Welcome!

My goal is to make the website not just a tool for me, as the teacher, to connect with parents, but also a learning tool and resource for the students. This year I will be teaching 5th grade ELA and science. Together, we will learn, grow, experiment and explore in an encouraging and respectful environment. I look forward to an exciting school year!

Mrs. Martin

martinm@pcsdny.org

Websites:

https://www.discoveryeducation.com/

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English Language Arts Learning Standards

By the end of the school year, 5th grade students will read and comprehend literary and informational texts at or above grade level.

LITERATURE: stories, drama, poetry, fiction, fairy tales, folk tales, tall tales, and other literary texts.

INFORMATIONAL TEXT: nonfiction, biographies, autobiographies, books and articles about science, art, history, social studies, and information displayed in charts, graphs, or maps, in both print and digital sources.

As students in 5th grade develop their writing skills, they will use a variety of strategies to plan, revise, and strengthen their writing as they work independently and collaboratively with adults and peers to produce texts, and to learn about and develop oral language--written language and reading--writing connections.
Students in 5th grade will write for multiple purposes (to entertain, to explain, to persuade) and learn about various tools (print and digital) to produce, share, and publish writing. In all writing tasks, students will learn to use and to adjust language to best communicate ideas, content, and message to readers; that is, 5th
graders should be clear on the distinction between conversational and academic language and their purposes and use.

5W1: Write an argument to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence

5W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to explore a topic and convey ideas and information relevant to the subject.

5W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

5W4: Create a poem, story, play, artwork, or other response to a text, author, theme, or personal experience.

5W5: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to respond and support analysis, reflection, and research by applying the Grade 5 Reading Standards.

5W6: Conduct research to answer questions, including self-generated questions, and to build knowledge through investigation of multiple aspects of a topic using multiple sources.

5W7: Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from multiple sources; summarize or paraphrase; avoid plagiarism and provide a list of sources.

New York State Science Learning Standards

5. Structure and Properties of Matter
Students who demonstrate understanding can:
5-PS1-1. Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
5-PS1-2. Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when
heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
5-PS1-3. Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
5-PS1-4. Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

5. Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Students who demonstrate understanding can:
5-PS3-1. Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain
body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
5-LS1-1. Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
5-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment

5. Earth’s Systems
Students who demonstrate understanding can:
5-ESS2-1. Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or
atmosphere interact.
5-ESS2-2. Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence
about the distribution of water on Earth.
5-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s
resources and environment.

5. Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System
Students who demonstrate understanding can:
5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their
relative distances from Earth.
5-ESS1-2. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day
and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.

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