FIFTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE
In Social Studies, students will learn about early settlers and explorers, the cooperation and conflict that existed among the American Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers. Of course there will be a focus on the birth of our nation and the American Revolution, Civil War. In Science students will be learning about organisms and ecosystems, solar system, and the Earth’s systems, Chemical Reactions. Your child will be excited and engaged when learning Science with the use of the online resource, Mystery
Science. We will learn these things and much more not just through the text, but also through written and creative activities, group work, power points, videos, and of course experiments, whether virtual or in the classroom.
Reading Book List
Various genres of literature-Short Story, Drama, Non-fiction, Poetry, Folktale, and 3 class novels.
Language/Writing
Math
The goal of the Saxon Math program in all grades is to provide incremental, distributed, and cumulative practice. Students are given a small concept to practice before adding the next step. Distributing the skills across the school year gives students time to practice and master them. The cumulative practice for homework and tests holds students accountable for every lesson from the beginning of the year. This program has been a success at Saint Robert Bellarmine School, helping to improve test scores and math confidence.
This class is all about building our arithmetic skills. Students will add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals. We’ll also add, subtract and multiply fractions. One of our greatest accomplishments is long division with 2-digit divisors! We mix it up with measurement and data, like converting units and finding volume. The Snowman Competition in December/January gives students a chance to show off their artistic and computation skills.
In Social Studies, students will learn about early settlers and explorers, the cooperation and conflict that existed among the American Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers. Of course there will be a focus on the birth of our nation and the American Revolution, Civil War. In Science students will be learning about organisms and ecosystems, solar system, and the Earth’s systems, Chemical Reactions. Your child will be excited and engaged when learning Science with the use of the online resource, Mystery
Science. We will learn these things and much more not just through the text, but also through written and creative activities, group work, power points, videos, and of course experiments, whether virtual or in the classroom.
Reading Book List
- Trash Andy Mulligan
- The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke
- Restart Gordon Korman
Various genres of literature-Short Story, Drama, Non-fiction, Poetry, Folktale, and 3 class novels.
Language/Writing
- Opinion/Argumentative
- Informative/Explanatory
- Narrative
- Prefixes, root/base words, suffixes
- Spelling words that accompany textbook selections
Math
The goal of the Saxon Math program in all grades is to provide incremental, distributed, and cumulative practice. Students are given a small concept to practice before adding the next step. Distributing the skills across the school year gives students time to practice and master them. The cumulative practice for homework and tests holds students accountable for every lesson from the beginning of the year. This program has been a success at Saint Robert Bellarmine School, helping to improve test scores and math confidence.
This class is all about building our arithmetic skills. Students will add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals. We’ll also add, subtract and multiply fractions. One of our greatest accomplishments is long division with 2-digit divisors! We mix it up with measurement and data, like converting units and finding volume. The Snowman Competition in December/January gives students a chance to show off their artistic and computation skills.