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__**Quarter Two -**__
Below is a general scope and sequence regarding what 5th graders will be studying in each academic area this quarter.

__**Social Studies**__
· Unit 2- Exploration and Early Settlement

__**Reading**__
· Inferring and drawing conclusions (Understanding characters actions and choices, traits. o Meanings of words (roots, prefixes, etc.) o Themes (Review of Story Elements) · Narrator point of view · Author’s perspective within the text o Is it fact or author’s opinion

__**Math**__
2nd Quarter * Topic 7 (Multiplying and Dividing Decimals) · Topic 8 (Shapes) · Topic 9 ( Fractions and Decimals) · Topic 10 (Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">· Topic 11 (Multiplying Fractions and Mixed Numbers)

__**Science**__
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chapter 6 (lesson 2 and 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chapter 7 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chapter 9 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chapter 10 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chapter 15

__**Writing**__
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personal Recount

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Begin Explanation