Curriculum Overview

5th & 6
th
Grade
2014-2015

5
th
Grade 6
th
Grade
Religion
Ms. De Caro
Sacraments of the Church
Leadership Training
Service Projects
Old Testament
Leadership Training
Service Projects
Life Skills
Mrs. McNeese
Second Step
Habits of Mind
Service Projects
Second Step
Habits of Mind
Money Savvy U
Service Projects
Mathematics
Ms. De Caro & Mrs. McNeese
In order to differentiate our instruction and ensure students have the best chance of growing in Mathematics, they are
arranged into classes according to their current skill level.
o + & - fractions (fluency)
o x & fractions (understanding)
o 2 digit divisors
o decimal fractions place value
o operations with decimals to hundredths
o whole number and decimal operations (fluency)
o volume (understanding)
o ratio/rate
o division of fractions (fluency)
o rational numbers, negative numbers
o writing, interpreting, using expressions and equations
o developing understanding of statistical thinking
o reasoning about relationships to determine area, surface area,
and volume
English Language Arts (ELA)
Ms. De Caro & Mrs. McNeese
ELA is integrated throughout the curriculum in our Integrated Studies classes.
o Determine themes of a drama from detail in the text, including
how characters respond to challenges; summarize the text
o Conduct short research projects that use several sources to
build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a
topic
o Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each
claim is supported by reason and evidence
o Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing and speaking
o Explain functions of conjunctions, prepositions, and
interjections in general and their function in particular
sentences
o Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits
into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the
development of the theme, setting, or plot
o Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and
introducing a narrator and/or characters
o Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish
writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others;
demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a
minimum of three pages in a single sitting
o Delineate a speakers argument and specific claims,
distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and
evidence from claims that are not
o Use the relationship between particular words (eg
cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand
each of the words
Integrated Studies Social Studies
Ms. De Caro
Early American History 1000 - 1700s
Constitution
Geography: States & Capitals
American History 1700s 1812
Holocaust
Geography: North America
Integrated Studies Science
Mrs. McNeese
Islandwood: School in the Woods
Structure & Properties of Matter
Matter & Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Earths Systems
Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System
Engineering Design
Islandwood: School in the Woods
Structure & Properties of Matter
Structure, Function, & Information Processing
Space Systems
Engineering Design