Welcome to the Fifth Grade

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Welcome to the Fifth Grade

• Miss Grieco
• and
• Mr. Quinn

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Overview of Fifth Grade

• Team Teaching
• Miss Grieco for Writing, Social Studies, and
  Science
• Ms. Knudsen for Reading
• Mr. Detlefsen for Math
• Responsive Classroom

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Writing - Skills

• Pre-writing organizing tools
• Editing
• Revising
• Writing Techniques - voice, dialogue, details
• Note-taking
• Summarizing
• Researching - WebQuests and Text

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Writing - Genres

• Personal Narratives
• Essays
• Research Reports
• Poetry

• Persuasive Letters
• Historical Fiction
• Articles
• E-Pals

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Social Studies

• Geography
• Native Americans
• World in 1492
• Colonial America
• American Revolution
• Non-fiction Writing
• Expository Reading

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Science

• Pond Life
• Electricity
• Simple Machines
• Weather
• Owl Pellets

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Homework

• Time for Kids 30 min./week
• Wordly Wise 60 min./week
• Other reading/writing 30 min.
  1-2x/week
• Homework Help
  745-820/Thursdays
• Class Website
• http//www.newton.k12.ma.us/countryside/

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Contact Information

• jennifer_grieco_at_newton.k12.ma.us