In preparation for Middle School, Fifth Grade students are eligible for the Academic Honor Roll. At the conclusion of the semester, HFCS announces the names of those students (grades 5 – 8) who have met the following honor roll requirements in all core clases (ELA, Religion, Math, Science and Social Studies):
"HIGH HONORS" are earned by those students with a combined numerical average of 95 or above in all core classes for the semester with a Conduct grade of Satisfactory or higher.
"HONORS" are earned by those students with a combined numerical average of 90 or above in all core classes for the semester with a Conduct grade of Satisfactory or higher.
Curriculum Highlights
Language Arts
- Focus is on continued development of grammer and writing skills
- Correct mechanics usage and recognition
- Development and expansion of writing techniques including expository, persuasive, narrative, comparison/contast, and research
- Organizational strategies for writing
- Complete sentence and paragraph structure and appropriate word choice
Reading
- Comprehension, listening and speaking reinforcement and techniques are incorporated throughout the year
- works of fiction, nonfiction, drama, tales, articles and poetry
- Outside class reading is mandatory in the form of the Accelerated Reading program
- Vocabulary
- Study and understanding of how focus words are used correctly in context, as parts of speech, and appropriate synonyms and antonyms for them
Math
- Focus is on reinforcement and expansion of basic arithmetic skills such as addition, substraction, multiplication and division, fractions and decimal numbers
- Algebraic expression-use of variables and fomulas
- Problem solving and logic
- Pattern recognition
- Geometry-lines, rays, angles, shapes, figures
- Measurement-metric and U.S. Customary
- Probability and statistics
Science
- Cell theory and the study of the human body and its systems
- Plants and the understanding of photosynthesis
- Earth's processes
- Conservation/preservation of resources
- Weather and climate
- Ocean processes
- An expanded exploration of our solar system and the universe
Social Studies
- Focus is on the history, geography and government fo the United States and our interactions with other people and nations
- Prehistory of our continent
- Native American origins
- Our nation's early Europeans
- America's wars including an expanded look at World War II
- Recent history
Mrs. Alice Pritchard
Fifth Grade Homeroom Teacher
Middle School Language Arts Teacher
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English
Texas Christian University
Master of Education
Texas Christian University
Certifications
Texas Certification - Secondary English and Psychology
Gifted and Talented Certification