5th- The What

What skills should my student have mastered before the end of the year in 5th grade to be set up for success in 6th grade?

By the end of September/October:

• Understanding of volume and proficiency with counting cubic units and calculating volume of composite rectangular prisms

By the end of November:

• Proficiency with adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators 

• Proficiency with understanding fractions as division

By the end of December:

• Proficiency with adding and subtracting decimals

By the end of January:

• Proficiency with multiplying and dividing with multidigit whole numbers

By the end of February:

• Proficiency with fraction multiplication

By the end of March:

• Proficiency with volume formula 

• Proficiency with locating and graphing points on the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, forming and graphing ordered pairs for two patterns

• Proficiency with classifying 2-D figures within a hierarchy based on their properties 

By the end of April:

• Proficiency with multiplying and dividing by powers of ten and using strategies to multiply and divide decimals to hundredths

• Proficiency with displaying data and solving problems using data 

• Proficiency with fraction division

By the end of the school year:

• Proficiency with representing powers of 10 with exponents expected and place value relationships