301 Sycamore Street
Altoona PA 16602
Phone:814-946-8370      Fax: 814-946-8584

logan@altoonasd.com

We hope you are ready to learn a variety of interesting topics throughout the year.  These will include, but are by far not all we will cover.

 Houghton Mifflin Reading Themes

1- Nature's Fury

2- Give It All You've Got

3- Voices of the Revolution

4- Person to Person

5- One Land, Many Trails

6- Animal Encounters

All language arts (reading, English, and spelling) are integrated into these six themes.

Math – 5^th grade covers a wide range of topics from place value, the basic 4 operations, fractions, decimals, geometry, trigonometry, and probability.  We will practice with both a paper-pencil method as well as with a scientific calculator. 

Closer to the PSSA, the BIG EVENT will captivate students, parents, and audience members…what is it?  SURVIVOR!  While students prepare for the upcoming PSSA test, they will test their math skills to see who will be able to OUTWIT, OUTLAST, AND OUTPLAY the competition and become the ULTIMATE SURVIVOR! 

Social Studies – Fifth graders will be learning the 50 states and capitals.  They will be expected to match states to their capitals as well as locate the 50 states on a map.

Our second unit is Colonial times followed by a third unit covering the American Revolution.  We then move into the Constitution, Westward Expansion, and finish the year with the Civil War. 

Science – Our first unit will deal with weather and integrate the first reading theme of Nature’s Fury.  A project will start off the year in which groups will construct a volcano and discover if their group’s will erupt the highest in the 5th grade. 

This will be followed by units titled Processes that Change the Earth, Cycles on Earth and in Space, Matter and Energy, and Processes of Living Things. 

Possible Field Trips (approximate dates)

5^th grade will enjoy many field trips during the end of the school year.  These include:  Penns Cave, Mansion Park’s Fun Field Day, Morrison’s Cove Park, and a walking trip to The Meadows!