2024 - 2025 School Year
Welcome!
As we wrap up the end of our 5th grade year, we will spend the month of May focusing on literature texts and standards. Students will read a variety of short stories and poems and work on comparing and contrasting two or more texts within the same genre.
We have many fun and exciting things planned for the last four weeks and it is going to fly by. Let's be sure to remain focused, work hard, and enjoy every second together!
This quarter, my homeroom students will be participating in music class.
**Please see "Week at a Glance" section for more detailed plans for each day of the week.**
Important Dates
Tuesday, May 6 - Math Fastbridge assessment
Thursday, May 8 - ELA Fastbridge assessment
Tuesday, May 13 - Literature summative assessment
Wednesday, May 14 - Field trip to Field Museum
Thursday, May 15 - Step Up Day
Wednesday, May 21 - Literature Outcome Assessment
Friday, May 23 - SIP Day; early dismissal 12:05
Monday, May 26 - No school
Thursday, May 29 - Field Day
Monday, June 2 - Tug O' War
Tuesday, June 3 - Last day of School! 12:05 dismissal
Remind Updates
Our Encore classes for the year are as follows:
Quarter 4 - Music with Mrs. Zito
We have PE every day - please remember to have appropriate gym shoes with you each day.
My ELA classes will visit the library on Mondays.
Quarter 4 Overview
Essential Question: How does society benefit with adaptations?
Novel: Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
- Research writing - Students will compose a "coolest creature" non-fiction text utilizing Power Point that includes multiple chapters and non-fiction text features
- L 5.2 – I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Reading Literature Standards:
- RL 5.1 I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- RL 5.3 I can compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text
- RL 5.4 - I can use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.
- RL 5.5 - I can explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a story, drama, or poem.
- RL 5.7 - I can analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or aesthetics of a text
- RL 5.9 I can compare and contrast stories in the same genre with the same themes and topics.
- RI 5.1 I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- RI 5.5 - I can compare and contrast the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts
- RI 5.6 I can analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent
- RI 5.8 I can explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which points
E-Learning Plan
In the event of the need to call an e-learning day, we will be utilizing the schedule located at the bottom of my page. E-learning days will only be called if we have fair warning of severe inclement weather and have time to send students home with all their materials and devices.
