5th Grade - Mrs. Andrea Navaira

Fifth Grade Supply List

U.N. Day Costume Guidelines 2009

St. Joseph's Day Costume Guidelins 2010

Room Moms:

Gabriela Andrade

Denise Remick

Fifth grade offers new challenges for our students as we continue along the path of academic excellence. We move up to the second floor of our school building to become a part of the older school community.  This year we transition into the middle grades program by leaving homeroom class to attend math and science with different teachers.

Our Catholic faith is the most important element of our academic program. We study the Sacraments in depth. We meet a number of Saints - some old favorites as well as some recently canonized. Our goal, too, is to make students globally aware of their mission to bring Christ to others through prayer, sacrifice, and good works.

In April we will experience the life of a soldier in the time of the American Revolution as we travel to Riley's Farm in the city of Oak Glen.  Log on to www.rileysfarm.com for more information.

In social studies, we study the birth of our nation, beginning with the lives and culture of our First Americans to the lives and struggles of our Founding Fathers.  In the spring, each student researches and writes a full-length report.  As a class we will hold a "Taste of America" convention with each student's booth representing one of the states of our country.

Ms. Walsh teaches math to 5th graders.  Math includes the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of large whole numbers as well as fractions. We study decimals and their relationship to fractions. We work on word problems, as well as drilling for mastery and accuracy of basic facts.

Our science program includes the study of living things, water and weather on Earth and space.  Hands-on lab experiences supplement the curriculum.

Mrs. Navaira is our teacher for language arts.  Language arts include the study of chapter books, as well as a basic literature series with components of spelling, grammar, and English mechanics. 

Through all of our studies, we follow the California State Curriculum Standards.

United Nations Day

The fifth grade represented Italy

The brig Pilgrim

As part of their social studies experiences, the fifth grade set sail on the Brig Pilgrim in October.