Mrs. McCotter, Mrs. Sensale, Mrs. Staples, and Mrs. Williams

The fifth grade will be studying the following concepts throughout the year.

                                             
READING

• Reading Workshop

• Balanced Literacy

• QAR (Question-Answer-Relationship)

• RACE (Restate, Answer, Cite, and Explain)

• Emphasis on Vocabulary

• Book Clubs

• Comprehension Strategies (connections, inferences, visualizations, prediction, questions, summarizing, synthesizing)

• Independent and Guided Reading

• Writing about Reading

• Fiction and Nonfiction

WRITING

• Narrative

• Opinion

• Expository

• Informative

• Writing Workshop

MATH

• Number Sense (high emphasis)

• Basic Fact

• Operations with Decimals

• Fractions

• Shapes

• Volume

• Measurement Conversion

• Coordinate Grids

• Line Plots and Line Graphs

                                                                                     
SCIENCE

• Engineering and Technolog

• Matter

• Energy and Matter in Organisms

• Energy and Matter in Ecosystems

• Systems in Space

• Earth’s Systems

• Earth and Human Activities

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Exploration and Settlemen

• Post-American Revolution

and A New Nation

• The Civil War

• Reconstruction

HEALTH

• 5 Pillars of Character: Peacemaker Program

• LEAD Program

• Nutrition

• Safety

Technology is incorporated throughout all subjects!

5th Grade Supply List

Mrs. McCotter

Requested:

• • 2-inch multi access zipper binder (5 Star is an example)
    
  • Soft pencil case with 3 hole punch to fit in binder
    
  • Earbuds (not headphones because these will be carried in student binders)
    
  • 3-hole punch loose-leaf paper
    
  • 1 composition notebook

*** Tissues, hand sanitizer, and wipes are always welcomed throughout the year

Mrs. Sensale

Requested:

• • 2-inch multi access zipper binder (5 Star is an example)
    
  • Soft pencil case with 3 hole punch to fit in binder
    
  • Earbuds (not headphones because these will be carried in student binders)
    
  • 3-hole punch loose-leaf paper
    
  • 1 composition notebook
    
  • 3x5 spiral index cards

*** Tissues, hand sanitizer, and wipes are always welcomed throughout the year

Mrs. Staples and Mrs Williams

Requested:

• • 2-inch multi access zipper binder (5 Star is an example)
    
  • Soft pencil case with 3 hole punch to fit in binder
    
  • Earbuds (not headphones because these will be carried in student binders)
    
  • 3-hole punch loose-leaf paper
    
  • 2 composition notebooks

*** Tissues, hand sanitizer, and wipes are always welcomed throughout the year