CURRICULUM
MATH
- The only math homework is watching math videos from my website which prepare students for the next day's lesson. Check my Google Calendar for which videos to watch on any given night.
- If your child struggles in math, s/he may need to spend more time working on specific math skills at home. The most important foundation math skills for 5th grade are 1) adding with proper "carrying", 2) subtraction with proper "borrowing", and 3) MEMORIZED MULTIPLICATION TABLES (up to 12s).
READING
- Students are expected to read 20 min./night, 5 nights/week totaling 100 minutes. I don't check up on this - no special form or parent signature required. Please encourage reading of grade-level novels at home. This helps strengthen speed, accuracy, and vocabulary.
SCIENCE
- 5th-grade Science consists of these concepts:
- Chemical & Physical Changes
- Earth's Surface
- Magnetism
- Electricity
- Heredity
- Most units are directed by a packet and will be completed in class. No Science homework.)
SPELLING
- Spelling packets will be handed out and taught on Mondays
- Plenty of time is given in school for Spelling packets to be completed...if a student is on task.
- Spelling packets will be graded on Fridays.
- Spelling Tests will be on Fridays.
WRITING
- Writing Genres
- Persuasive - convincing others of an opinion
- Narrative - stories
- Informative (expository) - nonfiction reports
- 6 Writing Traits
- Ideas
- Organization
- Voice
- Word Choice
- Sentence Fluency
- Conventions
- The Writing Process
- Prewriting - brainstorm & plan
- Writing - rough draft
- Revision - add, rearrange, remove, replace
- Editing - fine tune
- Publishing - print your masterpiece
- Google Docs
- Student writing will be saved in Google Docs to enable fluid writing between school and home.
- Specs
- Any printed assignments that are turned in must use:
- black ink
- Arial or Calibri font size 12
- 1 inch margins
- Any printed assignments that are turned in must use: