Language Arts:

Students are expected to print all daily assignments (class work, homework, and writing drafts) using a pencil. On all formal written work (assignments and projects), students will turn in work typed and submit it both electronically (Google Docs) and a printed hard copy. All work is due by 8:15 the morning the assignment is due.

Each Week/Lessons

• Spelling
• Vocabulary/Word Study
• Reading Comprehension
• Cursive Writing
• Connections to selection
• Literature Circle / Literature Class Reads
• Grammar
• Fluency
• Writing
• Workshop

Reading: Literature Class Reads

• On My Honor 
• My Side of the Mountain
  
• Old Yeller
  

Writing: Units of Study, Treasures, Write Source, and Six Traits of Writing

• Information
  
• Opinion
• Narrative
  

Spelling:

Each week, students will learn 20 words. At the end of each week, the words become "No excuse" words and must be spelled correctly in all writing assignments.

Mathematics: Illustrative Math

Unit 1: Finding Volume - Completed

Unit 2: Fractions as Quotients and Fraction Multiplication - In Process

Unit 3: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Unit 4: Wrapping up Multiplication and Division with Multi-Digit Numbers

Unit 5: Place Value Patterns and Decimal Operations

Unit 6: More Decimal and Fraction Operations

Unit 7: Shapes on the Coordinate Plane

Unit 8: More Decimal and Fraction Operations

Science: Mystery Science

Unit 1: Watery Planet - In Process

Unit 2: Chemical Magic

Unit 3: Spaceship Earth

Unit 4: Web of Life

Puberty Talk (May-June)

Social Studies: TCI

The United States: Making a New Nation

Unit 1 - The First Americans

• Chapter 1 - Early People - Completed
  
• Chapter 2 - American Indians - Completed
  

Native American Project 

Unit 2 - Cultures Meet

• Chapter 3 - The Age of Exploration
• Chapter 4 - Building the First Colonies

Explorer Project

Unit 3 - Settling the Colonies

• Chapter 5 - The New England Colonies
  
• Chapter 6 - The Middle Colonies - Current
  
• Chapter 7 - The Southern Colonies
  

Colony Project

Unit 4 - The American Revolution

• Chapter 8 - The Colonies Unite
  
• Chapter 9 - The Revolutionary War
  

Revolution Project

Unit 5 - Governing the Nation

• Chapter 10 - The Constitution
• Chapter 11 - The American Republic
  

States and Capitals Project 

Unit 6 - Western Expansion

• Chapter 12 - The Changing Frontier
• Chapter 13 - Moving West