Welcome to
Fifth Grade!
2015-2016
MCPS Curriculum 2.0 is built
around developing students’
critical and creative thinking skills,
as well as essential academic
success skills, so that students
are well prepared for a lifetime of
learning.
Grading Policy
Two sides of the report card:
academic success
learning skills
Academic grades are based on multiple and
varied measures over time.
Academic grades are based on the student’s
level of proficiency on the measurement topics.
Academic grades do not take into account
effort, attendance, behavior, and attitudes.
These areas are noted in the learning skills
section.
Thursday Folders
Will include all graded work, class work, and
important notices.
Review materials with your child.
Initial and return this folder each Friday.
Curriculum 2.0
Reading / Language Arts
Literary Text
Historical Fiction
Drama
Poetry
Traditional Stories
Mystery
Realistic Fiction
Adventure Stories
Graphic Text
Informational Text
Literary Nonfiction
Articles
Extended Informational Text
Firsthand/Secondhand Accounts
Technical Text
Graphic Text
Multimedia Formats
Language Vocabulary
Collaborative Discussion
Peer Discussion
Literature Study
Shared Inquiry
Socratic Seminar
Writing Measurement
Topics
Narrative
Informative
Opinion
Process, Production, and
Research
Use of Language
Inquiry
Prewriting
Publishing
Narrative Writing
Informative Writing
Opinion Writing
Editing
Drafting
Revising
Grade 5 Mathematics Overview
Operations and Algebraic
Thinking
Write and Interpret Numerical
Expressions
Analyze Patterns and Relationships
Number and Operations
in Base Ten
Geometry
Understand the Place Value System
Graph Points on the
Coordinate Plane to Solve RealWorld and Mathematical Problems
Perform Operations with MultiDigit Whole Numbers and
Decimals to Hundredths
Classify Two-Dimensional
Figures into Categories Based
on Their Properties
Measurement and Data
Convert Like Measurement Units
within a Given Measurement
System
Represent and Interpret Data
Geometric Measurement:
Understand Concepts of Volume
and Relate Volume to
Multiplication and Addition
Desired
Outcomes
Number and Operations–
Fractions
Use Equivalent Fractions as a
Strategy to Add and Subtract
Fractions
Apply and Extend Previous
Understandings of Multiplication
and Division to Multiply and Divide
Fractions
Math Facts
Math fact tests are given every Monday.
Students are given up to 5 minutes to complete
the test.
Each student progresses at his or her own pace.
Marking Period 1: Energy, Forces, Motion
Marking Period 2: Electricity, Energy, Magnetism
Marking Period 3: Astronomy & Light
Marking Period 4: Cells, Heredity
Marking Period 1: American Revolutionary War
Marking Period 2: History, Civics, and Culture
Marking Period 3: Geography and History
Marking Period 4: Economics
Our Chromebook Adventure
Begins…
We will be using
Chromebooks this year.
What is a chromebook?
A chromebook is a internet based, highly
portable computer. It has a keyboard,
microphone and camera. Each chromebook
has applications on it that we will use to
enhance our learning.
Each student will have a
Chromebook to use in the
classroom and a Google
account that can be
used anywhere students
have access to the internet
Why are we using chromebooks?
PARCC
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for
College and Careers (PARCC) is a group of states
working together to develop a set of assessments that
measure whether students are on track to be successful
in college and their careers. These high quality,
computer-based K–12 assessments in Mathematics and
English Language Arts/Literacy give teachers, schools,
students, and parents better information whether
students are on track in their learning and for success
after high school, and tools to help teachers customize
learning to meet student needs.
The PARCC assessments will held for grades 3-6:
May 9 to June 3, 2016