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5th Grade Staples |
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Social Studies class as a whole will be a fun mix of projects, worksheets, and book tests. Students will be expected to participate in class and take notes because Study Guides are rarely offered. Instead the test questions are reviewed in class as we cover them as well as on a review day before the test. Therefore, class participation is a big key to staying focused and having success in the class as well as time management for our bigger projects. |
Reading-
Vocabulary words and definitions are done on Monday. The Vocabulary tests are most Thursdays. Tests are normally graded on
Thursday night and returned on Friday.
Feel free to ask your child to see their grades or check on Skyward. In 5th grade we read a mixture of short
stories and novels but mostly short stories.
For the short stories, we usually have a comprehension test on
Fridays. It would be beneficial for
your child to review the stories with you on Thursday night. They are in their Orange Reading Street
Books. |
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Your child should already
be reading Accelerated Reader books to earn points towards their quarterly
goal (see bottom of this page). They
have already been given their reading range and it is written on the inside cover
of their planner. Just like most
things, “practice makes perfect”. The
more time that your child is able to spend on reading outside of class the
better the opportunity they will have to become a stronger reader. Please ask your child or check their assignment notebook to find which story we are currently on. For most of the stories, the students will receive their vocabulary words to learn on Monday. It is suggested that they study nightly for a short time rather than try to study just the night before. The vocabulary tests will usually be each Thursday. We will have a comprehension test over the weekly story usually on Friday. Key elements that are almost always included on every test include questions about the story’s setting(s) and character traits for each character |
Language- Spelling and language skills are combined into our language arts curriculum. Spelling Spelling tests are almost
every week. The children receive the
words in list form on Monday. They
also have a worksheet that is homework and should be completed and turned in
on Tuesday. The students should take
the list home and study each night.
Many times they are given two tests.
The first test is on Thursday.
If they get a 100%, then they have Friday off of Spelling. Anything less than a 100% results in them
taking the test again on Friday.
Please ask to see their graded tests so that you may see how your
child is performing. Their weekly Spelling grade is
determined by averaging their test score with their worksheet score. The test counts for twice as much as the
worksheet when averaging. Language Outside of spelling, the
students will cover new language skills each week and have worksheets for
homework that will test how well they understand a certain skill. Cumulative tests will also be given at the
end of units. The students will be
warned in advance when tests are approaching and should study their notes and
worksheets at home to review.
Therefore, it is a good idea to hold onto graded worksheets until the
end of the quarter. Studying and using
parts of speech as well as writing practice and skills will also be part of
their language curriculum. |
Accelerated Reader Goal
Each student will be given an AR goal that they must meet
for each quarter. The students will
receive this goal at the beginning of the quarter and be required to meet it by
an assigned date near the end of the quarter.
This assignment is worth 200 points in