Fifth Grade News
March 2016
Reading
Science
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This month, students:
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Interpret poetry
Examine the characteristics of mystery
Make inferences
Use context clues to determine meaning or
words and phrases
Quote accurately from the text to support
thinking
Analyze multiple accounts of same topic
Engage students in small group guided reading
Read to be informed in science and social
studies
Literature Discussions continued
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Science this quarter will be focusing on
astronomy.
Describe the shape of Earth
Identify the characteristics of Earth that make it
possible to support life
Compare the characteristics of Earth to
another planet in our solar system to determine
if it could support life
Math 5
This month, students:
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Plan and write a narrative in a chosen genre.
Compare/Contrast styles of writing – Genre
Study
 Examine Decomposing as a strategy for
multiplying fractions and mixed numbers
 Use models to divide fractions by whole numbers
 Use models to divide whole numbers by fractions
 Interpret fractions as division
 Solve word problems involving multiplication and
division of fraction
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Analyze various styles of writing – Genre
Study
Compact Math 5/6
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Writing
This month, students:
Word Study and Grammar
This month, students:
This month, students:
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Spelling patterns
Using adjectives –demonstrative and proper
Comma rules
Using interjection
Conclude our study of Integers and Rational
Numbers by investigating the coordinate plane
Write and evaluate numerical and algebraic
expressions
Solve equations
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Social Studies
Dates to Remember
This month, students study:
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Observe geographic characteristics of the
United States
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MARCH 24 – NO SCHOOL, REPORT
CARD PREPARATION
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Analyze changes in industry, transportation,
education and rights in the 1800s
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MARCH 25 -APRIL 3: SPRING BREAK
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APRIL 8 – LAST DAY OF 3RD MARKING
PERIOD.
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Analyze settlement patterns in United States
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