Language Arts

Language Arts encompasses spelling, vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, speaking and listening.  Instruction will be differentiated and aligned with the Common Core State Standards which includes reading, writing, language, speaking and listening.  The English Language Arts Common Core Standards for Fifth Grade can be located here.

Spelling

Spelling is differentiated into 3 to 4 lists.  Students take weekly pre-assessments to determine their list.  Spelling lists will follow the same spelling rule, but amount and difficulty will vary depending on the list.

Students learn and apply spelling rules.

Vocabulary

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, using flexibly from a range of strategies.

•  use context clues to understand the meaning of a word

• use common and grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word

• consult references materials (dictionaries, thesauruses, glossaries), both print and digital, to find pronunciation, and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words or phrases.

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

•  Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context. 

• Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.

• Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words. 

Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general and general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition and other logical relationships (however, although, nevertheless etc.)

Grammar

Demonstrate command of conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

• Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.

•  Form and use the perfect verb tenses (I had/have/will have walked).

• Use verb tenses to convey various times, sequences, states and conditions.

• Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

• Use correlative conjunctions (either/or).

Demonstrate command of conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

• Use punctuation to separate items in a series.

• Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.

• Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct address (Is that you, Mrs. Gillis?).

• Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of work.

• Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

• Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning reader/listener interest, and style.

• Compare and contrast the varieties of English used in stories, dramas, or poems.

Reading

Students will meet criteria by utilizing the Reader’s Workshop, engaging in guided reading groups, reading self-selected and teacher-selected books and texts, completing book reports each trimester, and reading informational texts in content specific areas: Science, Social Studies and Religion.

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension:

·     Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

·     Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

·     Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

Students read and comprehend books and stories from fiction and nonfiction texts, in a variety of genres independently, in small groups and in whole group settings.

·     Use strategies such as predicting, monitoring, summarizing, inferring

·     By the end of the year, students read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and accurately.

·     Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g. mysteries and adventure)

·     Identify the theme of a literary selection.

·     Determine the meaning of words or phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes

·     Analyze how metaphors, similes, idioms, analogies, alliteration and onomatopoeia enhance meaning of literature

·     Identify the plot, setting and characterization and explain the relationship to the theme

·     Identify the characteristics of various types of genre

·     Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story drawing details from the text

·     Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

·     Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.

·     Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g. graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem)

·     Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text

·     Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific or technical text based on specific information from the text.

·     Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

·     Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.

·     Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to the questions quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

·     Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

·     By the end of the year, read and comprehend information texts, including history/social studies, science, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Writing

Students write several pieces including personal narratives, opinion pieces, persuasive essays, informative and explanatory pieces (research), descriptions, and poetry using the six traits of writing.

·     Introduce a topic clearly, state an opinion, and create an organized structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.

·     Logically ordered reasons are supported by facts and details

·     Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases and clauses (e.g. consequently, specifically)

·     Provide a concluding statement

·     Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; including formatting (e.g. headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension

·     Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.

·     Use precise language and topic-specific vocabulary to inform or explain the topic

·     Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally

·     Use narrative technique such as dialogue, description, and pacing to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations

·     Use sensory details to convey experiences

·     Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose and audience

·     With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting or trying a new approach.

·     Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes and audiences.

Speaking and Listening

Students engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on grade 5 topics and texts.

·     Come to discussions prepared

·     Follow agreed-upon rules for discussion and carry out assigned roles

·     Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.

·     Review key ideas and draw conclusions

Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats

Summarize the points of a speaker

Report on a topic or text and present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details and support main ideas; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

Include multimedia components (e.g. graphics and sounds) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance development of main ideas or themes.

Math

Students will engage in whole group and small group instruction.  At times math games and math centers will be utilized to provide ample ways to practice math skills.  Math instruction is aligned with the Math Common Core State Standards which can be located here.

Tune Up (Review)

• Fluency (Multiplication)

• Prime and Composite Numbers

• Multiplication to 1,000

• Division to 1,000

• Fraction Fundamentals

Multiply and Divide Whole Numbers

• Standard Algorithm

• Problem Solving with Multiplication

• 2-Digit Divisors

• Problem Solving with Division

Add and Subtract Fractions

• Make Common Denominators

• Addition -- Unlike Denominators

• Subtraction -- Unlike Denominators

• Problem Solving

Multiply Fractions

• Fractions and Whole Numbers

• Unit and Proper Fractions

• Multiply Fractions as Area

Divide Fractions

• Whole Number

• Unit Fractions by Whole Number

• Word Problems

Word Problems

• Additive and Multiplicative Comparison

• Perimeter and Area of Rectangles

• Length with Gaps

• Proportional Reasoning

Decimal Place Value

• Base 10 Blocks and Disc

• Rounding

Decimal Operations

•  Add and Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

• Compare Additively and Multiplicatively

• Line Plots

Measurement -- Convert Units

• Derive Unit Rates

• Convert Length, Weight and Mass, Liquid Volume

• Convert Clock and Calendar Time

• Double Sided Number Lines

Geometry

• Coordinate Geometry

• Making Sense of Quadrilaterals

Science

Students build long-lasting knowledge and skills by experiencing science and engineering in a more meaningful, real-world, application-oriented way. Inspire Science delivers on this approach through: • 

• Phenomena-Driven Learning 

•  Inquiry-Based Learning

• Hands-On Learning

• Project-Based Learning

UNIT 1 INVESTIGATE MATTER 

MODULE Matter 

LESSON 1 Identify Properties of Materials LESSON 2 Mixtures and Solutions 

LESSON 3 Physical and Chemical Changes LESSON 4 Solids, Liquids, and Gases

UNIT 2 ECOSYSTEMS MODULE Matter in Ecosystems 

LESSON 1 Plant Survival LESSON 2 Interactions of Living Things 

LESSON 3 Role of Decomposers 

MODULE Energy in Ecosystems 

LESSON 1 Earth’s Major Systems 

LESSON 2 Cycles of Matter in Ecosystems 

LESSON 3 Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

UNIT 3 EARTH’S INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS MODULE Earth’s Water System 

LESSON 1 Water Distribution on Earth LESSON 2 Human Impact on Water Resources LESSON 3 Effects of the Hydrosphere 

MODULE Earth’s Other Systems 

LESSON 1 Effects of the Geosphere 

LESSON 2 Effects of the Atmosphere 

LESSON 3 Effects of the Biosphere 

UNIT 4 EARTH AND SPACE PATTERNS 

MODULE Earth’s Patterns and Movement 

LESSON 1 The Role of Gravity 

LESSON 2 Earth’s Motion MODULE Earth and Space LESSON 1 Earth’s Place in Space 

LESSON 2 Stars and Their Patterns

Social Studies

We begin our Social Studies instruction with our ancestry which leads us to explore why we are here in the United States!  We learn about the first people of the Americas, the cultures of Native American groups before Explorers, why people explored, colonization, the struggle for our independence, and the birth of our nation!

The United States

• Native People of North America

• Exploration and Colonization

• Colonial America

• The Struggle of North America

• The New Nation