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  • May/June: What is Grade 5 studying?

    ELA:

    Module 4: The Impact of Natural Disasters

    Module Summary: In this module, students read literary and informational texts to understand the impact of natural disasters on places and people.

    Unit Tasks: 

    • Analyzing How an Author Uses Reasons and Evidence to Support Points &  Recording a PSA
    • Analyzing the Contribution of Multimedia & Analyzing Point of View in a Literary Text
    • Supplies to Include in an Emergency Preparedness Kit & Writing an Opinion Essay: Personal Items for my Emergency Preparedness Kit 

    Eureka Math:

    Module 6: Problem Solving with the Coordinate Plane

    • construct a coordinate system, plot points, name points, and investigate and generate patterns in a plane.
    • construct parallel line segments, perpendicular line segments and draw symmetric figures 
    • identify and describe patterns in the coordinate pairs. 



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    Fifth Grade Homework, What to expect?


    Homework is a crucial part of your child's active learning process and essential to their academic progress. Please make sure that all homework is completed daily. 

    Tips: "Use these examples to help you check your writing."

    *  The first letter of each sentence should begin with a capital letter.

    Ruth bought new blue sneakers. The sign blew away in the storm. Did she try out for soccer last year?

    *  The pronoun / is always spelled with a capital letter.

    Ahmed and I ate lunch together.

    Sheila and I went swimming.

    I feed my goldfish every morning.

    *   If the subject of a sentence is a singular noun, the verb should also be singular.

    Jeremy bakes oatmeal cookies. Tonya paints with watercolors. The chair rocks back and forth.

    *   If the subject is plural, the verb should also be plural.

    Vidya and Joanna study science. Women play the drums in our band. The planets rotate around the sun.

    *   Every sentence ends with punctuation in the form of a period, question mark, or exclamation point.

    My friend is a good baseball player. Where did Jamie find her keys? Don't run across the street!

    *  Commas separate words in a series.

    We like to swim, hike, and play basketball. The farmer raises goats, sheep, and chickens. Customers can choose water, milk, orange juice, or apple juice.

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