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Fifth Grade
December: What is Grade 5 studying?

ELA: 

Module 1: Stories of Human Rights

Module Summary:  The students will study Human Rights and how real people and fictional characters respond when those rights are threatened. 

Unit Tasks: 

  • Students draft an original monologue based on an event and from the perspective of a character from Esperanza Rising.

Module 2: Biodiversity in the Rainforest

Module Summary: In this module, students read to build knowledge about the rainforest and analyze the author's craft in narrative writing to build proficiency in writing first person narratives about the rainforest.

In Unit 1 which we will study in December, students will build background knowledge about the rainforest, including rainforest destruction to understand why scientists study the rainforest.

Unit Task: 

  • Students will read The Most Beautiful Roof in the World by Kathryn Lasky and other informational texts to analyze and compare text structure and write summaries. 
  • Students research to determine ways they can help the rainforest and discuss their findings, including the challenges with implementing those ideas, in a Science Talk. 

Eureka Math:

Module 3: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions  

Students will...

  • make equivalent fractions with the number line
  • add and subtract fractions between 1-2
  • use benchmark numbers to assess reasonableness of solutions using benchmark numbers 

Module 4: Multiplication and Division of Fractions and Decimal Fractions 

Students will…

  • use tape diagrams to model fractions as division 
  • multiply any whole number by a fraction
  • multiply and divide fractions


 

FIFTH

Helpful Websites

The web sites below are fun and educational. Please encourage your child to practice math in a fun and creative way. We hope you will explore these websites, which will be helpful for you and your children:

Great and safe search engines for children:

Helps children practice and strengthen math skills:

Wonderful sites to research social studies and world events:

Reading sites:

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Fifth Grade Homework

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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.