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Welcome
to fifth grade at Belvedere Elementary. The teachers in our fifth grade
are Mrs. Paez, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Slack, and Mrs. Murray.
The
fifth grade students will be busy this year! We will complete the
Drownproofing program. We are planning to go to Jamestown,
Yorktown and Williamsburg
for an overnight trip in late May.
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Open Court Reading Program
Designed to…
- Develop confident and
fluent readers through print and phonemic awareness activities and
explicit phonics instruction
- Engage students in
constructing meaning through the teaching of reading comprehension
skills and strategies
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Grade 5 Goals
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Students
will...
- Review phonics
knowledge and skills developed in first grade.
- Continue to work on
developing fluency and learning new vocabulary.
- Read fiction and
non-fiction selections organized around concepts from across the
curriculum.
- Refine writing skills
to communicate knowledge.
- Pursue personal and
collaborative inquiry through study and research.
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Units of Study Language Arts
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Cooperation
& Competition
Astronomy
Heritage
Making a New Nation
Going West
Journeys & Quests
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Units of Study Math
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Place
Value, Adding & Subtracting
Multiplying Whole
Numbers & Decimals
Dividing with
One-Digit Divisors
Dividing with
Two-Digit Divisors
Data, Graphs &
Probability
Geometry
Fraction Concepts
Fraction Operations
Measurement
Measuring Solids
Ratio, Proportion
& Percent
Algebra: Integers,
Equations & Graphing
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Science units include Rocks and Minerals and Physics, Think Globally
- Act Locally, and Chemistry. Our Social Studies Units include Colonial
America to the Revolution and US Geography.
The
assignment book, available through the school is for all students. All
fifth grade students are required to have an assignment book.
Spelling is assigned Monday through Thursday. Additional Language Arts may
be assigned. Math is assigned on a nightly basis except when a class long
test is given. This does mean that students WILL have math homework
on weekends. Science and Social Studies require regular review of notes and
handouts. Projects may be assigned periodically to include weekends.
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For
any questions, please contact us at
school or at our
e-mail addresses:
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