Fifth Grade
Welcome to Fifth Grade!
Welcome to Fifth Grade!
Literacy: Per the district, we use Benchmark Advance as our selection for fictional and non-fictional text. All curriculum lessons and assessments are directly related to the end of the year standard goals. Students practice annotation skills while reading challenging texts. Throughout the year, students will write narrative, informational, and persuasive essays. We also do novel studies using several engaging books.
Math: Our district's curriculum is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Math Expressions. This program provides students with a daily workbook for classroom lessons, follow-up practice, and homework assignments to go with each lesson. We also incorporate technology to enhance students' math skills.
Social Studies: Fifth graders study American History from Native Americans through the Revolutionary War. Students will learn about famous explorers and do a research project.
Science: Standards have recently changed for science. Our curriculum has changed this year to be more hands on with the science content and focus on asking questions and the investigative process.
- Energy in Living Systems
- Stars and Patterns in the Sky
- Chemistry and Matter
- Energy
Health: We meet health standards by inviting the Wyoming Police Department into our classrooms to speak on the types of drugs in the Wyoming community. The program is called PEAK - Police Educating Area Kids. To finish the PEAK Program, students create a PEAK project to present to their peers and explain what they learned. Finally, in fifth grade, students also learn about the Human Story, which teaches about growth and development through early adolescence.
We incorporate a variety of extra activities that supplement the above topics.
Students also have specialist classes for physical education, music, art, and media.
We have a wonderful partnership with the First State Bank of Wyoming! They support our students to better understand the banking process in our classroom Government program.
