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Welcome to 5th Grade

Daily

Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:45-9:08 Arrival / Morning Meeting
9:08-9:56 ELA - B
9:56-10:44 Social Studies - B
10:44-11:32 Social Studies - A
11:32-12:20 ELA - A
12:20-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:10 Recess
1:13-1:53 CEE Block A
1:56-2:36 CEE Block B
2:39-3:27 WIN/RTI
3:30 Dismissal
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:45-9:08 Arrival / Morning Meeting
9:08-9:56 Science - A
9:56-10:44 Math - A
10:44-11:32 Math - B
11:32-12:20 Science - B
12:20-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:10 Recess
1:13-1:53 CEE Block A
1:56-2:36 CEE Block B
3:39-3:27 WIN/RTI
3:30 Dismissal

Course

Curriculum

Reading / ELA

Fiction Study:

  • Identifying theme main idea, and purpose
  • Summarizing
  • Analyzing characters
  • Structure of fictional literature
  • Analyze point of view and multiple accounts of the same event
  • Compare and contrast (author’s purpose)
  • Use text evidence to support answers
  • Draw inferences from literature texts

Writing

  • Narrative writing
  • The writing process
  • Developing story elements
  • Grammar and punctuation
  • Dialogue structure
  • Transitional phrases
  • Summarizing
  • Spelling and vocabulary
  • Homonyms, greek, and latin affixes and roots
  • Fact vs. opinion

Mathematics

Place Value and Operations:

  • Understanding the place value system
  • Explaining patterns in powers of 10
  • Reading, writing, and comparing decimals (to thousandths)
  • Rounding decimals
  • Multiplying whole numbers
  • Illustrating and explaining finding whole number quotients based on place value
  • Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals using concrete models or drawings (to hundredths)

Science

Stars and Planets

  • Solar system
  • Sun brightness
  • Gravity
  • Star brightness and habitable planets

Earth and Space Patterns:

  • Day, night, and earth’s rotation
  • Shadow patterns
  • Seasonal changes
  • Earth’s orbit
  • Moon phases

Social Studies

US Geography

  • Physical and human characteristics
  • Forms of geography (landforms)
  • Boundaries and regions

Map skills

  • Relative location
  • Coordinates (latitude, longitude)
  • Hemispheres
  • Types of maps (population, weather, topographical, etc.)

Reading / ELA

Non-Fiction Study:

  • Identifying theme main idea, and purpose
  • Summarizing
  • Draw information from multiple sources
  • Use text evidence to support answers
  • Structure of non – fiction texts
  • Compare and contrast different informational sources on the same topic

Writing

  • Opinion / argument writing
  • Transitional phrases
  • 5 paragraph essay
  • Introductions and conclusions
  • Organizing ideas into multiple paragraphs
  • Grammar and punctuation
  • Spelling and vocabulary
  • Homonyms, greek, and latin affixes and roots

Mathematics

Fractions and Mixed Numbers:

  • Adding and subtracting fractions/mixed numbers with unlike denominators
  • Solving word problems involving addition, subtraction, and multiplication of fractions/mixed numbers by using visual fraction models
  • Interpreting a fraction as division
  • Multiplying and dividing fractions/mixed numbers and whole numbers
  • Finding the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths
  • Interpreting multiplication as scaling

Expressions:

  • Evaluating expressions with grouping symbols
  • Writing simple expressions
  • Generating two numerical patterns given rules
  • Identifying relationships between terms

Science

Ecosystems & The Food Web

  • Food chains
  • Plant growth and matter
  • Decomposers and soil nutrients
  • Ecosystems
  • Protecting environments
  • Flow of energy

Water Cycle

  • Water distribution
  • Mixtures and solutions
  • Groundwater as a natural resource
  • Water cycle
  • Natural disasters

Social Studies

Native Americans

  • Abenaki
  • Traditions
  • Way of life
  • Locations

Age of Exploration

  • Arrival of European explorers
  • Impact of Europeans on Native American way of life
  • Settling in New Hampshire
  • Life in early settlements

Reading / ELA

  • Drawing inferences from informational texts
  • Identifying theme of poetry
  • Structures in poetry
  • Identifying fact and opinion in information text
  • Use text evidence to support answers

Writing

  • Informational writing
  • Note taking works cited
  • Transitional phrases
  • 5 paragraph essay
  • Grammar and punctuation
  • Figurative language:
    • Similes and metaphors idioms
  • Spelling and vocabulary
  • Homonyms, greek, and latin affixes and roots

Mathematics

Measurement/Data:

  • Converting measurement units within a given system
  • Making and using line plots to solve problems
  • Recognizing volume and understanding concepts of volume measurement
  • Measuring volumes by counting unit cubes
  • Finding volume of right rectangular prisms
  • Applying the volume formula
  • Recognizing volume as additive

Geometry:

  • Using axes to define a coordinate system
  • Understanding x and y coordinates
  • Representing real world problems by graphing points in the first quadrant
  • Understanding attributes of two dimensional figures
  • Understanding two dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties

Science

Chemical Reactions and Properties of Matter

  • Conservation of matter
  • Properties of matter
  • Chemical reactions
  • Gases and particle models

Social Studies

Colonial America

  • Development of colonies
  • Trade and agriculture

American Revolution

  • Fractured relationship with Great Britain
  • Voices that shaped the American Revolution
  • NH’s participation

Meet

Our Teachers

Morgan Bridge
James Mangan
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