Welcome to Fifth Grade!

Ms. Ashlinne Whitcomb

Fifth grade is going to be an exciting time this year. The incredible opportunities that await the students this year are going to be ones they are never going to forget!

It will be filled with students creating projects, praying, science labs and experiments, art, writing stories and newscasts, learning responsibility, and oh yeah…having a lot of fun!

Curriculum

Social Studies

  • Geography of the U.S.
  • European Exploration
  • Native Americans and colonization
    • Using Since Time Immemorial curriculum
  • The American Revolution
  • Civics and Economics in America
    • Manifest Destiny to Today

Math

  • Text is McGraw-Hill, My Math Grade 5
  • Common Core Mathematical Standards
  • Big Concepts:
    • Multiplication, division, geometry
    • Decimals and fractions
    • Start of algebraic concepts
    • Multi-step Problem Solving
    • Check points / assessments 

ENGLISH & LANGUAGE ARTS

  • Test-Houghton Mifflin Reading
  • Common Core State Standards
  • Novel Studies:
    • Holes, Phantom Tollbooth, Hatchet
    • 10,000Leagues Under the Sea
  • Persuasive, Narrative, and Informational Writing Units
  • Creative Writing: Timed writes and Poetry

Religion

  • Blest Are We, RCL Benziger
  • Following the Seattle Archdiocese Outline
  • Topics:
    • Knowledge of Faith
    • Liturgical Education
    • Sacraments
    • Cultural aspects of Catholicism in art & architecture

Science

  • Focus on the systems:
    • Life systems
    • Water Cycle
    • Weathter
    • Space
    • Plate Tectonics
    • The Engineering Process

SPECIALISTS

  • Music = Twice a week
  • Phys Ed = Twice a week
  • Library = Once a week