FLUSHING MANOR SCHOOL

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Learners for Life!

Monthly Topics
OCTOBER 2015

GRADE 5
UNIT: Depending On Each Other

Reading
and
Writing

Readers determine a theme of a text by

comparing and contrasting how
characters, settings, or events in a story
are impacted by a challenge.

Writers will write an informative/

explanatory text to examine a topic and
convey ideas with facts, definitions,
concrete details, and quotations related
to the topic.

Math

Science

Social
Studies

Learners will demonstrate

understanding of how all living things
live in interactive ways that impact one
another (interdependence.)
UNIT: How can you use place value,
multiplication and expressions to represent and
solve problems? How can you divide whole
numbers?
Problem Solving - Multiplication and
Division
Numerical Expressions
Grouping Symbols
Divide by 1-Digit Divisors
Division with 2-Digit Divisors
Partial Quotients
Estimate with 2-Digit Divisors
Divide by 2-Digit Divisors
Interpret the Remainder
UNIT: How are plants and animals in an
ecosystem connected?

Human affect on ecosystems

Habitats
Pollution
Conservation

Unit: How did geography influence the

development of the Western Hemisphere?
Physical environment of W.H.
Early People and theories of settlement
Native civilizations develop over wide
areas
Interconnectedness of nations affect
individual cultures