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Welcome to 5th Grade!
“Educating the mind without educating the heart
is no education at all”
- Aristotle
Procedures &
Routines
• Agenda Books
• Homework Calendar/Reading Log
• Tuesday Folders: Please check over, sign and return
papers that need to be sent back, take out tests and
quizzes, signature and return Wednesdays.
• Binder Organization
Report Cards and Assessments
• Trimester reporting
• 1st conference
December 5th (1/2 day) and
December 6th
• 2nd conference
March 21st (half day-only for those
needed
• Ongoing teacher
created quizzes and
tests in weekly
Tuesday Folder
• State Testing
New York State Tests
English/Language Arts…April 1st -3rd
 (please plan vacations accordingly)
Mathematics…April 30th-May 2nd
Special Activit
Curriculum
• Social Studies
Geography
Government
Early Exploration
Colonization
 American History
Usually one project per unit
• Science/Health
Astronomy
Microscopes/Cells
Body Systems
Genetics
Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention
Curriculum continued…
• Mathematics: Common Core Modules –
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Place Value- Whole Number and Decimal Place value to the 1/1000 place
Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers
Multiplication and division of Decimals
Add/Subtract, Multiply/Divide Fractions
Finding Volume and Area
Coordinate Geometry/Graphing
http://www.engageny.org/resource/grade5-mathematics
• English/Language Arts
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 ELA Focus skill of the month
 Common Core ELA Modules (1st one is Becoming a Close Reader and
Human Rights )
September-Theme and Topic (future topics will include craft and structure,
main idea and details, compare/contrast, cause and effect, etc.)
http://www.engageny.org/resource/
grade-5-ela-module-1-unit-1
Philadelphia
October 25th
Boston
Thursday May 8th and
Friday May 9th
Activities Available for 5th Graders
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Odyssey of the Mind
Homework Club
Chess Club
Student Council
Intramurals
Peer Mediation
Dig-It
Waves