Writing

• Adventure Stories

• Six Trait Writing Checklist  

• Checklist for Writing

• Writing Forms 

Spelling

• 20-25 Words Each Week

• Priority Words  

Reading

• Every student needs to read 50 pages each week or at least 30 minutes a day from Accelerated Reader book.  Try to reach your personal point goal by Thanksgiving

  Math

• Word Problem Fun

• Chapter from Textbook Focus

• Parent Tips on Math at Home

• Use Flash Cards to Practice Multiplication/Division

• Helping Your Child with Math at Home

Social Studies

• Explorers from Leif Erickson ... John Cabot

• 5th Grade Theme United States *History to the Revolutionary War - Forming a Nation

*geography: name 50 states and capitals and locate major land forms

   Science

• Chemistry Unit

• Vocabulary:  Neutron, Proton, Electron