Welcome to the fifth grade of Meadow Wood Elementary. Our main goal is to prepare the students for their transfer to middle school academically, socially, and mentally. Below you will find the Units of Study for the fifth grade.

Science:

· FOSS Mixtures and Solutions (Physical Science)                             · FOSS Landforms (Earth Science)

· FOSS Environments (Environmental Science)                                  · FOSS Solar Energy (Earth Science)

· SEPA grant program-using microscopes in the classroom            · GLOBE Program    

 Math:

· Whole Number Operations, Computations and Quantitative Reasoning

· Measurement                                                                · Problem Solving and Mathematical Processes

· Fractions and Decimals                                              · Geometry and Spatial Reasoning

· Probability and Statistics                                             · Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Reasoning

 Social Studies:

· Current USA                                                                   · Colonization

· Government                                                                   · Westward Expansion

· Civil War                                                                          · Industrialization/Immigration

· 20TH Century

 Language Arts:

· Public Speaking                                                           · Listening Skills

· Vocabulary Development                                            · Relating New to Known

· Questioning                                                                   · Creating Mental Images

· Determining Importance                                             · Monitoring for Meaning

· Synthesizing                                                                   · Inferring

· 6 Traits of Writing                                                          · Comprehension--Super Reading Strategies