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1. Mr. Doherty Grade 5  
2. Welcome to Grade 5 Classroom Philosophy  Learn while having FUN!
Students are in charge of their learning & work.
State Standards are the outline that we follow. 
4. Reading We read some great titles:
Misty of Chincoteague
Star Girl
The Lemonade Wars
A Long Way from Chicago
Love that Dog
The Westing Game
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 
5. Book Reports October  Cereal Box
November  Pizza
December  Dust Jacket
January  Giant Postcard
February  Biography  People
March  Story Quilt
April  Student Choice 
6. English Language Arts Continuation of sentences & sentence structure
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, & prepositions
Writing prompts across the curriculum 
7. Math  We dont use one textbook.
Lots of fun things to learn:
Multiplication & Division
Beginning Algebra: x + 9 = 12
Fractions: add, subtract, multiply, simplify, compare, equivalent
Geometry:
Lines, angles, solids, polygons 
8. Social Studies Supposed to cover the Vikings exploration through the War of 1812.
Starting with Jamestown so that we can get through the Revolution & formation of our government
Will highlight explorers like Cabot, Hudson, Columbus, etc. 
9. Science Animal Classification
Plants
Biomes
Weather
Lots of review:
Simple Machines
Adaptations 
10. Engineering Students will get to play and create a lot in Science
We need old boxes, paper towel tubes, wrapping paper tubes, duct tape, string. 
13. Index Card Challenge Students had to build a platform out of 100 index cards and see how high they could build it. 
21. Spelling 25 words each week
Only use the Basic & Challenge words
Students must pass in 30 points from the option sheet each Friday 
22. Homework Should average 50 minutes per night
Will get Math, Social Studies, Science, or ELA 
Must read for 30 minutes
Book, magazine, newspaper, internet article
Signed logs due Friday
Spelling due on Friday
Book Reports 
24. Field Trips A Christmas Carol?
Museum of Natural Heritage
The Beach?
5th Grade Field Day at Leland Park
If youre interested in being a chaperone at any time, please take, fill out, & return a CORI form.
 
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My email  rdohertyjr@woburnpublicschools.com
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