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Curriculum Night!. 5 th Grade. Mathematics. Chapter 1: Place Value and Money Chapter 2: Adding/Subtracting Whole #’s and $ Chapter 3 :Multiplication and Division Concepts and Facts Chapter 4: Time, Data, and Graphs Chapter 5: Multiplying One-Digit Numbers
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Curriculum Night! 5th Grade
Mathematics • Chapter 1: Place Value and Money • Chapter 2: Adding/Subtracting Whole #’s and $ • Chapter 3 :Multiplication and Division Concepts and Facts • Chapter 4: Time, Data, and Graphs • Chapter 5: Multiplying One-Digit Numbers • Chapter 6: Multiplying Two Digit Numbers
Mathematics (cont.) • Chapters 7: Dividing • Chapter 8: Geometry and Measurement • Chapters 9: Fraction Concepts • Chapter 10: Fraction Operations and Customary Measurement • Chapter 11: Decimals and Metric Measurement • Chapter 12: Graphing and Probability
Language Arts – Reading (cont) • New Language Arts Series • Themes: • Nature’s Fury • Give It All You’ve Got • Voices of the Revolution • Person to Person • One Land, Many Trails • Animal Encounters • Students read a weekly passage and leveled readers for comprehension
Language Arts – Reading (cont) • Spelling • Weekly 20 word list with challenge words • Words all have a common phonetic focus • Vocabulary • Weekly word list from the literature story
Writing • 6 traits -Ideas -Organization -Word Choice -Voice -Sentence Fluency -Conventions • Types of Writing -Descriptive -Narrative -Expository -Persuasive -Functional (research, letter, etc.)
Social Studies • Exploration -Geography -Maps -Native Americans • Colonies -American Revolution -Founding Fathers • Westward Expansion -Industrial Revolution • Government -Democracy -Balance of Power
Science • 1st Quarter • Solar System • Objects in Space • 2nd Quarter • Human body • 3rd Quarter • Matter • 4th Quarter • Force and motion • Simple Machines
Practice • IXL • Spellingcity.com • Reading log – ½ hour with signature
Field Trips • AZ Science Center • Challenger Space Center • Biztown • HCPA – Shanghai Circus • packet with ALL forms • One check to cover all • Tax credit – GREAT IDEA!!
K-8 PECoach Hall says, Please Remember Your Sneakers on PE Day’s!
Visual Arts-5th GradeMrs. Duffield • Visual Arts is once a week for 35 min • focusing on the Elements and Principles of Design, using various media to complete their projects. • Schedule and Pictures of Projects are available on my teacher webpage, as are downloads, wish lists, calendars, and blog. • Please e-mail me at sara.duffield@husd.org if you have any questions or concerns. • I am available in the gym this evening for any questions.
K-5 General Music All elementary music students will learn about singing, rhythm, melody, harmony, form, tone color, instruments and be able to participate in different kinds of music. At each grade level, students either explore new music skills or build on previous experience. Some highlights of each grade level are: . Miss Amanda Block Master’s of Music Ed. [choir, general music] Bachelor’s of Music Ed. [choir, general music] Eighth year teaching; 5th in Higley; 2nd at Coronado. Teaching K-5 music and 6th -8th grade choir Grade 5: Writing and performing compositions, using both melody and rhythm. Learning to play the recorder.
Ms. Engel – Gifted Specialist and Differentiation Coach – Room 501 All Gifted Students – grades 2 – 5 – welcome to attend once / week for cognitively enriched activities
Flexible Groups & Coaching • Ms. Engel prepares accelerated and/or enriched materials for 5th & 6th grade clusters • Creates materials that engage critical thinking and advanced cognitive skills • Assists students with material • Coaches the teachers in differentiation
GIFTED QUALIFIED… • For the parents of children who have been identified as gifted, Ms. Engel asks that you attend Curriculum Night for Gifted Students on September 20 in Room 501. • She is also available for discussion on Thursday, August 23 in the library (or gym)