2025 - 2026 School Year

We are now into the second half of the school year, and my personal favorite part of fifth grade! It is the best time for growth and learning as students begin to hit their stride. This quarter, we begin with literature standards with a focus on structure of stories and poems. We will also work hard to compare multiple texts in the same genre with similar themes and topics. We have already begun our novel, Walk Two Moons. Make sure to ask your child about the characters and the suspense that is building! 

**Please see the "Week at a Glance" section for more detailed plans for each day of the week.**

Important Dates     

Friday, February 13 - Valentine's Day Party, 12:05 Dismissal

Monday, February 16 - No School - holiday

Monday, February 23 - 5C Field trip to JJC planetarium & schoolhouse 

Thursday, February 26 - STEAM Night

Friday, February 27 - All School DEAR

Remind Updates 

Our Encore classes for the year are as follows: 

Quarter 3 - STEM with Mrs. Jozaitis

Quarter 4 - Music with Mr. Bertrand 

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 3 Overview

Essential Question: What is the value of adapting?

Novel: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Word Study: During word study, we will be utilizing Structured Word Inquiry (SWI) to increase our vocabulary and spelling skills. We will be learning about Greek and Latin roots along with prefixes and suffixes. 

 

Sentence Study: We will be using mentor sentences from our quarterly novels to identify parts of speech, types of sentences, and figurative language. We will also be making connections to SWI.

 

 

Writing: 

• Narrative writing - Students will working on continuing a story as well as writing from a different character or narrator's point of view    

• 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 5.2 - I can determine the theme of a text; determine how characters respond to challenges.

• RL 5.4 - I can use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.
• RL 5.5 - I can explain how chapters, scenes, or stanzas provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem. 
• RL 5.6 - I can describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described. 
• RL 5.9 - I can compare and contrast stories in the same genre according to similar themes and topics. 

 

 

Reading Information Standards:

• 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 5.3 - I can explain the relationship or interaction between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
• RI 5.4 - I can determine the meaning of words or phrases in a text using context clues. 
• RI 5.9 - I can integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write about the subject. 

 

Scholastic Book Club Orders 

Our class code is QCDZK. I place orders from Scholastic at the end of each month. These book orders give our class a chance to build our classroom library as well as earn free books for our classroom. If you need any help with your order, please let me know! Thank you for supporting our classroom. Access Scholastic Book Order Here

 

E-Learning Plan 

In the event of the need to call an e-learning day, we will be utilizing the schedule attached below. 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.