Fifth Grade Language Arts
Students in fifth grade
expand and deepen concepts, skills, and
strategies learned at earlier grades. They
make new connections as they experience more
sophisticated ideas and begin to study
subjects in more formal ways. They read and
write a variety of texts with greater
breadth and depth, critically analyzing and
evaluating information and ideas. Fifth
graders revisit and refine concepts and
their knowledge of English Language Arts
conventions as they become more
sophisticated, independent learners. The
learner will:
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Use reading and writing to learn about
and understand their world and other
cultures.
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Evaluate text to determine the author's
purpose and point of view.
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Increase vocabulary knowledge through
wide reading, word study, discussion,
and content area study.
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Use print and non-print media to
persuade an audience.
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Use met cognitive skills to accomplish a
task independently or as a group member.
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Research multiple sources to deepen
understanding and integrate information
and ideas across varied sources and
content areas.
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Apply comprehension strategies
critically, creatively, and
strategically.
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Use media and technology as resources
for extended research and as tools for
learning.
The learner will apply
enabling strategies and skills to read and
write.
The learner will apply
strategies and skills to comprehend text
that is read, heard, and viewed.
The learner will make
connections through the use of oral
language, written language, and media and
technology.
The learner will apply
strategies and skills to create oral,
written, and visual texts.
The learner will apply
grammar and language conventions to
communicate effectively.
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Fifth Grade
Mathematics
Major Concepts:
The learner will
understand and compute with rational
numbers.
The learner will
demonstrate an understanding and use of the
properties and relationships in geometry,
and standard units of metric and customary
measurement.
The learner will
demonstrate an understanding of patterns,
relationships, and elementary algebraic
representation.
The learner will
demonstrate an understanding and use of
graphing, probability and data analysis.
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Fifth Grade
Science
Energy Interactions
Fifth grade students focus
on energy as a property of substances, its
function within the earth and its
environment, and its effect on the earth's
processes and atmospheric movement. The
stands provide a context for the teaching
the content throughout all goals. Students
will be actively involved in:
The learner will build an
understanding of the interdependence of
plants and animals.
The learner will build an
understanding of forms and sources of
energy.
The learner will build an
understanding of landforms.
The learner will build an
understanding of weather and climate.
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Fifth
Grade: United States History, Canada,
Mexico, and Central America
The fifth grade study
extends the focus to geographic regions of
the United States, Canada, Mexico, and
Central America. Students learn about the
people of these nations and the physical
environments in which they live. As they
examine social, economic, and political
institutions, students analyze similarities
and differences among societies. Concepts
for this study are drawn from history and
the social sciences, but the primary
discipline is cultural geography. Given the
swiftness of change and our global
information systems, students' examinations
of these concepts must require continuous
reference to current events and trends. The
learner will apply key geographic concepts
to the United States and other countries of
North America.
The learner will analyze
political and social institutions in North
America and examine how these institutions
respond to human needs, structure society,
and influence behavior.
The learner will examine
the roles various ethnic groups have played
in the development of the United States and
its neighboring countries.
The learner will trace
key developments in United States history
and describe their impact on the land and
people of the nation and its neighboring
countries.
The learner will evaluate
ways the United States and other countries
of North America make decisions about the
allocation and use of economic resources.
The learner will
recognize how technology has influenced
change within the United States and other
countries in North America.
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