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Writing
The Iowa Core provides the basic requirements for writing instruction in fifth grade. The following are 7 general guidelines and the 3 types of writing that we will will complete during the 30 minutes daily writing time.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Second Trimester (December-February)
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
b. Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
c. Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
Third Trimester - March-May
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
a. Introduce a topic clearly.
b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
c. Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform or explain..
e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
f. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions.
Math
We are beginning a new math series this year. It is called Everyday Math. The focus of this series is learning the math concepts needed for the Iowa Core within the context of problems that students might encounter in real life. The following is the yearly overview of what will be covered during the fifth grade year.
Early Sept. –Late Sept. NumberTheory
Reading/Language Arts
We are in the fourth year of the reading series called Wonders which is published by the McGraw Hill company. Our reading is structured in a format of repeated practice of skills over the course of the school year.
Our daily reading is structured in two main parts.
The Iowa Core provides the basic requirements for writing instruction in fifth grade. The following are 7 general guidelines and the 3 types of writing that we will will complete during the 30 minutes daily writing time.
- 1. Produce clear and coherent writing.
- 2. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
- 3. Use technology to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
- 4. Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.
- 5. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
- 6. Write routinely over extended time frames.
- 7. Demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Second Trimester (December-February)
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
b. Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
c. Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).
d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
Third Trimester - March-May
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
a. Introduce a topic clearly.
b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
c. Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform or explain..
e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
f. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions.
Math
We are beginning a new math series this year. It is called Everyday Math. The focus of this series is learning the math concepts needed for the Iowa Core within the context of problems that students might encounter in real life. The following is the yearly overview of what will be covered during the fifth grade year.
Early Sept. –Late Sept. NumberTheory
- Introduce daily routines and materials; use number models to represent rectangular arrays; find factor pairs; play Factor Captor; test for divisibility; discuss prime, composite, and square numbers; find the square root; create factor strings.
- Devise an estimation strategy; review addition and subtraction algorithms; solve number stories; estimate reaction times and use statistical landmarks; estimate probability; introduce products of decimals; compare millions, billions, and trillions.
- Introduce the American Tour; read and interpret population; find the degree of angle measures; use a protractor and compass; define types of triangles; classify polygons; introduce tessellations.
- Review division facts and algorithms; estimate distances using a map scale; divide decimals by whole numbers; interpret remainders; play First to 100.
- Convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions; order fractions; find equivalent fractions; rename fractions as decimals; convert fractions to percents; construct bar and circle graphs.
- Organize data; measure with customary units of length; interpret data in line plots and stem-and-leaf plots; discuss reliability; analyze survey results; use contour maps; use a slide rule; investigate common denominators.
- Use a coordinate grid; explore coordinate graphs; find the area of a rectangle; find area of triangles and parallelograms; estimate using sampling; find volume of prisms; explore units of capacity
- Introduce exponential and scientific notation; introduce the order of operations; add and subtract positive and negative numbers; Use a calculator to work with negative numbers.
- Compare fractions; add and subtract mixed numbers; use a calculator to solve fraction problems; multiply fractions with whole numbers; multiply mixed numbers; find a percent of a number; introduce division of fractions. .
- Introduce the pan-balance approach; translate word descriptions into algebraic expressions; predict an event; interpret line graphs; use pi to find circumference and area.
- Compare properties of geometric solids; find the volume and surface area of cylinders, pyramids, and cones; use water displacement to find volume; convert measurements of weight and capacity.
- Use factor trees and tree diagrams; find probabilities; model and solve problems involving ratios; find your heart rate; collect, graph, and interpret data;
Reading/Language Arts
We are in the fourth year of the reading series called Wonders which is published by the McGraw Hill company. Our reading is structured in a format of repeated practice of skills over the course of the school year.
Our daily reading is structured in two main parts.
- In part one (about 45 minutes), we do reading in a whole group setting. We explore texts, practice the skills and strategies of the week, and work with partners and groups to complete activities.
- In part two (about 1 hour), we use the skills we practiced in large group to work through a text in a group of about 6 people with the teacher. While some students are working with the teacher, others are reading independently or working on individual activities that give opportunities for more practice on the skills and strategies of the week.
1. Reading Strategies: What good readers do before and during reading to help their understanding
Reread Ask and Answer Questions Make Predictions Summarize Visualize
2. Reading Skills: What good readers do during and after reading to help their understanding
Sequence, Find cause and effect, Determine theme, Compare and contrast, Find main idea and details, Determine point of view, Determine character, setting and plot, Determine author's point of view, Determine problem and solution
3. Genre: Good readers understand how authors use words in different types of text
Realistic fiction, Fairy tale, Biography, Fantasy, Expository text, Poetry, Persuasive articles, Historical fiction, Folktales
4. Vocabulary Strategies: Good readers can determine the meanings of words while reading
Use of context clues, Using prefixes, suffixes and root words, Use similes and metaphors, Understand homographs and homophones, Use synonyms and antonyms
Reread Ask and Answer Questions Make Predictions Summarize Visualize
2. Reading Skills: What good readers do during and after reading to help their understanding
Sequence, Find cause and effect, Determine theme, Compare and contrast, Find main idea and details, Determine point of view, Determine character, setting and plot, Determine author's point of view, Determine problem and solution
3. Genre: Good readers understand how authors use words in different types of text
Realistic fiction, Fairy tale, Biography, Fantasy, Expository text, Poetry, Persuasive articles, Historical fiction, Folktales
4. Vocabulary Strategies: Good readers can determine the meanings of words while reading
Use of context clues, Using prefixes, suffixes and root words, Use similes and metaphors, Understand homographs and homophones, Use synonyms and antonyms