Mrs. Cooper

Telephone: 847-255-0050 Ext. 318
Email: dcooper@olwschool.org

Welcome!!

 

The goal of the fifth grade program is to help develop leadership and interpersonal skills, provide academic challenges in all curriculum areas, as well as foster spirituality and community to insure a successful transition from elementary school to middle school.

 

 

Fifth Grade Math

The Glencoe-McGraw Math Connects provides students with ongoing opportunities to apply their math skills and solve problems using visual thinking, logical reasoning, number sense, and algebra. This new series will help our fifth graders integrate into the middle school math program. This vertical content alignment is a process that ensures our students will experience an articulated, coherent sequence of content from grade level to grade level. This provides us with assurance that content is introduced, reinforced, and assessed at appropriate times in the series, eliminating gaps and unnecessary duplication.

 

Our 5 Units are as follows:

 

Unit 1 – Number, Operations, and Statistics

• Chapter 1 Algebra: Number Patterns and Functions
• Chapter 2 Statistics and Graphs

 

Unit 2 – Number and Operations: Decimals and Fractions

• Chapter 3 Operations with Decimals
• Chapter 4 Fractions and Decimals
• Chapter 5 Operations with Fractions
  
  

Unit 3 – Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking

• Chapter 6 Ratio, Proportion, and Functions
• Chapter 7 Percent and Probability

Unit 4 – Measurement and Geometry

• Chapter 8 Systems of Measurement
• Chapter 9 Geometry: Angles and Polygons
• Chapter 10 Measurement: Perimeter, Area, and Volume

Unit 5 – Number, Operations, and Algebraic Thinking

• Chapter 11 Integers and Transformations
• Chapter 12 Algebra: Properties and Equations
  

The Unique Fifth Grade Program
 

• Students switch classes for Math, Science, and Social Studies
• Three classroom teachers (Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Koulias, and Mrs. Schade) work consistently as a team in all areas including discipline, schoolwork, and homework standards, activities, and curriculum.
• Students assume major leadership roles in the elementary building which include: Kiddie Patrol, elementary milk distribution, recycling, flag raising, and end-of-day classroom helpers.
• Students act as role models for our younger students in the building.
• Students participate in the Arlington Heights Police Department’s program, “Too Good for Drugs.”
• Students participate in the Family Life and Child Lures Prevention Programs