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5th Grade Curriculum


Reading

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About Reader's Workshop

Reader's Workshop emphasizes the importance of student engagement and the interaction between the text and reader. It provides differentiated instruction in reading while focusing on the teaching of reading strategies.The purpose of Reader's Workshop is to foster independence among readers, while building fluency, comprehension, interpretation, and language skills.

There are seven important strategies that all readers must be able to apply to the text in order to read and understand content. 

  1. Making Connections to Prior Knowledge (text to world, text to self, and text to text)
  2. Creating Mental Images or Visualization (using the five senses to create a mental image)
  3. Asking Questions (who, what, when, where, how, & why)
  4. Determining Importance (the big idea & author's purpose)
  5. Monitoring Comprehension and Meaning (Does the text make sense to me?)
  6. Making Inferences/Drawing Conclusions (author's clues + what you already know)
  7. Synthesizing (retelling & summarizing)


Units of Study:
  • Interpretation Book Clubs - Analyzing Theme (fiction)
  • Tackling Complexity: Moving Up Levels of Nonfiction
  • Raising the Level of Interpretation: Clubs, Literary
    Conversations, and Writing about Reading
  • Argument and Advocacy: Researching Debatable Issues
  • Reading in the Content Areas
  • Fantasy Book Clubs: The Magic of Themes and Symbols
Guided Reading Levels Chart

Writing

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Units of Study:
  • Narrative Craft
  • Journalism
  • Literary Essay
  • The Research-Based Argument Essay
  • The Lens of History: Research Reports
  • Shaping Texts: From Essay and Narrative to Memoir

Writing Process
  • Brainstorming / Research
  • Drafting
  • Revising
  • Editing
  • Publishing

Math  

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Concepts include 

  • Eureka Math – Common Core
  • Math fluency practice 
  • Mental math (using words, #’s and pictures)
  • Develop life-long problem solving skills
  • Manipulatives (hands-on materials)
  • Enrichment - Kim Sutton, Dreambox Math, Problem of the Month, STEM projects

Vocabulary / Grammar

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 This curriculum organizes vocabulary words by Latin and Greek roots with similar meanings and explains how they’re used to make words. Once students understand the basics of word construction, they’ll be prepared to tackle tougher words. Ten exercises in each chapter reinforce knowledge and give students essential writing practice. 

Social Studies

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Concepts Include:
  • Native Americans and Explorers
  • Colonies
  • Revolutionary War
  • A New Nation
  • States and Capitals
  • Westward Expansion




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