Fifth Grade

Reading

In Unit 7, “Conflicts that Shaped a Nation” students will read firsthand accounts, informational texts, and historical fiction about the American Revolution. They will synthesize information to build the following Enduring Understandings:

• Wars, and other conflicts that are resolved with violence, have major social, emotional, economic, and political effects that have a lasting impact on the peoples and nations involved.

• People can have different views, perspectives, and experiences of conflict.

• Different groups of people participated in the American Revolution for different reasons and the final outcome of the war impacted these groups in positive and negative ways.

• A wide range of primary and secondary sources are important pieces when building a full and meaningful understanding of the past.

• Writers may choose to deal with important historical topics such as the Revolutionary War through historical fiction.

In class, students will practice these reading comprehension skills:

• Compare and contrast the varieties of English used in a text

• Compare and contrast the overall structure of events in two or more texts (chronology)

• Determine two or more main ideas and explain how details support them

• Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points

• Integrate information from several texts on the same topic

At home, families can:

• Ensure students are reading at home for 20 minutes every day

• Encourage students to show you what they are learning by accessing the Benchmark reading app on their dashboard

Math

Unit 7 will focus on multiplication of mixed numbers, geometry & graphs.

In class, students will practice:

• Multiplying mixed numbers

• Use common denominators to divide fractions

• Classifying shapes in a hierarchy

• Analyzing patterns and relationships

At home, students can:

• Complete Everyday Math Home Links worksheets

• Practice these skills on ST Math which they can access on their dashboard

• Play Everyday Math games which they can access on their dashboard
  
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