Curriculum Grade - 5
Fifth Grade
The students will …
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Read independently - use before, during, and after reading strategies
- use vocabulary from various subject areas
- summarize
- clarify and extend ideas in text
- demonstrate fluency and comprehension
- Read critically in all content areas - read and understand essential content of informational texts, make inferences
- determine author’s purpose
- evaluate media as information source
- Read, analyze, and interpret literature - compare literary elements among texts
- describe use of literary devices to convey meaning
- read and respond to poetry and drama
- learn origin of words
- recognize formal/informal speech
- Writing - write multi-paragraph, narratives using literary devices and elements; well developed multi-paragraph informational pieces; persuasive pieces clearly stating position with supporting detail
- use writing process
- write with distinct focus, logical order with transitions
- use precise language and varying sentence types
- maintain a consistent voice
- edit for conventions of language
- Speaking and listening - use appropriate speech making skills
- participate in small and large group presentations and discussions
- conduct interviews
- access reliable media for learning
- Research - locate information using traditional and electronic search tools
- organize and present research
MATH
- Read, write, compare, and order numbers to billions
- Read, write, and order decimals through thousandths
- Compute sums / differences of whole numbers greater than 10,000
- Add / subtract decimals involving tenths, hundredths, thousandths
- Multiply / divide whole numbers with products / quotients greater than 10,000
- Multiply / divide decimals up to thousandths
- Construct and interpret graphs and tables
- Find the mean, median, mode, and range of a given set of data
- Apply probability skills
- Analyze the geometric concepts of angles, polygons, lines, and circles
- Understand the concepts of congruence, similarity, and symmetry
- Add, subtract, multiply fractions and mixed numbers
- Understand the customary and metric systems of measurement including time and temperature
- Compute perimeter and area of polygons and circumference of circles
- Determine volume, surface area, weight, and capacity of solid figures
- Compute and analyze ratios, proportions, and percents
- Use variables and integers to write algebraic equations
- Determine and use appropriate estimating and problem solving strategies
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Develop an understanding of our heritage through the chronological study of our history
- Develop an understanding of the rights and responsibilities we have as Americans
- Analyze the causes and effects of historical events
- Appreciate the commonalties and differences of people
- Develop an understanding of government and its branches
- Use research skills to participate in an independent history segment
- Interpret illustrations, timelines, historical maps, and graphs
SCIENCE
- Identify the parts of flowering plants and explain various plant processes
- Compare and classify plants according to specialized cells and structures
- Describe specific structural adaptations of plants
- Explain and describe properties of light and sound
- Describe the function of lenses and their uses
- Analyze the effect of light on color
- Explain the hearing process
- Identify methods of controlling, recording, identifying, and transmitting sound
- Describe various tools used by astronomers
- Illustrate the structure of the solar system and identify the properties of stars and galaxies
HEALTH
- Learn the movement and control systems of the human body
- Learn about basic human growth and development
- Learn about the physical and psychological changes of puberty
- Identify the effects of mind altering drugs
- Recognize and resist peer pressure to abuse alcohol and drugs
- Analyze and resist media pressure to abuse alcohol and drugs
- Identify effective strategies for dealing with conflict and anger
- Apply the decision making process for personal safety
VISUAL ARTS
- Further skills in use of art materials and techniques
- Know that art makes personal statements and can influence opinions
- Understand why artists use specific elements in their art
- Realize that form has mass and volume
- Recognize that colors are infinite
- Use color to control emphasis and composition
- Use emphasis through the establishment of a focal point
- Use texture to add interest in a work of art
- Identify and use positive and negative space
- Explore different materials and techniques to create free standing form
- Study in depth historical and cultural movements in art
MUSIC
- Develop singing voice emphasizing breath control and posture through multi-part score reading and singing
- Optional participation in school-based choral program
- Optional participation in small group instrumental instruction and district-wide performances (Band and Orchestra)
- Identify major / minor tonalities
- Study songs and music to support fifth grade Social Studies in Colonial America and early United States history
- Perform various dance styles and choreographical movement
- Apply all musical vocabulary (including rhythmic notation, expression, dynamics, tempo, and form) while singing and playing appropriate grade-level music
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- Understand personal fitness concepts
- Participate in fitness testing
- Adapt movement skills to the dynamic, changing environment of a game
- Work in a cooperative group to attain a positive goal
- Create a dance sequence
LIBRARY
- Define the characteristics of genres
- Determine the type (primary vs. secondary) and format of information
- Refine the list of possible sources to answer an information need
- Select best sources based on accessibility, currency, and accuracy
- Expand their knowledge of location tools to access information
- Extract and interpret various informational formats
- Refine note-taking strategies
- Cite informational source using MLA format
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