This class will be a wonderful combination of fifth grade reading and grammar standards with tons of comprehension and writing skills. This class will be structured so your can join and leave at any time along the way- however this class tends to stay full with the same students each week. 
We will begin each day with our grammar skill and once a week play a game to help practice this skill. We will spend the rest of class learning and practicing a reading skill. We will learn how to answer questions by restating and finding our answer in the text. We will work on critical thinking skills and thinking about situations from different points of view. We will even have a few projects throughout the year where students can research and have a change to practice presenting a small project to the class.
When we are reading a novel, there will be some reading outside of class occasionally. I think this will be a fun way to practice reading and  grammar!  Students will learn through lecture, videos, games, partner work and hands on activities.
Student expectations:
I expect all students to be respectful to everyone in class, wait their turn to talk, pay attention, work hard and have fun! I love taking time to talk to everyone before class begins, I often give them time to share something they did that weekend, or do a short would you rather to help build relationships in the class. We will often work in partners and small groups - I expect all students to work with their partners in a kind, helpful and encouraging way.
We will meet in this class from late August- May
Standards that will be taught this school year:
Brainstorming
Text evidence 
Comprehension
Main Idea and supporting details
Fact/opinion
Figurative Language
Theme
Compare/Contrast
Text Features
Prediction
Cause and Effect
Sequencing 
Plot
Author's claim
Text evidence
Inferences
Explicit Quotes
Context Clues
Personification
Poetry
Grammar: 
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns ,prepositions & prepositional phrases, interjections, conjunctions, splices, fragments and run-ons; subjects and predicates; simple, compound and complex sentences; direct and indirect objects; improving sentences, Separating items in a series, semi-colons, colons, introductory elements, direct address and question tags