Fifth Grade
Principal
Gregory J.R. Bottari
Assistant Principal
Amelia O. Garcia
Fifth Grade Teachers
Lissette Pellegrino
Jane Hodge
Jennifer Maida
Jessica McCann
Maria Vigliotti
Math Specialists
Danielle Brennan
Pamela Charish
Reading Specialist
Janette Portz
Literacy Coach
Jaime Assortato
The Common Core State Standards show what all
students should know and be able to do in English
Language Arts and Mathematics at each grade level.
Students in each grade level will learn the same
skills, in order to be college and career ready.
The Common Core shifts will help children succeed in
topics and skills that matter most.
Common Core Video
A shift is a change in how teachers
teach and how students learn.
These six shifts will ensure that students
can meet grade level expectations across
New York State.
Common Core Math Shifts
Teachers significantly narrow and deepen the scope of
how time and energy is spent in the math classroom. They
do so in order to focus deeply on only the concepts that
are prioritized in the standards.
Shift 1
Focus
Shift 2
Coherence
Principals and teachers carefully connect the learning
within and across grades so that students can build new
understanding onto foundations built in previous years.
Shift 3
Fluency
Students are expected to have speed and accuracy with
simple calculations; teachers structure class time and/or
homework time for students to memorize, through
repetition, core functions.
Shift 4
Deep
Understanding
Shift 5
Application
Shift 6
Dual Intensity
Students deeply understand and can operate easily within
a math concept before moving on. They learn more than
the trick to get the answer right. They learn the math.
Students are expected to use math and choose the
appropriate concept for application even when they are
not prompted to do so.
Students are practicing and understanding. There is more
than a balance between these two things in the classroom
– both are occurring with intensity.
A sprint is a timed speed drill to assess speed and
accuracy with recalling basic math facts.
2007 PART 1 QUESTION
2013 COMMON CORE
PART 1 QUESTION
2007 Part 1 Question
The total number of people who visited the
Ocean Adventure Park last year was
7,040,836. What is the value of the digit 4
in this number?
A. Four
B. Forty
C. Four thousand
D. Forty thousand
2013 COMMON CORE Part 1 Question
Which expression shows 40.54 in
expanded form?
A. ( 4 x 10 ) + ( 5 x 1/10 ) + ( 4 x 1/100 )
B. ( 4 x 1 ) + ( 5 x 1/10 ) + ( 4 x 1/100 )
C. ( 4 x 10 ) + ( 5 x 1) + ( 4 x 1/100 )
D. ( 4 x 10 ) + ( 5 x 1 ) + ( 4 x 1/10 )
2007 PART 2 QUESTION
2013 COMMON CORE
PART 2 QUESTION
2007 Part 2 Question
A roller coaster makes 23 trips each day. It
carries 119 passengers on each trip. What is
the total number of passengers the roller
coaster carries each day?
Show your work
_______________ passengers
2013 COMMON CORE Part 2 Question
Mr. Chang needs to ship 8 boxes of cookies in a packing carton. Each box is a
right rectangular prism 8 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 3 inches high. What is
the volume, in cubic inches, of each box?
Show your work.
Answer _________ cubic inches
Mr. Chang wants to ship all 8 boxes in one packing carton. He has a choice of
three different sizes of packing cartons that are rectangular prisms of the
following sizes:
•packing carton A: 11 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 8 inches high
•packing carton B: 16 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 5 inches high
•packing carton C: 17 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 7 inches high
Which packing carton can Mr. Chang use?
Show your work.
Answer packing carton __________
• Khan Academy: a free interactive, instructional math
website for additional review of math concepts and
practice.
http://www.khanacademy.org/
• LearnZillion: a free website that offers video lessons.
Each lesson highlights a Common Core Standard.
http://learnzillion.com/lessons
• X-tra Math : a math website to increase speed and
fluency (A user name and password is required).
http://xtramath.org/
Shifts in ELA/Literacy
Shift 1
Balancing Informational and
Literacy Text
Students read a true balance of informational
and literacy text.
Shift 2
Knowledge in the Disciplines
Students build knowledge about the world
(domains/content areas) through TEXT rather
than the teacher or activities.
Shift 3
Staircase of Complexity
Students read the central, grade appropriate
text around which instruction is centered.
Teachers are patient, create more time and
space and support in the curriculum for close
reading.
Shift 4
Text-Based Answers
Students engage in rich and rigorous
evidence based conversations about text.
Shift 5
Writing from Sources
Writing emphasizes use of evidence to inform
or make an argument.
Shift 6
Academic Vocabulary
Students constantly build the transferable
vocabulary they need to access grade level
complex texts. This can be done effectively by
spiraling like content in increasingly complex
texts.
2007 PART 1 QUESTION
2013 COMMON CORE
PART 1 QUESTION
2007 Part 1 Question
Why is Uncle Joe upset?
A. He does not like crows.
B. It is too hot to work outside.
C. The garage man could not fix the tires.
D. He thinks someone is playing a trick on him.
2013 COMMON CORE Part 1 Question
Which key detail helps the reader understand
the importance of using wind tunnels?
A.Wind tunnels can move air more than 4,000 miles per
hour.
B.Wind tunnels are design tools that help make safer
aircraft vehicles.
C.Wind tunnels can create different atmospheres.
D.Wind tunnels are large tubes that show how air
moves.
2007 PART 2 QUESTION
2013 COMMON CORE
PART 2 QUESTION
2007 Part 2 Question
How did Mary Hays show her courage at
the Battle of Monmouth? Use at least two
details from the article to support your
answer.
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2013 COMMON CORE Part 2 Question
In the beginning of each passage, both Gustahote and the Fireflies
believe something about themselves that is not true. Write a
response comparing and contrasting what the characters believe at
the beginning of the passages. Explain when the lessons are
learned and how the characters have changed. Use details from
both passages to support your answer.
In your response be sure to
•compare and contrast what the characters believe at the beginning
of the passages
•explain when the lessons are learned
•describe how the characters change
•use details from both passages to support your answer
Check your writing for correct spelling,
grammar, and punctuation
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