Weekly Newsletter and web sites

Mrs. Ahr,

Ms. Fanelli,

 Mr. Johnson,

& Mrs. Weitzel

   This web page was created to guide you through the fifth grade.  There is a lot of useful information for you and your parents.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact your fifth grade teacher and we would be happy to help you in any way! 

Field Trips:

This year we hope to attend the  Cincinnati History Museum at the Cincinnati Museum Center. More information will be given closer to the event.

Grade Level Expectations

Classroom Expectations – Consequences – Grading Scale

Homework Policy:  Planbooks are an important tool in the 5^th grade both for organizational skills and communication with parents.  Students will be responsible for filling out their planbooks each day.  Each night, students are to have their parent sign the planbook once their homework is completed.  If a planbook is returned with an incomplete assignment, they will receive a “late stamp” in their book next to each section that is incomplete.  The assignment can be turned in the next day for a grade that will be lowered by one letter grade.  If the assignment is not completed and turned the next day, the student will receive a “0” and detention to complete the assignment.

Academic Information

Language Arts:     (Link to reading series)

This year we will be working with the Scott Foresman series that brings reading, writing, spelling, grammar, and AR together.   We will also be reading several class novels throughout the year.

Math: 

This year we will be starting a new series from Scott Foresman.  More information to come. 

Science/ Health:   (Science Link)

There are 3 main areas of science covered in the 5^th grade:  life science, earth/space science, & physical science.  Life science takes us on a journey through the ecosystems and how they link together.  Earth/space science revolves around the earth and it’s relation to the solar system. Physical science allows us to examine energy in its different forms such as electricity, light, sound, and thermal energy. 

Health focuses on healthy living through not only physical health, but social and emotional health as well.

Social Studies:

Many exciting things are in store for our 5^th grade students.  We will begin the year with a review of maps, timelines, continents, etc.  Topics covered throughout the year will be: explorers and early colonization of the Americas , Native-American Indians, American Revolution, creating a government and the Constitution, westward expansion, and Civil War.  Students will be ending the year with a study of immigration.  This will be the first year for the Ohio Achievement Test in Social Studies, replacing the old proficiency tests.  This will be given in the Spring.

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