5th Grade
A Family Guide to 5th Grade
In every grade, SPS’ core work is supporting student learning. 我们相信我们有责任尽一切努力确保每一个孩子, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic status, language proficiency, learning style or disability, achieves to their highest level.
你的孩子即将进入小学五年级，也就是小学的最后一年. You may be starting to think about what’s next. 你怎么知道他们已经准备好进入中学和青春期了呢?
Do they have the skills they need to read, write, speak, handle complex mathematics problems, ask questions, and apply evidence in science or social studies? Do you see interests in the arts or athletics starting to form?
这一年，你要与孩子的老师密切合作，了解他们在哪里走上正轨或面临挑战.
了解他们需要学习的技能，帮助他们养成良好的学习习惯, practice, 社会关系和身体健康将对他们在学年结束时进入下一个教育阶段的准备情况产生影响.
Important Dates
September
- 1st day of school
November
- Parent-Teacher Conferences
December
- End of 1st Trimester; 1st Progress Report Available
March
- End of 2nd Trimester; 2nd Progress Report Available
June
- End of 3rd Trimester; 3rd Progress Report Available
Student Progress Reports
Report cards may not be new to you by now, 但是今年对他们的一些标准和期望对你来说是很重要的. 当你与孩子的老师和学校工作人员分享孩子的信息时, you can learn about your child’s role in a community, how they interact in discussions and quiet times, with friends and with people different from them. 老师从你那里听到孩子的长处和挑战，从而获得如何帮助孩子的想法.
Fifth grade, 教师和家庭应该共同努力，以满足社会情感技能和学习准备, as well as academic goals in language arts, math, science, social studies, physical education and arts sections on the progress report.
How to Access Progress Reports
Families will use The Source to view Student Progress Reports.
家长和监护人可以在学生的学校用记录的电子邮件创建一个帐户.
Student Success by Subject
Social Emotional Learning
在正规的棋牌平台排行榜，我们相信社会情感学习为学生的学习和生活做好准备.
Social emotional learning (SEL) helps children:
• Manage emotions, show empathy
• Develop a healthy identity
• Make responsible decisions
• Have positive relationships
• Contribute to their community
These skills are important for learning and life.
在学校，学生们一整天都在学习和练习SEL技能.
Reading and Writing
In English language arts (ELA), 5th grade students learn to:
- Take part in collaborative classroom conversations
- Independently read different types of writing
- 总结他们的阅读，用主要观点和细节来支持他们的思考
- 比较和对比故事中的人物、背景和事件
- Read and comprehend grade-level texts accurately and fluently, figuring out the meaning of unknown words
- 用事实和细节写出他们的观点或信息
- 计划，修改和编辑，使写作更清晰和有条理
- Write for different people, purposes
Encourage your child to read 20 minutes or more every day.
Math
In 5th grade math, 学生将以四年级学生对这四种操作的理解为基础, unit fractions, decimal fractions, and measurement to:
- Understand the place value system in terms of powers of 10
- Read, write, and compare decimals to the thousandths place
- 执行多位数整数和小数到百分之一的运算
- 对不同分母的分数进行加减运算，包括带分数
- Multiply fractions Interpret products as scaling (i.e., resizing)
- Divide unit fractions (i.e.1/3、1/4、1/8)用整数表示，整数用单位分数表示
- 解决涉及分数加法、减法和乘法的应用题
- Understand volume and its relationship
We believe all students have mathematical brilliance. 您孩子的老师寻求培养才华，使您的孩子成为一个数学思想家和解决问题的人. Your child will see who sees the value of math in their life.
Science
What are 5th graders learning in science?
This is a time for transition in science education, 教学和学习集中在华盛顿州科学学习标准的三个关键领域:
- 专业人士用来解释世界或解决问题的科学/工程实践
- Core ideas that include fundamental scientific knowledge
- 横切概念构建了跨生命、地球/空间、物理科学的科学思维.
Your child’s report card shows performance expectations, for what students should be able to do by the end of a unit. 这三个维度被编织到每个表现期望中.
一起出去走走，花点时间去观察、欣赏和探索自然世界.
Social Studies
What’s important about 4th grade social studies?
成绩单显示了你和你的孩子可以讨论的五个社会研究领域.
- Civics -了解美国政府的组织和参与
- Economics – Understanding colonial laws, trade, and economic systems
- Geography – Constructing and using maps to learn about U.S. culture and migration
- History -运用多种视角了解美国历史
- Social Studies Skills -使用问题和多个主要和次要来源来获取信息并得出结论
Physical Education
In physical education (PE), students build movement skills, knowledge, fitness, social well being, and confidence so they can enjoy a healthy, active lifestyle. 正规的棋牌平台排行榜致力于提供高质量的体育教育课程，以帮助学生在这些方面发展.
Our PE standards are based on motor and movement patterns and skills, as well as concepts like physical literacy, which is the ability, confidence, and desire to be physically active for life. PE is an instructional program, which makes it different from recess, free play, recreational sports, or athletics.
体育教师与通识教育教师合作，提供平均每周100分钟的高质量教学, which is required by Washington state law. Schools organize PE times in different ways, 但是所有的学生都应该在一整年的时间里了解他们的身体状况!
Visual and Performing Arts
研究表明，接受过艺术教育的学生更投入, do better in school, 更有可能毕业并参与社区生活. In Seattle Public Schools, we want every student to receive a comprehensive, predictable arts education during their K-12 years.
Each elementary school offers different arts programs, from possibilities including visual arts, general music, theatre, dance, or instrumental music.
Progress report standards 来自华盛顿州艺术学习标准，该标准侧重于艺术过程的各个方面:
- Creating: developing new artistic ideas and work.
- Performing: interpreting and presenting artistic ideas / work
- Responding: understanding and evaluating meaning in the arts
- Connecting: Relating personally to artistic ideas and work
The arts are a core subject!
Make art together!