Welcome to Mrs. Burckhard's website!!

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Welcome to a new school year at Lewis and Clark Elementary.  My name is Mrs. Burckhard and I am excited to work with you and your child this year!


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Grading System for Minot Public Schools

Your child's grades can be checked online at anytime. If you have questions or need help checking your child's grades please contact me.

92%-100% A 82%-91% B 72%-81% C 62%-71% D 61% and lower F

What We'll Learn in Fifth Grade

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SPELLING

*Spelling Words Correctly

*Understanding the meaning of spelling words
*Phonetic Skills
*Prefixes and Suffixes
*Homophones and Compound Words


MATH

*Whole Numbers & Decimals *Multiplication/Division

  -whole numbers & decimals
*Working with word problems
*Fractions
  -add, subtract, multiply & divide
*Change fractions to decimals
*Area and Volume
*Geometry
*Measurement




LITERATURE

*Story Structure
*Making Inferences
*Understanding Cause/Effect
*Distinguish - fact/opinion
*Classification
*Comparing and Contrasting
*Literature Discussions
*Understand & Identify sequence
*Study different Genres of literature
*Study different novels


GRAMMAR/

WRITING

*Kinds of Sentences

*Parts of Speech

*The Writing Process

*Using Topic Sentences, Details, Descriptive Language, and Closing Sentences

*Poetry

*Letter Writing

*Personal Narrative Writing

*Persuasive Writing

*Research and Report Writing



SCIENCE

*The Scientific Method

*Health Science

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SOCIAL STUDIES

*Map Skills

*Geography

*First Americans/Cities & Empires

*Colonies

*Taxation without Representation

*Declaration of Independence

*American Revolution

*Understand Cause/Effect

*Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination

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