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Santan Elementary Fifth Grade Curriculum Mrs. Ems’ Class 2011 – 2012 School Year
Santan Elementary
Fifth Grade Curriculum
Mrs. Ems’ Class
2011 – 2012
School Year
Reading Harcourt Reading Series
Literature Groups/Circles
Independent and Partner Reading
Guided Reading to meet individual needs
On-going assessments for comprehension and fluency
Vocabulary, comprehension, & fluency development
Café : Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and
Expanding Vocabulary
Engaging all students in daily literacy assessment and instruction
This “Café” is a menu that supports students in becoming comfortable linking their knowledge to standards
The Café book provides technical expertise necessary for individual students to receive exactly what they need to improve as readers.
Reading Standards Narrative Elements Prefixes and Suffixes Cause and Effect Drawing Conclusions Sequencing Locating Information Elements of Non-Fiction: Text Structure Word Relationships Main Idea and Details Summarizing Literature Fact and Opinion Author’s Purpose Compare/Contrast Inferencing
Spelling
Santan 5th grade No Excuse List
Words Their Way sorts specific to fifth grade standards
Dictation Sentences
Writing6+1 Traits
Writing Process / Write From the Beginning
(focusing on thinking maps)
Genres of writing Persuasive
essays Narrative essays Expository
Essays Descriptive
Essays Poetry Literature
Response
GrammarModeling through mini-lessons
Daily grammar review
Application in every day writing
MathematicsThe overall goal within the curricular area of mathematics is for students to have not just a basic knowledge of each concept that they learn, but for them to apply it with a certain depth of knowledge. Due to this, students will be required to solve more detailed questions and problems.
Visit the Arizona Department of Education or Chandler Unified School District website to see more about standards changes.
Arizona Department of Education homepage www.ade.state.az.us
Chandler Unified School District homepage ww2.chandler.k12.az.us
Math Standards
Some standards covered in math this year:
•Fractions•Decimals•Order of Operations•Multiplication & Division ( expected that basic 0-12’s are memorized coming into 5th grade)
•Patterns•Euler Paths & Circuits•Integers•Algebra•Geometry•Mean, Median, Mode & Range•Estimation•Graphing
Social Studies
Social Studies Concepts: American Colonization and the thirteen colonies
American Revolution
Westward Expansion
Civil War
Economics
Geography
Foundations of Government
ScienceScience Concepts:
The Solar System
Forces and Motion
Properties of Matter
Simple Machines
Human Body Systems
Science Fair
Miscellaneous Information Fundraisers- Grade level T-shirts and Gold Canyon Candles
(on sale now!)
Tax Credit Donations
Possible Field Trips:
Biz Town
Arizona Science Center
Traveling Benjamin Franklin Exhibit
Arrowhead Pool (End of Year Celebration!)
o Possible Class visitors• Chandler Fire fighters – CPR information• * If you know anyone or if you yourself does something
connecting to our standards and you’d like to come and share with the class, please let me know! It’s important to bring in visitors and show the kids how their knowledge connects
Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your child’s life! You have my promise that I
will treat your child in the professional manner that I would expect for my own
child.I believe it takes all of us to make your child
as successful as he/she can possibly be!
If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact me via email or simply just come
on in
Class Donations & Needs Candy (no gum please)/small prizes for ticket
drawings Kleenex Lysol wipes Ream of white copy paper Ream of colored copy paper Scotch tape rolls CD of calm music, no words for writing time I’m always picking up little extra’s here and there for
classroom activities, gift cards to the following stores are helpful… Walgreens Barnes and Noble Target/Walmart Fry’s/Basha’s
