Math for 5th grade is very exciting, we will be learning A LOT of new material! The year will cover angles, estimation, division/multiplication of fractions, work with decimals, exploring rational numbers, work with integers, finding percents, probability, graphing, equations, variables, and more!
Language Arts - let's travel to lots of places this year by reading and novel studies, work on our writing, practice our grammar and sentence structure through GUM lessons, learn lots of new words through spelling, experience some Shakespeare, and grow as a reader!
Science: What fun! Get out those materials and be prepared to learn about water resources, the world's oceans, Earth's atmosphere, motion and forces, chemistry, cells, plants and animals!
History: We are going to learn all about American history this year. You will dive into the 13 Colonies, the earliest Americans, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War.
Writing: We will be collecting rough drafts and final drafts each month over your monthly writing assignments that go along with the OLS curriculum. The rough drafts will need to be scanned to the teacher and kmailed each month, this will be very important for us to really help improve your child's writing skills! We will let you know when these writings will be due. The students will complete their writing on Google Docs, to allow easy access between the student and teacher for any revisions. Three types of writing: persuasive, narrative, and informative will be graded and worked on in more detail, as these are the main goals of our 5th grade curriculum.
Health: please click on the file to see the health standards for 5th grade.