MATH: Scott Foresman/Addison Wesley with supplemental materials to address the Common Core Standards.
*New math for 2013-14… STAR math program. I was trained over the summer to help implement this new program. It is an exciting opportunity to gather specific data 3 times a year so I can see what your child needs more help in (broken down by each standard) and where your child is ready to access new material. 5th grade Common Core Domains: - Operations and algebraic thinking - Number and operations in Base ten - Number and operations—fractions -Measurement and data - Supplemental websites I will use this year: LearningFarm & SumDog |
Writing Workshop:
6+1 Traits of Writing •Use the following 6 traits to teach writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence, fluency, conventions, and presentation •Use picture books to teach writing through each individual trait Lucy Calkins Writer's Workshop SPELLING
•Zaner Bloser •Ready-made, research-based, differentiated word lists for on, below, and above level students •Analogies •Last year to learn spelling patterns- therefore the lists will be teacher-generated & differentiated by 3 levels •We will use the website for homework & study practice |
Reading Workshop
•Children are exposed to text that they relate to/ care about •Discussing, listening, and sharing ideas in literature circles and the whole class •Writing responses to literature •RUSH- must be turned in last day of month/ first day of new month… 5th graders should be reading AT LEAST 15 minutes every night! •Our class goal- 40 books in 5th grade! Remember to be a good role model reader at home. I keep telling the class that if there is time for television, there is enough time to read. I model my own reading by posting it! SOCIAL STUDIES (Mrs. Cowell)
•Text: McMillan McGraw Hill Timelinks series •Topics: •American People, American Lives •Early Life: East and West •Colonial Life in North America •American Revolution •A Growing Nation •Geography of the U.S. |
SCIENCE (Mr. Mason)
Scott-Foresman Science Textbook & supplemental materials to connect to the Common Core Standards •Topics: Scientific Method •Atoms and Molecules •States of Matter •Water Cycle •Weather •Electricity and Magnetism •Space |