Monthly Updates for you!
November came so quickly! We celebrate all of our hard work and dedication, and are grateful for all of the support given us! Please stay safe and well!
November is a month of gratitude, and we are grateful for many people and things!
We celebrate our Veterans and will honor them this month!
We are grateful for our parents and families who will visit or videoconference with the teachers later this month! Sign up Genius goes out on Wednesday, October 29!
Reader's Workshop: We are continuing character development when beginning historical fiction as well as beginning to read critically as we analyze persuasive texts. Students will be looking for claims, reasons to support the claims and elaboration (evidence to support the reason). This will tie into our persuasive writing unit!
***Look for our "character celebration" as the 5th grade Language Arts classes "become" a fiction character from a novel read this year.
Writer's Workshop: Our current writing unit is Persuasive... get ready to witness our students researching, planning and trying to convince their readers.
Persuasive essays are the theme of the month! We are currently researching the value of chocolate milk in our cafeterias and deciding to keep or eliminate it! After we conclude our essays, students will be choosing a topic about which to write, after some practice with the topic chosen in class! Wait to see just how persuasive your child can be!
Social Studies: Chapters 12 and 13 will have us analyzing the sections of the Declaration of Independence and the motivation of colonists to be free! We will have officially "declared" independence and will begin to prepare for the American Revolution! Look for lots of great work to follow!
October is here! We welcome the fall with open arms and open minds!
Reader's Workshop: During the first week of October, students will move into book partnerships/book clubs. We will first conclude our class novel before choosing our own. Book themes center on social issues and lessons will be geared around considering how characters develop and evolve in realistic fiction, and how an author's craft contributes to an enriching reading experience. Responses will be centered on both character and social concerns. Ask your child about his or her book!
Writer's Workshop: We are completing our personal narratives this month and will move into realistic fiction stories. This is a great time to use the skills we have developed and honed as we wrote about ourselves and apply them to a work of fiction! Look for these to follow personal narratives.
Social Studies: After looking at taxation without representation, students will learn about three Patriots and three Loyalists of the 18th century, students will plan and deliver a lively debate taking on the personas of the people studied. Look for pictures on this site soon!
September 2025
Welcome to 5th Grade!
We are so excited to begin a new school year!
Together, with Mrs. Shipman and the entire MIS team, your 5th grade experience will be everything you want it to be - and SO MUCH MORE!
Here is a breakdown of the things we will learn this year.
I look forward to beginning this new academic year, and look forward to meeting our students and parents. It is an honor to work with and for you this year!
Our Back to School presentation will be held in person on September 11. We look forward to seeing you there!
Curricular Overview:
Language Arts:
Writer's Workshop : Personal Narratives, Research, Book Reports and Reflections, Interviews, Descriptive Essays, Persuasive Essays, Responding to fiction, Story Writing, Responding to Prompts, Poetry...
Reader's Workshop: Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Non-fiction, Biography, Memoir, Fantasy, Poetry and Short Stories.
Skills: Literature Skills (main idea, sequencing, context clues, figurative language, etc.), Writing Skills (types of writing, purposes of writing, paragraph and essay formation), Grammar and Usage Skills, Spelling and Vocabulary (Word Study) Skills, Handwriting and Keyboarding skills.
Social Studies:
American History: from the period preceding the American Revolution (colonization), to post Civil War Reconstruction, with additional focus on the U.S. Constitution, Cultural Diversity and Current Events.
Geography: Map Skills development, learning the U.S. states and capitals, reading and interpreting maps and data.
This month's skills and work includes:
We will begin by establishing various routines ( in the Classroom, in the Google Classrooms and our independent routines) and will jump into Workshop (Writer's and Reader's) by focusing on narratives!
We will also investigate the founding of the thirteen original British colonies.
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