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Fifth Grade
Mrs. Beth Salaris
Grade 5 Moving Up Packet
As always, monitor your child’s use of technology. Ø www.howstuffworks.com – from cars to money to lightsabers! Ø www.funbrain.com – games for math and reading (madlibs!) and a section for homework help by grade level Ø www.aaamath.com – divided by topic and/or grade level includes practice pages and quizzes (bookmark this one!) Ø www.coolmath4kids.com – brain benders, fractions, geometry, and games Ø www.visualfractions.com – identify, rename, compare, add, subtract, multiply, divide with visual representations and a score keeper Ø www.aplusmath.com – online flashcards (keeps score and remembers what needs work), homework help, games, practice worksheets Ø www.discoveryschool.com – great for parents, kids, and teachers – puzzles, study help, information Ø www.nyelabs.com – The Science Guy’s website – experiments to try, questions of the day, explanations Ø kids.earth.nasa.gov – NASA’s website for kids – great information and graphic images Ø www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps - tornadoes, topographics, and links to more information Ø www.americanhistory.si.edu – National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian – searchable with photos from the collections
Ø Read with your child on a regular basis. Read the same book as your child and discuss what is happening and what you predict will happen. Ø Fifth grade is a great time to journal. These personal entries may be shared or kept private. Encourage journaling in response to a TV show or current event you’ve discussed. This is a great way to remember your good times together. Ø Photography is a wonderful activity. Your child may select their favorite photo and create a story about it. Ø Ask your child questions about books they read. What are the characters like? Where does the story take place? What do you predict will happen next? Ø Allow your child to help plan an event or trip and focus on the steps in sequence. Ø Discuss your reading strategies. “What can you do when you don’t understand something?”, “What do you do when you come to an unfamiliar word?” Ø Use a word of the day from a dictionary or thesaurus. Make games to see how often family members can use the new word. Ø Complete MadLibs together and discuss the parts of speech.
In 5th grade students learn to…
Ø Incoming Fifth Graders should have mastered their multiplication and division tables from 0-10. It would be an added bonus if they knew them through 12. Mastery means that they do not hesitate to give an answer. o Flash cards are still the best way to memorize these facts. See the Web Site page for suggestions of online activities. o When a child masters a fact, remove it from the stack. This gives them a sense of accomplishment. Ø When going to the store, have your child keep track of the total. Have them figure out how much change you should receive. Ø Allow your child to help prepare meals. This is great practice for measuring. If you are planning a party, have them calculate the increase needed for each ingredient. Ø Have your child map out a route. Estimate the time needed, the gas costs, etc. Drive the route for fun! Ø Design a garden and calculate the measurement for area, water needed, etc. Ø Point out math in everyday life, such as games, sports, music, gas mileage, checkbooks, time schedules, and shopping. Ø Do a puzzle together
In 5th grade students learn to…
Ø Spend time outdoors. Look for different types of plants or maybe evidence of animal tracks. Ø Watch the moon rise from a set point over a period of two weeks. What happens? Why does it happen? Ø Track hurricanes and other weather occurrences. Use a map or graph to record events or changes, such as rainfall or temperature. Ø Create models Ø Read labels of household products and discuss safety procedures. Ø Build with blocks or other construction toys. Experiment with cars. How can you build a ramp that will….? Ø Discuss what you observe. Ask open-ended questions that require more than a yes or no answer. Why do you think that happened? Can you support that answer? Ø Compare, classify and sort object according to a variety of attributes. In 5th grade students learn to…
Ø Make a timeline of someone’s life. Discuss the sequence and importance of each event. Ø Identify cause and effect relationships. This can be from a news item or something closer to home. Ø Locate places on a map. What would the climate be like? Why? What landforms would you find there? Ø Use different types of maps – political, road maps, etc. Ø Discuss any upcoming elections. How do you choose a candidate? What is important to you? Ø Attend a parade (Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day). Why are they celebrated? How do those days make you feel? Discuss this with a veteran. Ø Go to Hartford and take a tour of the Capitol. What goes on there? Who makes these decisions? Ø Talk to grandparents about what they remember about historical events and everyday life. Remember that it was current events for them. In 5th grade students learn to…
