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Grade 5

Language Arts

Reading: Comprehend, evaluate, and appreciate age appropriate materials; interpret and make inferences about written materials; develop a positive attitude toward reading 

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

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:

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

  • Draw Conclusions

  • Formulate Hypothesis and Models

  • Experiment