Welcome to Fifth Grade at GBE!!
Here is a look at our agenda for the year!

Language Arts

• Independent/Guided/Shared Reading
• Reading Comprehension Strategies
• Spelling
• Grammar
• Various forms of writing: personal narrative, expository, descriptive, persuasive writing

Science

• Light and Sound
• Micro to Macro
• Landforms
• Oceans

Math

• Numbers and Decimals
• Place value
• Adding and Subtracting
• Multiplying and Dividing
• Geometry
• Number Theory and Fractions
• Measurement
• Perimeter, Area, and Volume
• Ratio, Percent, and Probability
• Problem Solving

Social Studies

• Geography
• Ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Pre-Columbian
• Classical civilizations of Greece and Rome
• Middle Ages
• Renaissance
• Africa/India/China
  

**General Note: Class time is spent for SOL Review in core subjects, except for Social Studies.
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not – nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not – unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not – the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” – Calvin Coolidge