Week of September 24th

Grammar/Writing

We will begin our informational writing unit. Students will learn to write extended response essays on content covered in social studies and science. Students will also learn how to organize their writing using graphic organizers and sentence starters. This week will focus  on building body paragraphs and conclusions.

Math
Your child will be working on adding and subtracting decimals in class.

Reading
Your child will be learning about identifying different text structures in informational text. Students will practice reading paired passages and using graphic organizers to gain deeper understanding of the information that they read.

Science
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies.  Close Reading helps with Comprehension and is essential in the reading process.  We are developing our grasp of the RACE strategy, which is a process used to answer Constructed Responses. Our topics include constructive and destructive forces, landforms, the Earth's plates.

Social Studies
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies to gain deeper understanding of social studies topics. We are currently learning about events that impacted the Turn of the Century.   

Week of September 17

Grammar/Writing

We will begin our informational writing unit. Students will learn to write extended response essays on content covered in social studies and science. Students will also learn how to organize their writing using graphic organizers and sentence starters. This week will focus primarily on introductions (thesis).

Math
Your child will be working on decimal numbers. Our focus will be adding and subtracting decimals. Students will work in centers to practice skills.

Reading
Your child will be learning about identifying different text structures in informational text. Students will practice reading paired passages and using graphic organizers to gain deeper understanding of the information that they read.

Science
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies.  Close Reading helps with Comprehension and is essential in the reading process.  We are developing our grasp of the RACE strategy, which is a process used to answer Constructed Responses. Our topics include constructive and destructive forces, landforms, the Earth's plates.

Social Studies
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies to gain deeper understanding of social studies topics. We are currently learning about events that impacted the Turn of the Century.  

Week of September 10th

Grammar/Writing

We will continue our Narrative Writing Unit this week.  We discussed important people last week and will continue brainstorming and writing about important events and places this week. We will be focusing on the progression of their personal narrative. We will discuss details such as, details and adding transitions to help their story flow. We will also discuss different ways to conclude their paragraphs. Encourage your child to journal every night.

Math
Your child will be working on decimal numbers.  Along with continuing with reading and writing numbers in standard, expanded and word form, he or she will be rounding, ordering and comparing decimal numbers as well.

Reading
Your child will continue to build their close reading skills as we begin learning about theme. Students will continue to practice RACE strategies to answer comprehension questions.  

Science
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies.  Close Reading helps with Comprehension and is essential in the reading process.  We are developing our grasp of the RACE strategy, which is a process used to answer Constructed Responses. 

Social Studies
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies to gain deeper understanding of social studies topics. We will be discussing the rights and responsibilities that are protected by the constitution. We also will discuss the amendment process.  

Week of September 4th

Grammar/Writing

We will continue our Narrative Writing Unit this week.  We discussed important people last week and will continue brainstorming and writing about important events and places this week. We will be focusing on the progression of their personal narrative. We will discuss details such as, details and adding transitions to help their story flow. We will also discuss different ways to conclude their paragraphs. Encourage your child to journal every night.

Math
Your child will be working on decimal numbers.  Along with continuing with reading and writing numbers in standard, expanded and word form, he or she will be rounding, ordering and comparing decimal numbers as well.

Reading
Your child will continue to build their close reading skills as we begin learning about theme. Students will continue to practice RACE strategies to answer comprehension questions.  

Science
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies.  Close Reading helps with Comprehension and is essential in the reading process.  We are developing our grasp of the RACE strategy, which is a process used to answer Constructed Responses. 

Social Studies
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies to gain deeper understanding of social studies topics. We will be discussing the rights and responsibilities that are protected by the constitution. We also will discuss the amendment process.  

Week of August 27th

Grammar/Writing

We will continue our Narrative Writing Unit this week.  We discussed important people last week and will continue brainstorming and writing about important events and places this week.  We are working on being able to build our writing stamina and generating ideas to write a narrative piece.  We will continue to embed sentence structure and punctuation in our writing.  Please encourage your child to journal at home.

Math
Your child will be working on decimal numbers.  Along with continuing with reading and writing numbers in standard, expanded and word form, he or she will be rounding, ordering and comparing decimal numbers as well.

Reading
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies.  Close Reading helps with Comprehension and is essential in the reading process.  We are developing our grasp of the RACE strategy, which is a process used to answer Constructed Responses.  

Science
We will continue focusing on landforms and constructive and destructive forces.  The Earth is moving and changing daily, so we are exploring how that happens!

Social Studies
Citizenship is being reviewed along with rights and responsibilities and the Amendment Process. 

Week of Aug 20th

Grammar/Writing

We will begin our Narrative Writing Unit with brainstorming and developing topic ideas.  We will embed sentence structure and punctuation in our writing.  Please encourage your child to journal at home.

Math
Your child will explore powers of ten.  
He or she will be reading and writing numbers in standard, expanded and word form. 

Reading
Your child will be practicing Close Reading Strategies.  Close Reading helps with Comprehension and is essential in the reading process.

Science
We are focusing on landforms and constructive and destructive forces.  The Earth is moving and changing daily, so we are exploring how that happens!

Social Studies
Citizenship is being reviewed along with rights and responsibilities along with the Amendment Process. 

Week of August 13th

Welcome to your child's final year of elementary school!  We are beyond excited to welcome you to our fifth grade community and can not wait to begin working with you and your child this year.  Please subscribe to receive weekly updates about 5th grade happenings as well as a snapshot of learning goals for each class.

Our first week was dedicated to introductions, reviewing classroom and school wide procedures and administering diagnostic tests.

If you are in need of school supplies please contact your child's homeroom teacher.  "Before anything, else, preparation is the key to success" - Alexander Graham Bell

Teacher emails and subjects taught:
Ms. Bell, Grammar/Writing, Math & Science - jennifer.lee@dcssga.org
Mrs. Griggs, Math & Reading - andrea.griggs@dcssga.org

Ms. Hodo, Math & Social Studies- julie.hodo@dcssga.org
Ms. Lee,  Grammar/Writing, Math & Science michelle.lee@dcssga.org

Ms. Palmer, Math & Writing- skylar.palmer@dcssga.org

Ms. Summers,Grammar/Writing, Math&Science - andreah.summers@dcssga.org