Mrs. Legg
5th Grade
Curriculum includes:
Mathematics
• Problem Solving
• Review four basic operations-whole numbers and decimals
• Place Value
• Number Theory - LCM, GCF, Primes, Composites, Prime Factors
• Fractions
• Probability
• Geometry
Science
•Models and Design
•Ecosystems
• Floating and Sinking
Social Studies
• Constitution
• Map and Globe Skills
• Colonial America
• Early Explorer
• Revolutionary War
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:Hear, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Nothing But the Truth, Under the Blood Red Sun, Where the Red Fern Grows, the Seven Wonders of Sassfrass, the Watsons goe to Birmingham- 1963, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
•Expository Text for deeper meaning.
•Journal Writing for Text Read
Text: Literacy Place - Scholastic Press
1. Balanced literacy program including independent reading
and guided reading
2. "Time for Kids" - weekly news magazine
3. Read 20-30 minutes each evening and record on calendar
4. Accelerated Reader
Computer Skills:
1. Keyboarding
2. Word processing
3. Creation of multimedia presentations
4. Tutorials and games that teach
Spelling: Text: Spelling Connections - Zaner-Bloser
1. List of 20 words per week with weekly test
2. Focus on spelling accuracy in all written work
Language Arts:
1. Six Trait Writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions)
2. Writing Styles: narrative, expository, persuasive, compare and contrast, descriptive
3. The Writing Process: (prewrite, draft, edit, publish) 4. Building a strong working vocabulary
5. Oral presentations
6. Daily language review
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