WELCOME TO FIFTH GRADE!
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Curriculum Night Overview
• Fifth Grade Team Introductions
• Curriculum Synopsis
• Visit Your Child’s Classroom
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Reading Goals
Basis for Reading Goals
- The realization that reading is not in isolation but in fact connected to all the
content areas.
- The truth that distinguished reading goes beyond being able to read fluently
and comprehend a text on the “surface level.”
Reading Goals for Students
- To successfully engage with a variety of complex texts.
- To critically read and respond to complex texts.
- To closely read complex texts in order to obtain more meaning.
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Reading Instruction Components
1.  Readers’ Workshop
2.  Partner Reading and Content Too (PRC2)
3.  Close Reading
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Readers’ Workshop
- Students will actively engage with texts across different genres.
- The genres that students interact with will be closely related to
the genres addressed in writing.
- During Readers’ Workshop, students will…
1. Learn how to become successful independent readers.
2. Be given ample time to read.
3. Receive differentiated instruction.
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PRC2 and Close Reading
PRC2
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interact#with#informa7onal#text.#
•  U7lized#in#the#Science#and#Social#Studies#content#areas.#
Close Reading
•  An#approach#used#to#assist#students#in#engaging#with#a#short,#
complex#text.#
•  A#short,#complex#text#is#revisited#more#than#once#to#uncover#
mul7ple#layers#of#meaning.#
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The#new#Writers#Workshop#Curriculum#is#heavily#influenced#and#lead#by#the#
Common#Core#State#Standards.#
Students#will#use#wri7ng#to:#
#F##Offer#and#support#opinions#
#F##Communicate#clearly#to#an#audience#which#maybe#unfamiliar#to#them#
#F##Demonstrate#the#ability#to#write#nonfic7on#pieces#
#F#Substan7ate#and#stake#a#claim#on#a#given#topic#with#suppor7ng#research.#
#F#Reflect#on#their#lives#and#write#about#pivotal#moments#which#define#them.##
!To!meet!these!goals!students!must!devote!significant!3me!and!effort!to!wri3ng!
and!producing!numerous!pieces!of!wri3ng!over!short!and!extended!3me!
frames!throughout!the!school!year.!
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Writing Curriculum
Units of Study
1.  Memoirs
6. Informational/ Current Event
Essay
2. Interpretive Essay (Opinion)
3. Poetry
7. Mystery Essay
4. Informational Research Report
5.  Research Based Argument Essay
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Words Their Way
“I see and I forget. I hear and I remember. I do and I understand.”
-  Through word study students examine, manipulate, and categorize words
-  The program creates tasks that focus students’ attention on critical features of word
sound, pattern, and meaning.
- The purpose of Word Study is Two-Fold
- 1st Develop a general knowledge of English spelling. The general nature of of our
spelling system.
-  2nd Word Study increases specific knowledge of words- the spelling and meaning of
individual words.
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Everyday#Math#
•  SpiralFbased#curriculum#
•  Encourages#use#of#mul7ple#methods#for#problem#
solving#and#computa7on#algorithms#
•  Success#in#fiNh#grade#is#heavily#dependent#on#
number#sense#and#automa7city#of#mul7plica7on#
facts#
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Grade#5#Goals#
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Number#and#Numera7on##
Opera7ons#and#Computa7on#
Data#and#Chance##
Measurement#and#Reference#Frames#
Geometry##
PaSerns,#Func7ons,#and#Algebra##
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www.everydaymathonline.com#
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Social#Studies#–##
5#State#Goals:#all#emphasizing#US#
•  Goal#14:##Understand#Poli7cal#Systems#
•  Goal#15:##Understand#Economic#Systems#
•  Goal#16:##Understand##that#Events,#Trends,#
Individuals#and#Movements#Shape#the#History#of#
the#US#
•  Goal#17:##Understand#World#Geography#and#the#
Effects#of#Geography#on#Society,#with#Emphasis#on#
the#U.S.#
•  Goal#18:##Understand#Social#Systems#
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Social#Studies#Units#
##########################Age#of#Explora7on#
•  What#Were#the#Different#Mo7va7ons#of#Early#
European#Explorers?#
•  What#Were#the#Successes#of#the#Explorers?#
•  Why#do#Some#People#Risk#Their#Lives#to#
Explore#the#Unknown?#
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#Our#Colonial#Heritage#
•  What#Mo7vated#Individuals#to#Travel#and#
SeSle#in#the#New#World?#
•  What#was#the#Impact#of#Leadership#or#Lack#of#
Leadership#Among#the#SeSlers?#
•  What#was#the#Historical#Impact#of#the#
Rela7onship#Among#Differences#(Race,#
Gender,#Wealth)#in#People?#
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The#American#Revolu7on#
•  What#is#the#Difference#Between#a#Subject#and#
a#Ci7zen?#
•  How#Much#Authority#Should#the#Government#
Exercise#over#People?#
•  What#Factors#Caused#a#Change#in#the#
Rela7onship#Between#Some#Colonists#and#
Britain#and#Why#did#the#Factors#Effect#People#
so#Differently?#
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Our#New#Na7on#
•  What#are#the#Basic#Purposes#of#Government?#
•  Why#is#Government#Necessary?#
•  How#do#American#Ci7zens#Work#to#Defend#
American#Principles?#
•  What#are#Benefits#of#Diversity#in#the#United#
States?#
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Grade,5,Science
,Foss,Science,Follows,this,Philosophy,of,Learning:,
,“The,Best,Way,for,Students,to,Appreciate,the,
ScienBfic,Enterprise,,,Learn,Important,ScienBfic,
Concepts,,and,Develop,the,Ability,to,Think,well,
is,to,AcBvely,Construct,Ideas,Through,their,Own,
Inquiries,,InvesBgaBon,,and,Analyses.”,
P,,Delta,EducaBon,,The,Regents,of,the,University,of,
California,,2005,
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Goal,of,ScienBfic,Literacy,
This,Program,will,Provide,all,Students,with,
Science,Experiences,that:,
1.  Are,Appropriate,to,their,CogniBve,
Development,
2.  Serve,as,a,FoundaBon,for,More,Advanced,
Ideas,
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Units,of,Study,
Mixtures,and,SoluBons,(Chemistry),
Environments,(Earth,Science),
Models,and,Designs,(Physics),
Science,Fair,Project,(Applying,the,ScienBfic,
Method),
•  Family,Life,(NutriBon,and,Biology)#
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