Team Fifth
News from 5th Grade
Providence Elementary School
Website: http://pes.carrollcountyschools.com/
Location: 287 Rainey Road, Temple, GA, United States
Phone: 770-537-8100
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pescarrollcounty/
Contact the Team
- Dr. Campbell- manda.campbell@carrollcountyschools.com
- Mrs. Nestor- stephanie.nestor@carrollcountyschools.com
- Ms. Rice- nikki.rice@carrollcountyschools.com
Join our facebook page!
- Share pictures
- Go LIVE so you can take a peek in our classrooms
- Communicate with you
- Send reminders of upcoming events, news, etc.
To join, send Ms. Rice your email address associated with your facebook account. You can send it through Class Dojo or email me directly at nikki.rice@carrollcountyschools.com.
Mark your Calendars
March
1 ELA Common Assessment
6 GA Milestones Parent Night (6-7PM)
6-7 Science Common Assessment
10 Science Olympiad (9AM @TES)
15 Report Cards
16 PBIS Celebration
19-20 Science Benchmark
21 Math Benchmark
26 Social Studies Benchmark
28 Math Common Assessment
Learning in 5th Grade
Math: Volume, Measurement and Line Plots
Info for parents:
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Frameworks/Unit-6-5th-grade-parent-letter.pdf
Games for kids:
https://www.mathgames.com/skill/5.120-volume-of-cubes-and-rectangular-prisms
Key Vocabulary
- conversion
- metric/ customary units of measure
- mass
- weight
- liquid volume
- unit
- unit cube
- length
ELA
Reading Focus: Fact and Opinion
Writing Focus: Review Narrative, Informational, Opinion, and short constructed response.
Grammar Focus: reference materials, context clues, figurative language, word relationships, vocabulary/transition words and phrases
Monthly Focus: Cause and Effect
Anchor Text: The Watson's Go to Birmingham
Writing Vocabulary: Narrative, Informational, Opinion, Argumentative, Introduction, Topic, Multi-Paragraph, Organizational Structure, Reasons, Details, Evidence, Conclusion, and Descriptive
Reading Vocabulary: Fact and Opinion, Evidence, Problem & Solution, Chronological Order, Compare & Contrast, and Cause & Effect
Grammar Vocabulary: Idioms, Adages, Proverbs, Context Clues, Multiple Meaning Words, Synonyms, Antonyms, Figurative Language, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Conjunctions, and Verb Tense
Helpful Websites
Writing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWYXCSTrFto - Narrative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaYyDFt5p-U - Show, Don’t Tell Narrative Writing
Reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ngkj2Lx-Ks - BrainPOP UK - Fact and Opinion
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/distinguish-facts-from-opinions (please login to complete)
Grammar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVHlVbIgUH0&t=38s - Idioms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_h6FxPjEg - Proverbs
Social Studies: CIvil Rights Movement
Focus: Describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950- 1975
Vocabulary: Jim Crow laws, Brown v. Board of Education, Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr., space exploration
Websites:
http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/african-american_civil_rights_movement.php
Science: Earth Science
Focus: Constructive and Deconstructive Forces
Vocabulary: erosion, weathering, delta, sediment, earthquake, volcano, epicenter, focus, plate tectonics, levee, dam, crust, mantle, inner core, outer core, seismograph, richter scale, magma, lava, flash flood
Common Assessment #3: March 6-7
Websites:
http://pamelasanford.typepad.com/5thgrade/constructive-and-destructive-forces-.html (this teachers webstite has a ton of information and links)
Student of the Month - Responsible
Lexi Morgan
Mia Lyle
Jason Bramlett
Homework Club
Reminders about homework:
- Reading 20 minutes per night
- One choice board activity per night (unless you need to get ahead for things coming up like practice, church, etc.) for reading and math
- Study Guides in Science and SS (Ideas: Create index cards to study, have a parent or sibling question you)