Piney Grove Elementary School

Teachers:

• Suzanne Brookshire (Language Arts and Social Studies)
• Eileen Corlett
• Jessica Medley (Math and Science)
• Jennifer Seabourn (AG)

Fifth grade parent expectations:

As a parent, it is crucial for you to visit the classroom PowerSchool Learning Haiku page on a regular basis, as well as checking your child’s grades through the PowerSchool Parent Portal.  To get access to these please see Vickie True in the office.  Teachers are unable to assist with this.

Fifth grade student expectations: 

As upperclassmen, you are expected to show leadership through modeling appropriate behavior for the rest of the student body.  You must be responsible for yourself to complete all work to the best of your ability, communicate from school to home, and practice skills learned at school to reach mastery.

To get ready for 5th grade, over the summer, read, read, read!  Spend some time exploring the various genres to determine what most interests you, keep a of summer activities, trips and thoughts.  You should also watch a few weather forecasts, make sure you have memorized all multiplication facts 0-12 and start looking at division fast facts such as 12 ÷ 4 = 3.  

Below is an overview of what your child can expect to learn in fifth grade:

Science

•      Heredity & Genetics
•      Ecosystems
•      Weather
•      Heat Transfer
•      Matter
•      Force and Motion
•      Human Body Systems

Math

• Place Value through the thousandths decimal place
• Multiplication by up to two-digit numbers
• Division by up to 2-digit divisors
• Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing mixed numbers and fractions,
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Algebra
• Coordinate graphing
• Problem Solving

Reading

We will continue to build on literary skills by reading more challenging texts with stronger vocabulary. Students will be asked more rigorous questions that will require them to refer to the text, provide explicit facts and summarize.  

Language Arts

• Build vocabulary
• Word structure