Fifth Grade

Broadening Their Horizons

Our Fifth Graders enjoy a higher level of freedom in their class work. All activities and programs are geared to give the maturing child an increased sense of achievement and confidence.

As the students move forward through the school year, they take on greater responsibility in school projects, programs and productions. They learn how to write and give speeches in front of their fellow classmates, which is important in building self-esteem and encouraging the "I can do it!" attitude that all Rossman students have. Further variety is offered with participation in field trips and by the exposure to leadership opportunities.

Now that the prior grade levels have successfully instilled strong roots in our students, the Fifth Grade gives them the wings to soar!

Teachers
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Ariadne Holladay
Todd Valdez

Reading and Language Arts

• Literature – 5 books and short stories
• Spelling
• Reading comprehension
• Grammar
• Speaking – Elements of effective speechmaking for formal
and informal speeches
• Writing
- creative introductions and conclusions
- writing titles
- paragraphs
- essays: extended and 20 minute time limit letters
- poetry
- journals
• Handwriting
• Vocabulary – Wordly Wise
• "Book Clubs" – small groups who read a book and make a multi-media presentation

Math

• Place value, whole numbers and decimals
• Scientific notation (large and small numbers; integers;
fractions; equivalence classes; relations)
• Basic and compound measures
• Reference frames (ordinal numbers, time of day, dates,
time lines, thermometers)
• Arithmetic concepts and operations
• Estimation
• Primes, composites, divisibility
• Multidigit procedures for whole numbers and decimals
• Fraction operation procedures
• Procedures with scientific calculators
• Notations, definitions, and basic relationships for 2- and
3-dimensional figures
• Basic metric properties of plane figures
• Congruence, similarity, transformations of geometric figures
• Number and visual sequences
• Formula models using variables
• Problem solving and mathematical modeling

Special Projects

• Research paper with science on bug unit
• Research paper with social studies on a foreign country
• Research paper with social studies – The Civil War
• Million Dollar project in math

Specialty subjects taught
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Art – 1 hour and 30 minutes per week
Library – 45 minutes per week
Music – 1 hour and 30 minutes per week
Spanish, French and Latin – 1 hour and 30 minutes per week
Physical Education – 45 minutes daily
Science – 3 hours and 45 minutes per week
Social Studies – 3 hours and 45 minutes per week