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Online Elementary School
Grade 5 English Course Outline This class follows the Common Core State Standards for 5th grade English.
Students in this class are required to read at least 30 minutes every day and to turn in a reading log to show their time spent reading. They are also required to write 10 different book reports in an effort to encourage reading and writing about stories. In each of the 18 chapters students will receive two vocabulary lessons, learn about grammar, practice reading different types of literature, and learn skills to be a good writer. Students will learn how to make inferences, read context clues, and read to learn information. To improve their writing skills students will learn how to express opinions, write letters, use literary devices, and use word relationships in poetry. Students will practice comparing and contrasting similar texts.
The goal of this class it to make each student a better reader and a better writer.
Course Outline Introduction Introduction Resources Handout: Reading Log (Word) Handout: Reading Log (PDF) Handout: Reading Log (Excel) Handout: Book Report (Biography) Handout: Book Report (Nonfiction) Handout: Book Report (Fiction) Handout: Pre-writing Tool: Word Web Handout: Pre-writing Tool: Graphic Organizer Handout: Pre-writing Tool: Storyboard Handout: Story Map (Turtle) Handout: What Good Readers Do Overview Handout: The Writing Process Course Description Understanding Plagiarism Pretest Assignment: Pretest Course Links Vocabulary Introduction Grammar Introduction Reading Introduction Writing Introduction Speaking and Listening Introduction MLA Formatting MSWord 2007 MLA Documentation updates MLA Citation MLA Incorporating Sources Grammar Basics, Good Reading Skills and Idea Book Nouns, Predictions, Good Writing Skills Pronouns, Protagonist and Antagonist, Writing Process Verbs, Visualize, Writing Process Subject and Predicates, Characters, Opinions Noun Phrases, Prepositions, Reading to Learn, Research Adjectives, Inferences, Context Clues Adverbs, Asking Questions, Legends Commas, Dialogue, Text Connections, Writer’s Workshop Subordinators, Clauses, Predictions, Letter Writing Prepositions, Contractions, Interjections, Important Idea Roots, Affixes, Summarization Researching, Focusing, Outlining, Reporting Poetry and Word Relationships Titles, Themes, Literary Devices Compare and Contrasting Texts Reading and Writing Fiction Reading and Writing Nonfiction Course Survey
Grade 5 Mathematics Course Outline This course is aligned with the Common Core Standards for 5th grade mathematics and focuses on three critical areas. First, the students will become skilled at the addition and subtraction of fractions. They will continue to develop understanding of the multiplication of fractions and learn to do some simple division of fractions. The students use the meaning of fractions, of multiplication and division to understand why the processes for multiplying and dividing fractions make sense.
Second, the students will expand their knowledge of division to include 2-digit divisors and decimal operations. The students will have mastered multi-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The students will learn how to add and subtract numbers with decimals to the hundredths. They also develop and understanding of the relationship between fractions and decimals.
Third, the students will develop an understanding of volume as a property of three-dimensional space. They will learn how to approach and solve problems regarding the estimation and measurement of volume.
Course Outline Introduction Welcome Pretest Assignment: Pretest Number Sense Addition Multiplication Division Expressions Equations Graphs & Charts Fractions Operations & Fractions Geometry Solids Course Survey
Grade 5 Science Course Outline This course follows Florida’s Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for 5th grade science. The students will receive a broad overview of many different types of science in order to better understand the world around them. They will begin by reviewing the scientific method and the steps to designing a good experiment. The students will learn about galaxies and will review information about our solar system and the planets within it. They will learn about the water cycle and the causes of the weather we see around us. The students will learn that environmental changes can cause evolution in both plants and animals. They will review the major systems in the human body and then will learn about similarities between those system and the parts of a plant. The students will learn about how the atomic theory has developed over time and will review the states of matter and the changes that matter can undergo. The law of conservation of energy will be learned, along with the types of energy transformations that commonly occur. The students will review electricity and will learn about its properties and uses in our lives. Finally, the students will review forces and Newton’s laws of motion.
Course Outline Introduction Introduction Course Description Pretest Assignment: Pretest Course Links MLA Formatting MSWord 2007 MLA Documentation updates MLA Citation MLA Incorporating Sources Investigation Science Earth & Space Water & Weather Evolution The Human Body Matter Energy & Its Transformations Electricity Forces Course Evaluation
Grade 5 Social Studies Course Outline This course is aligned with Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for 5th grade social studies. The students will first review the needed map skills to successfully complete the source. The class focuses on the history of early America. It also provides a chance for students to practice reading about and discussing current events. The students will learn about native American civilizations, including early ones such as the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations. They will then learn about European explorers, including Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus. Next the students will learn about the 13 original colonies and the steps that the colonies took towards revolution. They will review the major battles of the revolutionary war, and will learn about the Treaty of Paris, and the impact the war had on the country. The students will learn about how the government of the United States was formed and how the constitution was written. Next, they will learn about how the nation grew through things such as the Louisiana Purchase and the idea of manifest destiny. The students will learn about the growth of industry in the young country and the impact of slavery. Finally, the students will learn about how government is set up in the United States today, with the three branches of government and the system of checks and balances. They will also learn about their rights and responsibilities as a citizen of a country.
Course Outline Introduction Introduction Course Description Pretest Assignment: Pretest Understanding Plagiarism MLA Formatting MSWord 2007 MLA Documentation updates MLA Citation MLA Incorporating Sources Geography Native American Civilization European Civilization Colonies The Road To Freedom The American Revolution The New Nation A Growing Nation Westward Expansion Technology & Slavery Democracy Today Rights & Responsibilities Course Evaluation
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