Ø Fifth Graders are expected to write in pen and in cursive for all subjects except math. Ø Their handwriting must be legible. If I cannot read their writing, answers will be considered wrong; homework will not be accepted. Ø Students must use the standard St. Rose heading for all papers. Full names and dates are to be added to all handouts. Points will be lost for missing or incomplete headings. Ø All final copies of writing assignments are to be typed. If you are not using all of your fingers to type and/or have to look at the keys, please practice with a typing program. Ø Grade five students must use the planner to record their assignments. Most homework will be posted on Monday; it must be copied then. Any changes will be announced. Ø Effective studying is a nightly practice not to be put off until one or two days prior to a test. Ø If a student is absent for any reason, it is their responsibility to make up the work. If they copied the homework on Monday, they know their assignments. If a test or quiz was missed, they must ask me for a time to take it. It is also necessary to find out what class work was missed. Ø Independence, responsibility, and organization are in their beginning stages in fifth grade. Parents can allow students to handle their work on their own as long as their grades reflect expected outcomes. Monitoring of assignments, studying, and organization is still needed at this age. Please check the planner on a regular basis. Ø Students can expect to o Write for varying lengths of time o Write for various audiences, purposes, and levels o Write about literature o Choose their own topics o View writing as a process not an ending o Integrate reading, writing, and language tasks o Emphasize quality o Plan their writing o Work on more than one draft o Apply their writing and English skills to all subject areas Ø All answers must be in complete sentences and follow Standard English format. o See attached list o Sentences never begin with “because” or “and” o Paragraphs are a minimum of 5 complete sentences. o Essays are typically 5 paragraphs. Ø While reading for pleasure or in the subject areas o Determine main idea or topic o Infer and identify important characters, settings, problems, events, relationships, details o Use relevant information to summarize o Use context clues to determine meanings of unknown or multiple-meaning words or figurative language o Vocabulary assignments are to be defined in the student’s own words – copying dictionary definitions is not acceptable. o Make connections between text and outside experiences and knowledge o Use evidence from the text to draw and/or support a conclusion o Use information from the text to make a prediction based on what is read o Analyze author’s craft, including use of literary devices (irony, metaphor, personification, simile, etc.) o Evaluate explicit and implicit information o Analyze point of view and the effect is has on meaning o Work cooperatively in literature discussion groups Ø While writing o Raise questions and support personal viewpoints with evidence. o Organize ideas so that there is an inviting introduction, logical arrangement of ideas and an effective conclusion o Reflect on and evaluate the quality of their written work according to the established criteria rubric, peer conferences, and teacher support o Produce research reports that are accurately documented and in an appropriate format o Use a variety of sentence types in their writing o Use correct grammar in speaking and writing o Apply spelling rules appropriate to their level o Use the technical vocabulary of each subject (math, history, etc.) Standard English Skills for 5th Grade Ø Capitalization o Lower case for common noun o Pronoun I o Names of people, groups, months, days, holidays o Titles of people o Proper nouns o First word in sentences and dialogue Ø Punctuation o End marks – period and question marks o Comma § After the close of a letter § In a series § In a date o Quotation marks o Apostrophe Ø Grammar o Singular and plural subjects agree with verb o Verbs in present, past, and future o Pronouns Ø Spelling o See attached word list Ø Composing and Revising o Topic sentence o Supporting details o Extraneous material o Chronological order o Run-on sentences o Sentence fragments o Transition words
Ø Visit Hartford and tour the Capitol Ø Visit Mark Twain’s home Ø Attend a free concert and talk about the music (style, time period, composer, instruments) Ø Go to the library and read together in the air conditioning Ø Visit the Amistad Ø Visit a theme park and discuss the simple machines and science of the rides Ø Attend a planetarium show (WCSU’s will be closed for the summer) Ø Follow the Freedom Trail in Boston Ø Visit the Audubon Center in Greenwich Ø See history come alive o Sturbridge Village o Philadelphia o Williamsburg Ø Relax and enjoy each other’s company!
We read novels for our reading program in Grade 5. These novels tie directly into our curriculum. Please consider purchasing them prior to the beginning of school. It is upsetting to the students when we are ready to begin the next book and they don’t have one. Any edition of the books will be fine. You may want to check the Newtown Library’s book sale.
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster For Milo, everything is a bore. He receives a mysterious tollbooth and journeys to the land beyond where he encounters many creatures and experiences many things to conclude that life is exciting beyond his wildest dreams.
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George Julie struggles with her Native American heritage and the modern world in this story of survival in the Alaskan wilderness.
Holes by Louis Sachar Standing wrongly accused of theft, Stanley Yelnats is sentenced to Camp Green Lake. Can he overcome his family’s bad luck to find his inner strength?
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox A story of a young boy forced to play music aboard a slave ship. Can he help them escape their horrible fate?
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Friends helping friends during the German occupation of Europe in 1943.
Grade 5 Summer Reading Suggested List
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