INTRODUCTION Knowing Fifth Graders - …

Taught fourth grade for four years and decided thatI could keep on teaching it for the rest of my career. I hadno interest in changing grades. Then, in the spring, ourprincipal announced that the budget had been approvedand included another Fifth grade teacher for next year tobring class sizes down a bit. She wanted to know if anyteacher in the school wanted to take the new Fifth grade current group of fourth Graders I taught was a tough one the mostchallenging class I d had in my short career. But they had just gelled as a classand were turning into an incredibly strong learning community. I went to theprincipal and asked if I could move up with this group of fourth Graders . Sheagreed, and I was thrilled. My journey as a Fifth grade teacher had begun. That class still stands out in my mind. They had great energy and uniquepersonalities. They were funny and goofy and earnest and a handful all atthe same time. I learned so many new things as a teacher as I moved withthis class from fourth to Fifth Where Students Are developmentallyFirst of all, I learned that Fifth Graders aren t just slightly bigger fourth showing physical changes, these children also tend to be differentfrom their fourth grade selves in the social-emotional, cognitive, and languagerealms.

Fifth Graders C O N T I N U E D Common Characteristics School implications Language 6 the information in this chart is based on Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4–14,3rd ed., by Chip Wood (Northeast Foundation

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