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Ali Boivin's 5th Grade: Curriculum

Math

Module 1: Place Value and Decimal Fractions

Module 2: Multi- Digit Whole Number and Decimal Fraction Operations

Module 3: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions

Module 4: Multiplication and Division of Fractions and Decimal Fractions

Module 5: Addition and Multiplication with Volume and Area

Module 6: Problem Solving with the Coordinate Plane

 

Our six Eureka modules are supplemented by Common Core aligned content on ST Math to help students with their spatial-temporal understanding of mathematical concepts. 

Literacy

Reading

1. Interpretation Book Clubs: Analyzing Themes

2. Tackling Complexity: Moving Up Levels of Non- Fiction

3. Argument & Advocacy: Researching Debatable Issues

4. Reading Like a Fan 

5. Fantasy Book Clubs: The Magic of Themes and Symbols

 

**Notice & Note reading strategies for both Fiction and Nonfiction will be taught throughout the first trimester.

 

Grammar / Word Study - integrated through our reading & writing units as well as our Patterns of Power curriculum, we focus on prefixes, suffixes, root words and grammar conventions.

 

Writing

1. Narrative Craft

2. The Lense of History: Research Reports

3. Research- Based Argument Essay

4. Memoir 

 

Fifth graders will also explore poetry in the spring!

Social Studies & Science

Social Studies

Kid Governor

States Research Study

Debatable Issues - research on opinions and articles about the chocolate milk debate

 

Science

Modeling Matter

Ecosystem Restoration 

Robotics