Welcome to the 2012-2013 School Year! I am looking forward to working with your fifth grader in Language Arts and Social Studies! We have begun the year in Lanaguage Arts with a Unit on General Reading Processes. This includes learning and applying before, during, and after reading strategies, active reading, identifying text types, utilizing graphic and informational text features, and responding in writing to Non-fiction text. In Social Studies we are working on our first unit, United States Geography. This includes reviewing map skills, identifying landforms and bodies of water, and determining how the natural resources of a region influence various cultures. Homework is assigned Monday through Thursday. Please be sure to check your child's homework for completion as well as sign their agenda each night. We are off to a great start in Fifth Grade!