Welcome to Fifth Grade!
Fifth grade is an exciting year where students take on new challenges, dive deeper into learning, and get ready for middle school. Here at Cooper, we place a strong emphasis on science, encouraging curiosity, exploration, and hands-on discovery. Throughout the year students will build the skills, independence, and confidence they’ll need to succeed in middle school and beyond. To keep families connected, teachers post weekly updates on ParentSquare with important reminders, classroom news, test dates, and upcoming events. We look forward to working together to make this a fun, engaging, and successful year!

 Here are some of the big ideas students will explore this year:

Science

• Hands-on investigations in matter, energy, light, sound, and electricity

• Earth changes over time: rocks, minerals, weathering, erosion, and plate movement

• Renewable and nonrenewable natural resources and why conservation matters

• Using the scientific process: asking questions, collecting data, and explaining results

Math

• Mastering fractions, decimals, and whole number operations

• Estimating and solving real-world problems

• Geometry skills: area, volume, shapes, and the coordinate plane

• Understanding data: reading graphs, finding averages, and interpreting information

Reading & Writing 

• Reading longer texts with deeper understanding

• Building vocabulary and analyzing ideas

• Writing clear, well-organized essays and reports