Mrs. Cumming
Fifth Grade
Curriculum includes:
Mathematics
• Problem Solving
• Review four basic operations-whole numbers and decimals
• Introduce and extend linear equations
• Place Value
• Number Theory - LCM, GCF, Primes, Composites, Prime Factors
• Fractions
• Ratios and Percents
• Probability
• Geometry
Science
•Earth's Crust
•Biomes and Animal Adaptation
Social Studies
• Five Themes of Geography
• Map and Globe Skills
• Natural Disasters
• Early Asian/American Man
• Ancient Egypt/ Greece/ Rome/China
• European History
English and Study Skills
• Test Taking, Organizational Skills, Textbook Study, Memory Skills, Notetaking
• Structure - Sentence and Paragraph
• Grammar - Parts of Speech, Punctuation, Capitalization, Diagramming
Reading
•Novel Analysis: The technique of reading for deeper understanding of a narrative text using self-questioning strategies.
Some novels used: The Egypt Game, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Nothing But the Truth, Under the Blood Red Sun, Where the Red Fern Grows
•Expository Text for deeper meaning.
•Journal Writing for Text Read
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