Ms. Torzillo's 5th Grade Class
 2nd Grade Buddies
updated November 7, 2011 Our class will be participating in a "Buddy" program with Ms. Leitch's 2nd Grade Class. Normally we will be involved in a weekly activity every Friday afternoon for 30 minutes. Last year this was a...
Calendar/Homework
Language Arts
Language Arts is multifaceted; it includes Reader's Workshop, Literature Study (correlated to Social Studies units), Writer's Workshop, and Word Study. Word Study constitutes Spelling, Grammar, and Current Events.
Links
AAA Math
America's Story Animal Planet Art Express: Grade 5 Ben Jerry's Fun and Games Brain Bashers Brain Bashers: Optical Illusions ChessKIDS Academy Chevron Cars Cool Math Curse of T. Rex Dinosaur Eggs Museum Dr. Seuss's Seussville Escape From Knab Extreme Science Free Rice Garfield Giggle Poetry Kaboose Crafts LOC: America's History Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt Martha's Crafts For Kids Math In Daily Life Ms.Leger: Outdoor National Geographic Kids NeoPets Odessy Online Orisinal PBS Nature Pintura: Art Detective Pyramids-The Inside Story Rick's Math Web Shel Silverstein The First Thanksgiving The Kid Should See This The Rudiments of Wisdom Encyclopedia Virtual Frog Dissection
Math
Students will receive math instruction in the regular classroom at least three day a week. Twice a week students will participate in "Flex-Math" grouping. Flex-Math is taught by all 5th grade teachers, and students will rotate in and out of various groups with any one of the grade level teachers. Concepts are correlated and delivered at a regular pace.
Social Studies
This year 5th graders will focus on United States History, Geography, and Current Events.
Specials
5th graders attend various special classes taught by experts throughout the week. They include: Physical Education lead by Ms. Newman; Science with Ms. Dyal; Art with Mr. Florence; Music taught by Ms. Samuels and Ms. Colby; Outdoor with Ms. Leger; and Library with Ms. Turner. From time to time information from these instructors will be posted here.
Ms. Leger's Outdoor website: http://wsdoutdooreducation.weebly.com/ Mr. Florence's Art website: https://sites.google.com/a/wsdpc.org/art-8/ 11-09-11 Note from Mr. Florence: We have moved from drawing lines to noticing texture and a range in value (light and dark) in objects. We did a couple of exercises to practice thinking about these things and how to shade and then students chose a photograph of an animal to draw. They started by blocking in the big shapes, as we studied, and then moved towards getting a finished drawing using shading and texture. Mr. Flo |
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