5th Grade Newsletter
North Rowan Elementary
Contact Us:
Derius Kelly: derius.kelly@rss.k12.nc.us
Angie Millspaugh - Staples: angela.millspaugh@rss.k12.nc.us
1st Quarter Content Standards
RL.5.1: Quote accurately from the text when explaining what he text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.5.2: Determine the theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
RL.5.3: Compare and contrast story elements in a text.
RL.5.6: Describe narrator’s/speaker’s point of view influences events described
Reading Informational Text: (Homeroom Teacher)
RI.5.2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text, supported by key details; summarize the text.
RI.5.4: Demonstrate knowledge of grade level vocabulary words.
Writing: (Embedded Within Each Content Area)
W.5.2: Write informative explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and meaning clearly.
W.5.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Math: (Mr. Kelly)
5.NBT.1: Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.
5.NBT.2: Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying and dividing a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point.
10. 5.MD.1: Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (metric only).
5.NBT.3: Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
5.NBT.4: Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.
5.NBT.7: Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value (add and subtract decimals only).
Science: (Mrs. Holshouser)
5.E.1: Understand weather patterns and phenomena, making connections to the weather in a particular place and time.
5.E.1.1: Compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns.
5.E.1.2: Predict upcoming weather events from weather data collected through observation and measurements.
5.E.1.3: Explain how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
5.P.3: Explain how the properties of some materials change as a result of heating and cooling.
5.P.3.1: Explain the effects of the transfer of heat (either by direct contact or at a distance) that occurs between objects at different temperatures. (conduction, convection or radiation).
5.P.3.2: Explain how heating and cooling affect some materials and how this relates to their purpose and practical applications.
Social Studies: (Mrs. Millspaugh - Staples)
Migration
5.G.1.1: Explain the impact of the physical environment on early settlements in the New World. (physical environment characteristics, climate change, food and shelter)
5.G.1.4: Exemplify migration within or immigration to the United States in order to identify push and pull factors (why people left/why people came).
5.C.1.1: Analyze the change in leadership, cultures and everyday life of American Indian groups before European exploration.
Exploration
5.H.1.1: Evaluate the relationships between European explorers (French, Spanish and English) and American Indian groups, based on accuracy of historical information (beliefs, fears, and leadership).
(Why, trade natural resources, wealth)
5.C.1.1: Analyze the change in leadership, cultures and everyday life of American Indian groups before and after European exploration.
(American Indian groups before European exploration)
5.C.1.2: Exemplify how the interactions of various groups have resulted in borrowing and sharing of traditions and technology. (effect on each other, sharing cultures and traditions)
5.C.1.4: Understand how cultural narratives (legends, songs, ballads, games, folk tales and art forms) reflect the lifestyles, beliefs and struggles of diverse ethnic groups.