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Fifth Grade
Language Arts
 | Reading:
Comprehend, evaluate, and appreciate age appropriate materials; interpret and make
inferences about written materials; develop a positive attitude toward reading
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| Writing: Write in a variety of styles for a variety of audiences and purposes |
| Listening: Direct attention to what is heard and organize thoughts to make an appropriate
response |
| Speaking: Organize and present ideas; speak for a specific purpose in various presentation
formats |
| Convention/Structure: Write standard English in a grammatical, well-organized manner using conventions of
language |
| Spelling: use developmental spelling skills; proofread written work for spelling errors |
Mathematics
| Number sense: Understand number meanings and relationships among numbers; understand number operations
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| Geometry: Develop an understanding of 2- and 3-dimensional objects; measure different aspects of
shapes; understand how shapes are related to one another |
| Measurement:
Use customary and metric measures to determine length, area, volume, and weight |
| Operations
and computation: Use a variety of computational strategies;
apply the fundamental operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals |
| Patterns and relationships: Identify patterns and relationships in numbers, operations, geometry, and
measurement to classify and organize information |
| Probability and statistics: Collect, organize, describe, and interpret data using realistic situations |
Science
| Content: participate in hands-on activities in the following areas:
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| Astronomy: planetarium |
| Earth Science: weather |
| Health: digestion and drug education |
| Life Science: small life with a microscope |
| Physical
Science: electricity and magnetism |
| Skills:
 | predict |
| observe |
| collect and record data |
| interpret |
| classify |
| raw conclusions |
| formulate hypothesis and models |
| experiment |
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Social Studies
| Content: study the history of the United States from the
last Ice Age tothe present |
| Skills:
use maps, conduct research, develop study skills |
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