Curriculum
Below is an overview of the 5th grade curriculum. For more detailed information, please click here!
Math
Topics Covered Include:
Place Value (recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left as well as looking for patterns as we multiply and divide by powers of 10)
Decimals (read, write and compare decimals to the thousandths, round decimals to a given place value, add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals with standard computations as well as in word problems )
Fractions (interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator, add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators with standard computations as well as in word problems)
Numeric Expressions (write as well as interpret and solve numeric expressions)
Coordinate Planes (graph points on a coordinate plane as well as determine the distance between two points)
Volume (use a formula to determine the volume of prisms as well as the combined volume of prisms)
Geometry (understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category and use this knowledge to create shape hierarchies)
Measurement and Data (convert units within a given measurement system, make a line plot to display fractional units)
*Resources used include: Pearson and Eureka*
Reading
Skills Covered Include:
Reading with accuracy and fluency
Annotating a text
Quoting from a text (both when explaining what the text says explicitly as well as what can be inferred)
Summarizing both a fiction and non-fiction text
Determining the theme and main idea of a given text
Determining how the point of view influences a story as well as analyzing multiple accounts of the same event
Using visual and multi-media elements as well as text features to aide our comprehension of the text
Comparing and contrasting characters, settings and events within a text
Determining the meaning of figurative language
Looking at text structure and how this influences a piece
Responding to text using the RACE strategy (Restate, Answer, Cite and Explain)
*Resources used include: StoryWorks and Fountas and Pinnell*
Writing
Skills Covered Include:
Narrative Writing (create a personal narrative to develop a story about a time in the student's life as well as create a fictional narrative with a well developed main event as well as an entertaining beginning and an extended ending)
Opinion Writing (develop a persuasive writing piece that includes at least 3 ideas supported with evidence and explanations as to why that evidence supports your opinion)
Expository Writing (describes a topic of the student's choosing using at least 3 broad yet distinct reasons or main ideas that are supported by details)
Grammar (such as conjunctions, prepositions, etc. learned through the use of mentor sentences)
*Resources used include: StoryWorks and Empowering Writer's
Science
Physical Science (matter and it's interactions taught by me)
Life Science (life cycles and ecosystems taught by Mrs. Pisano)
Space Science (Earth's place in the universe taught by Mrs. Sullivan)
Earth Science (Earth's systems as well as human interactions with the Earth taught by Mrs. Austin)
Social Studies
Skills Covered Include:
Topic 1. Early colonization and growth of colonies
Topic 2. Reasons for revolution, the Revolutionary War, and the formation of government
Topic 3. Principles of United States government
Topic 4. Growth of the Republic
Topic 5. Slavery, the legacy of the Civil War and the struggle for civil rights for all
These concepts are often tied in with reading and writing as well.