Fifth Grade

LANGUAGE ARTS

READING: Vocabulary, Comprehension, Fluency, Literature studies, Novel studies, genre, Harcourt Anthologies

• Figurative language
• Context clues
• Identify author’s main idea and purpose
• Make text to text connections
• Summarize ideas
• Ask and respond to open ended questions
• Theme, plot, characters, setting
• Relate to prior knowledge, experience, and real world information

WRITING:

• Multi paragraph compositions that include an introduction, support, and   
  conclusion
  
• Use transitional words and phrases to connect ideas
• Using a variety of sentence structures
• Establish and maintain focus, organization, elaboration, support, and integration within paragraphs, demonstrating coherence
• Compose informational (expository), narrative, persuasive, and descriptive 
  modes of writing that support a topic or thesis statement
  
• Design a research paper
• Proofread, revise and edit for content and conventions
• Use available technology to design, produce, and present compositions

SPELLING:

• Proofread and revise accordingly
• Correctly spell appropriate high frequency words
• Capitalization accuracy

SPEAKING:

• Present oral reports using correct language, nonverbal expressions and organizational format
• Use speaking skills to participate in discussions
• Use verbal and nonverbal skills and strategies to maintain communication and resolve conflict

 LISTENING:

• Demonstrate the listening process by responding both 1) orally and 2) in writing in formal and informal situations
• Ask questions and respond to questions related to oral presentations and messages in small and large groups
• Restate and carry out a variety of oral instructions

MATH

Everyday Mathematics content strands include:

• Operations and Computation
• Numeration
• Patterns, Functions & Algebra
• Data and Chance
• Measurement and Reference Frames
• Geometry

SOCIAL STUDIES

Students in fifth grade will be exposed to a chronological survey of United States history from earliest settlement to the Civil War.

UNITS OF STUDY

·        Unit 1: Americans and Our Environment

·        Unit 2: Culture West and East

·        Unit 3: Exploration

·        Unit 4: Colonization and Conflict

·        Unit 5: Independence and New Government

·        Unit 6: Expansion and Change

·        Unit 7: Civil War and Reconstruction