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    " And what is as important as knowledge?" asked the mind, " Seeing and caring with the heart," answered the soul.

    Mrs. Hamed 
     
    We will strive to academically challenge the students through strategy use and content.  The comprehension strategies of: connecting, questioning, visualizing, inferring, determining importance and synthesizing will be the brainwork underlying all the academic content the children will work through this school year.  The development of sophisticated language/ vocabulary knowledge will be another instructional focus.  We hope to " inspire a desire" in students to guide their own learning. We hope students will not only feel proud of their abilities, but also be dazzled by all they are able to achieve. 
     
    The heart and strength of the classroom community is defined by the children.  We hope to help the students realize that they actively impact their peers- socially and academically. Through consideration, honesty, encouragement, compassion, intelligence and bravery students affect the lives of those around them ( including their teachers)! We want our students to have a voice in the classroom  and feel valued.  Each child has much to offer!  We truly do learn from each other. 
     
    Fifth grade is an important, special time in the lives of children.  Thank you for the opportunity to work with and care for your child this school year.  I can't wait to get started! 
     
    Mrs. Hamed
     
    Questioning- students pay attention to their thinking as they read and learn to ask questions of the author and the story
    Connecting- students link their experiences and knowledge to the story
    Inferring-students combine book clues and own life experience to make new meaning, going beyong literal interpretation
    Visualizing- students create pictures in their minds or understand a mood or tone based on understanding of vocabulary
    Determining Importance- students evaluate information in a text by deciding if it is pertinent to a specific topic/ question
    Synthesizing- students change their thinking as they consider the author's message
     
    MATH
    Numeration
    Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers
    Multiplication Meanings and Facts
    Division Meanings and Facts
    Mutliplying by 1-digit Numbers and 2 -digit numbers
    Patterns and Expressions
    Dividing by 1 digit divisors
    Lines, angles, shapes
    Fractions
    Adding and subtracting Fractions
    Understanding Decimals
    Operations with decimals
    Area and Perimeter
    Solids and Volume
    Measurement, Time and Temperature
    Data and Graphs
    Equations
    Transformations, Congruence and Symmetry
    Probability
     
    SCIENCE:  Science Kits/ Text Book Series Prentice Hall
    Solar System
    Scientific Process
    Electromagnetism
     
    SOCIAL STUDIES:
    Harcourt Social Studies Text
    Geography
    Exploration
    Colonies
    American Revolution
    Constitution
    Civil War
    Reconstruction
    Immigration
    WWI
    WWII
     
     
     
    WRITING: 6 traits and writing process
    Students will compose the following pieces-
    -research
    -narrative
    -opinion
     
    6 TRAITS:
    Ideas
    Organization
    Voice
    Word Choice
    Sentence Fluency
    Conventions
     
     
    New York Testing Dates:
    ELA: Tuesday, April 5-Thursday, April 8, 2016
    Math: Wednesday, April 11-Friday, April 14, 2016
     
     
     
     
     
Last Modified on September 3, 2015