五年级

7项清单.

• 希伯来语

  在五年级，我们完成了Tal Am项目的最后一年. 作为“思考与行动”班，我们的目标包括:

  • Increased reading comprehension by examining texts through the lens of the “thinking hats” and our characteristics
  • 通过使用个人日记，在写作和创造性写作方面不断提高, 团体和个人项目, 和演示
  • 通过小组合作拓展会话和听力技能, 演讲, 报纸上的文章
  • 通过补充练习册继续学习语法主题, 包括过去, 现在, 将来时, 连接词, 数字, 构建段落

• 犹太人的研究

  Chumash: The main focus of 5th grade 犹太人的研究 is Chumash, where we begin learning Sefer Shemot. Students continue to work on the skills of being independent learners; by fifth grade, 学生可以结对阅读和翻译新课文. 他们从字面开始分析文本, word-by-word translation and then they expand their understanding by asking interpretive questions and learning various commentaries on the texts.
  
  学生们继续扩展他们对圣经希伯来语的理解, 语法和Shemot的主要主题.
  
  我们关注的是文本的语言. 通过密切注意重复, 不规范或文本间的联系, the students learn how to ask questions and provide educated responses that are supported in the text.

   

  纳维五年级学生继续与Sefer Shoftim一起学习纳维. 我们聚焦于以色列人与神之间关系的主题, 领导力与正文中的重大事件. 我们了解每个法官，以及他/她如何融入整个赛弗的重复循环. 学生们用创意剪贴簿表达他们对课文的理解. This multi-sensory approach encourages each student to internalize his/her understanding and 现在 the information in his/her own way.

  
  Tefillah:我们建立在四年级的tefilla技能和文本理解. 当我们加入新的肉片, 我们专注于每一段经文的意义，以及如何最好地专注于祷告.

  
  Parsha: We review the weekly Torah reading with an eye to engaging the students in further inquiry through thought questions and activities to help them internalize larger messages in the Parsha.

  
  Mishna我们以介绍口头律法的背景开始密西拿的研究, 它在我们传统中的中心地位及其发展的历史时间表. Students learn the technical language of the mishna text and begin learning mishnayot that are connected to holidays and tefilla.

  
  Chagim:建立在学生已有知识的基础上, 我们扩展他们对明哈敬的理解, Halacha和每个节日的主要主题.

• 语言艺术

  The English 语言艺术 curriculum focuses on an introduction to multiple genres in literature and informational text reading using independent reading, 小型文学圈小组, 在课堂上分享阅读材料. 通过使用多种方法, 培养学生的流利度, 理解策略和技巧, 和词汇，同时学习识别因果关系, 确定主旨, 进行推断, 明确作者的目的, 和总结.

   

  重点放在对文学和信息文本的书面回应上. 学生们学习记笔记的技巧, 快速提纲来组织写作, 简短回答, 摘要写作, 以及更长的正式论文写作. 在成为作家的过程中, 学生学习写作过程(组织), 起草, 编辑, 重写, 校对), 写段落和简短的描述文章, 个人, 说明, 分析, 叙述形式.

   

  还有阅读和写作, students learn new vocabulary related to the 5th grade curriculum and related skills to enhance the complexity of vocabulary and understanding of the English language. 重点放在正确使用拼写上, 语法和力学, 以及英语语言使用的复杂性.

• 数学

  数学 in 5th grade continues with the in depth study of how 数字 work and how math relates to the world in which the students live. Students focus on understanding and applying creative problem solving strategies along with abstract and quantitative reasoning in the following topics:
  

  • 位值
  • 加减法
  • 小数
  • 整数乘法
  • 数值表达式
  • 模式和关系
  • 分数加减法
  • 加减带分数
  • 分数和混合数的乘法
  • 固体体积
  • 计量单位
  • Data
  • 几何坐标

• 体育课

  威彻斯特走读学校 is committed to a quality 体育课 Program which is an essential part of the core curriculum deserving and receiving equal priority in the total educational philosophy of the school. Research from several scientific studies are in agreement that daily physical activity improves cognitive function, 在课堂上的成就表现, 心理健康, 信心, 自尊, 总的来说，个人的身体健康和体能得到了改善, 让孩子更快乐，更健康. It is with this in mind that each week the students in the lower school (grades 1-5) are provided 4 periods of physical education (30 minutes each).

• 科学

  学生受益于一个专门的科学实验室和科学老师. 他们还利用Sound Shore环境对长岛海峡进行了深入的研究.

   

  5th grade students take ownership over WDS’s prime location on the 长岛湾 with a half-year course of study on this important resource.  从早秋围网项目开始, 当学生们为科学实验室的潮间带鱼缸收集生物时, students revisit the topic of classification and learn about taxonomy before beginning an intensive study of the animals and plants that call the Sound home.  学生们还学习了海湾和当地的地质历史. 这个单元在年底很好地过渡到地球科学单元.

  学习单元包括:

   

  长岛湾	地球的层
  地质形成	板块
  潮间带	岩石循环
  动物/植物研究	岩石和矿物

• 社会研究

  United States history is the focus of the 5th grade 社会研究 curriculum covering the 13 Colonies, 美国革命, 宪法, 西进和工业化. 学生们将了解这对美洲原住民的影响以及奴隶制的发展. Students learn about cause and effect of the events that helped form the United States and then relate these early events to current events and their own world. 阅读和写作是社会研究课程的组成部分.

   

  学生学习时事, 比如全国选举和初选, and relating current events to other events in history is an important part of 5th grade 社会研究. 时事分为四类:国家新闻, 全国新闻, 世界新闻, 以色列新闻. 时事包括研究和公开演讲. 在这一年中，每个学生在所有四个类别中都有表现.

   

  The 5th grade students learn how they “fit” into history through creating their own Heritage Fair Museum project which is displayed for the entire WDS community. Students choose one “artifact” that relates to their own Jewish American heritage and tell their family story through the artifact. A book is created for the entire grade, reflecting the diverse backgrounds of the WDS community.

   

  科技整合是五年级社会课程中不可或缺的一部分. Multiple forms of media are used in 现在ing information: books, articles, videos and magazines. Students complete several projects related to the study of the United States using available technology to enhance their studies and projects.