 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
Students will...
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.
Units
of Study - Language Arts
| Cooperation & Competition
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Astronomy
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| Heritage
|
Making a New Nation
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| Going West
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Journeys & Quests
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| Units
of Study - Social Studies |
US
History (Exploration, Colonization, Revolution)
US Government
US Geography |
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Units
of Study - Science
|
Plant and
Animal Adaptations to Biomes
Causes and Effects of Pollution
Characteristics, Properties and Compositions of States of Matter
Chemical Energy
Drug Unit / D.A.R.E
Earth's Atmosphere Geological Eras
Air Masses and Water in the Atmosphere
Weather Forecasting |
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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 |
Welcome to Fifth Grade