Fifth Grade Curriculum

Math

• Everyday Math - Parent Homeroom

• Graphing and statistics

• Place value and big numbers

• Multiplication

• Fractions and ratios

• Division and area

• Geometry

• Decimals

• Probability

• maps and coordinates

Literature

• Class novels - Pedro's Journal, Sign of the Beaver, My Brother Sam Is Dead
• McGraw Hill
• Time For Kids - current events magazine
• Literature Circles - using fiction novels of teacher choice

Writing

• Fictional stories
• Report writing
• Persuasive, expository, compare/contrast, and descriptive compositions
• Business and friendly letters

Social Studies

• Geography
• New World Exploration
• Colonization
• Revolutionary War
• Constitution and Bill of Rights
• United States

Science

• Environments
• Simple Machines
• Oceanography
• Body Systems
• FLASH
• Force and Motion
• Outdoor Education

Technology

• Keyboarding
• School Kit Lessons
• Power Point presentations
• Publisher
• Internet Research
• Excel
• Word processing
• Accelerated Reader