now part of the Writing grade on Report

• Cards. An indicator score of 1, 2, 3, or 4 will be given

based on student achievement on spelling tests and spelling within their writing.

SOCIAL STUDIES

In fifth grade, students use their understanding of social studies concepts and cause-and-effect relationships to study the development of the United States up to 1791.

• History
• Geography
• Economics
• Civics

SOCIAL STUDIES

~Development of Indigenous Societies ~First Contact with Europeans ~Explorers ~Colonization ~Rising Tensions between Colonies and Britain ~The Revolutionary War ~ The Constitution and Government

Areas of Study

SCIENCE

Grades 4 – 5 consists of nine Core Content Standards within the science domains.

• Physical Science (force and motion, states of matter, and

heat, light, sound and electricity)

• Earth and Space Science (earth in space, formation of

earth materials, and focus on fossils)

• Life Science (structures and behaviors, food webs, and

heredity and adaptation)

Within the context of several science lessons..

• Systems…how the parts of objects, plants, and animals are

connected and work together.

• Inquiry…conduct a variety of investigations.
• Application…product of own design to solve a problem.

CAMAS DISTRICT

 FOSS kits

• Matter and Energy
• Landforms
• Environments

 Human Growth and Development  Class and teacher developed lessons!!

WA STATE MATH STANDARDS

5.1. Core Content: Multi-digit division (Operations, Algebra) Students learn efficient ways to divide whole numbers. 5.2. Core Content: Addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals (Numbers, Operations, Algebra) Students learn procedures for adding and subtracting fractions and decimals. 5.3. Core Content: Triangles and quadrilaterals (Geometry/Measurement, Algebra) Classify, find area and perimeter, find shape symmetry.

MATH STANDARDS…

5.4. Core Content: Representations of algebraic relationships (Operations, Algebra) Students continue their development of algebraic thinking as they move toward more in-depth study of algebra in middle school.  use variables to write simple algebraic expressions  evaluate simple algebraic expressions  make tables and graphs from linear

…MATH STANDARDS

5.5. Additional Key Content (Numbers, Data/Statistics/Probability) Students extend their work with common factors and common multiples as they deal with prime numbers. Students extend and reinforce their use of numbers, operations, and graphing to describe and compare data. 5.6. Core Processes: Reasoning, problem solving, and communication Students in grade five solve problems that extend their understanding of core mathematical concepts as they make strategic decisions leading to reasonable solutions.

CAMAS DISTRICT CURRICULUM

 Math Connects

• Daily lessons, daily practice, benchmark and unit

tests.

• On-line support at

http://www.macmillanmh.com/math/mathconne cts/wa/index.html

STANDARDS PRACTICE SITE

 IXL at www.ixl.com

• Individualized practice of Common Core

Standards

• Student access through username and

password

• Teacher/parent/student can monitor progress