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INTRODUCING OUR FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS…

Mrs. Jarvey
Voice mail:  481-8288 ext. 31
e-mail:  [email protected]

Mrs. Schwartz
Voice mail :  481-8288 ext. 24
e-mail:  [email protected]
 

This year your child will be taking the MEAP (Michigan Education Assessment Program) test in science and social studies. 

TEST TAKING SKILLS 

*In your homework kit is a science and social studies “Quiz Show” book.  Use the questions to play at home.

*Use the Science Experiment chart in your homework kit and do many science experiments at home.

*Use the Core Democratic Values and Constitutional Principles in homework kits at home to help with creating rules and making family decisions.

 In 5th Grade we use the Houghton Mifflin Reading Program.

Explore Units
Journey to Adventure
In the Wild
Try to See It My Way
Catastrophe
From the Prairie to the Sea
Do You Believe This?

At Kettering the MLPP (Michigan Literacy Progress Profile) and Edvision are used to evaluate each student’s instruction level, plan for classroom instruction, and to evaluate student learning.

Although language arts instruction varies based on the needs of each individual student, in 5th grade these are the areas of focus for mastery learning…

Oral Reading and Retelling
Sight Words
We use the Four Block model 
(guided reading, independent reading, writing, and phonics)

*see writing rubric in homework kit

The Accelerated Reader program tests kids on books at their independent reading level.
 

Our new math program called Investigations.  This program is aligned with the Michigan Mathematics Curriculum.  Keeping in mind that no one math program reaches all learners, many supplemental materials are used by our teachers to promote success for all! 

Accelerated Math program is available for grades 1-5.

Fifth Grade 
Investigations Units

Picturing Polygons
Name That Portion
Between Never Always
Building On Numbers
Measurement Benchmarks
Patterns of Change
Containers and Cubes
Data Kids Cats

*use QDPA in your homework kits
 

Each unit of study incorporates the two fundamental strands of the Michigan Science Curriculum …

*Constructing new scientific knowledge 
*Reflecting on scientific knowledge
 

5th Grade Science Units
Life Science
Cells
Organization of Living Things

Heredity
Ecosystems

Physical Science
Motion of Objects
Waves and Vibrations

Earth Science
Geoshpere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere and Weather

Our social studies curriculum is aligned with the Michigan Curriculum Framework.  Each year’s curriculum K-5 incorporates Historical Perspective, Geographic Perspective, Civic Perspective, Economic Perspective, Inquiry, Public Discourse and Decision Making, Citizen Involvement, Core Democratic Values, Constitutional Principles, Economic Principles, and Geographic Themes.

5th Grade Social Studies Units
Explorations and Encounters & Our Colonial Heritage
The American Revolution & The New Nation
Our Nation Grows & War Divides the Nation
Invention and Change
Blast Off Program!
Economics and Core Area Review
Becoming a Nation
The Americas Today
The Ancient Americas

*Use the Core Democratic Values and Constitutional Principles in homework kits at home to help with creating rules and making family decisions.