Fifth Grade

Fifth Grade Homeroom

Religion: The fifth grade Class uses Sadiler "We Believe".  The topics covered are

• Jesus Christ Shares His Life with Us
• Confirmation and Eucharist Complete our Initiation
• The Sacraments of Healing Restore Us
• We Love and Serve as Jesus Did

Math: The fifth grade class uses the Big Ideas Math.  The topics covered are

• Place Value Concepts
• Numerical Expressions
• Add and Subtract Decimals
• Multiply Whole Numbers
• Multiply Decimals
• Divide Whole Numbers
• Divide Decimals
• Add and Subtract Fractions
• Multiply Fractions
• Divide Fractions
• Convert and Display Units of Measure
• Patterns in the Coordinate Plane
• Undertand Volume
• Classify Two-Dimentional Shapes

Science

Grade 5: The fifth grade class used Science Fusion.  The topics covered are

• How Scientists Work
• The Engineering Process
• Cell to Body Systems
• How Living Things Grow and Reproduce
• Ecosystems
• Energy and Ecosystems
• Natural Resources
• Change's to Earth's Surface
• The Rock Cycle
• Fossils
• Earth's Oceans
• The Solar System and the Universe
• Matter
• Light and Sound
• Forces and Motion

Grades 6, The 6 grades uses Science Fusions that are broken into specialized topics.  

Cells and Heredity

• The Characteristics of Cell
• Chemistry of Life
• Cell Structure and Function
• Levels of Cellular Organization
• Homeostasis and Cell Process
• Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
• Heredity
•  Punnett Squares and Pedigrees
• DNA Structures
• Biotechnology

The Diversity of Living Things

• Introduction to Living Things
• Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
• Evidence of Evolution
• The History of Life on Earth
• Classification of living Things
• Archaea, Bacteria and viruses
• Protist and Fungi
• Introduction to plants
• Plant Processes
• Introduction to Animals
• Animal Behavior

Ecology and the Environment

• Introduction to Ecology
• Poles in Energy Transfer
• Popular Dynamics
• Interactions in Communities
• Land Biomes
• Aquatic Ecosystems Energy and Matter in Ecosystem
• Human Activity and Ecosystems
• Earth's Support of Life
• Natural Resources
• Nonrenewable Energy Resources
• Renewable Energy Resources
• Managing Resources
• Human Impact on Water
• Human Impact on Land
• Human Impact on the Atmosphere
• Protecting Earth's Water Land and Air

Grades 7 and 8:

The Dynamic Earth:

• Earth's spheres
• weathering
• erosion and deposition by water
• erosion and depostion by wind, ice and gravity
• soil formation
• Geologic change over time
• relative dating
• absolute dating
• the geologic time scale
• minerals
• the rock cycle
• three classes of rock
• the Earth's layers
• plate tectonics
• mountain building
• volcanoes
• earthquakes
• measuring earthquake waves`