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Located on the shores of Lake Champlain, Malletts Bay School is a third through fifth grade elementary school with approximately 494 students.

MBS Philosophy

We are a fair and welcoming community of life-long learners who strive to do our best, and who think not only what is, but what can be. We do this by...

...providing a safe, caring, and respectful environment

...exploring academic fields of knowledge

...using a variety of instructional strategies 

...integrating technology

3rd Grade Curriculum | 4th Grade Curriculum | 5th Grade Curriculum

 THIRD GRADE CURRICULUM

READING WRITING WORD STUDY/
SPELLING
MATH SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES
Comprehension Strategies:
connecting
visualizing
questioning
inferring
synthesizing
summarizing
questioning

Literature Circles

Guided Reading

Self Select

Independent Reading

Fiction & Non-fiction

Fluency

Readers' Theater

Genres

Read Alouds

Readers' Notebooks

Portfolio Pieces:
procedure
response to literature
persuasive
narrative

 
report
personal essay

Free Writes

Poetry

Readers’/Writers’

Notebooks

Journals

GUM (grammar, usage, mechanics)

 

Weekly words

 

Word sorts

 

Word meaning

 

Weekly tests

 

Everyday Math
Problem solving
(Portfolio Pieces)
computation numbers
operation concepts geometry measurement
algebra statistics probability

Math Games

 

Animal Adaptations

 

Electricity and Magnets

 

Solar System

 

Human Body

 

 

Native Americans

 

Map Skills

 

Communities

 

Social Skills

 

 

  FOURTH GRADE CURRICULUM
 

READING WRITING WORD STUDY/
SPELLING
MATH SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES

Comprehension Strategies:
Summarizing
Connecting
Visualizing
Questioning
Predicting

Inferring
Synthesizing

Fluency/Accuracy

Literature Circles

Guided Reading

Genre Variety

Fiction and Non-fiction Reading

Reader’s Theater

Read Alouds

Independent Reading

Reader’s Notebooks

Vocabulary Development

 

Portfolio Pieces:
Procedure
Persuasive Essay
Response to Literature
Narrative
Report

Poetry

GUM (grammar, usage, mechanics)

Parts of Speech:

Punctuation
Capitalization
Word Usage
Paragraphing

Writing Process (Draft, Revise, Edit, Publish)

Writing with purpose, organization, detail, and voice and tone

 

Word Patterns

Six Syllable Types

Prefixes and Suffixes

Irregular Spellings

Homophones

Compound Words

Plurals

 

Everyday Math Program
Naming & Constructing Geometric Figures

Organizing Data

Multiplication and Division Facts

Beginning Algebra

Decimals

Estimation


Multi-digit Multiplication

Multi-digit Division

Fractions & Their Uses

Chance & Probability

Perimeter and Area

Percents

Reflections & Symmetry

3-D Shapes, Weight, Volume, Capacity

Rates

Problem Solving

Multi-step Word Problems

may include the following units: 

Weather

States of Matter

Plants

Forces and Motion

Land and Water

Earth Materials

 

may include the following units:

Regions of the World

Warm Deserts

Arctic/Polar Regions

Tropical Rain Forests

Deciduous Forests

Vermont

Current Events

 

 

FIFTH GRADE CURRICULUM

READING WRITING WORD
STUDY
MATH SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES
Guided Reading

Fiction & Nonfiction

Variety of Genre

Comprehension Skills

Independent Reading

Small Group Lit. Circles

Read Aloud

Book Talks

Home Reading

 

Guided Writing

G.U.M. (grammar, usage, mechanics)

Writer's Craft

Free Writing

Poetry

Portfolio Process:
Procedure
Persuasive Essay
Response to Literature
Narrative
Report

Communication Journals

Spelling Patterns

Word Sorts

Language Games/Activities

Grammar

Editing/
Proofreading

Vocabulary

Everyday Math

Arithmetic, Numbers, Operation Concepts

Geometric and Measurement Concepts

Functions and Algebra

Statistics and Probability

Problem Solving

Portfolios

 

Inquiry Skills

Eco. Systems

Introduce Cells

Chemistry:
M
ystery Powders

Nutrition

 

American History
(may include)

Explorers

Colonial and Revolutionary Times

Westward Movement

Slavery/
Underground Railroad

Civil War

US States and Capitals

Civil Rights

Current Events