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Mr. Doherty Grade 5

Welcome to Grade 5. Classroom Philosophy

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Mr. Doherty Grade 5

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    1. Mr. Doherty Grade 5

    2. Welcome to Grade 5 Classroom Philosophy – Learn while having FUN! Students are in charge of their learning & work. State Standards are the outline that we follow.

    4. Reading We read some great titles: Misty of Chincoteague Star Girl The Lemonade Wars A Long Way from Chicago Love that Dog The Westing Game From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

    5. Book Reports October – Cereal Box November – Pizza December – Dust Jacket January – Giant Postcard February – Biography – People March – Story Quilt April – Student Choice

    6. English Language Arts Continuation of sentences & sentence structure Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, & prepositions Writing prompts across the curriculum

    7. Math We don’t use one textbook. Lot’s of fun things to learn: Multiplication & Division Beginning Algebra: x + 9 = 12 Fractions: add, subtract, multiply, simplify, compare, equivalent Geometry: Lines, angles, solids, polygons

    8. Social Studies Supposed to cover the Vikings exploration through the War of 1812. Starting with Jamestown so that we can get through the Revolution & formation of our government Will highlight explorers like Cabot, Hudson, Columbus, etc.

    9. Science Animal Classification Plants Biomes Weather Lots of review: Simple Machines Adaptations

    10. Engineering Students will get to play and create a lot in Science We need old boxes, paper towel tubes, wrapping paper tubes, duct tape, string.

    13. Index Card Challenge Students had to build a platform out of 100 index cards and see how high they could build it.

    21. Spelling 25 words each week Only use the Basic & Challenge words Students must pass in 30 points from the option sheet each Friday

    22. Homework Should average 50 minutes per night Will get Math, Social Studies, Science, or ELA Must read for 30 minutes Book, magazine, newspaper, internet article Signed logs due Friday Spelling due on Friday Book Reports

    24. Field Trips A Christmas Carol? Museum of Natural Heritage The Beach? 5th Grade Field Day at Leland Park If you’re interested in being a chaperone at any time, please take, fill out, & return a CORI form.

    25. mrdgrade5.com News Pictures Homework Calendar Spelling word My email – rdohertyjr@woburnpublicschools.com Occasional blog

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