Fifth Grade Goals
    Fifth grade is a year of transition from elementary school to middle school.  With that in mind, we strive to encourage independence while continuing to nurture the individual student.  In addition to academics, a major emphasis is placed on the development of organizational skills and metacognitive awareness.


English
Mathematics
Science
History and Social Studies
Listen, draw conclusions, and share responses in subject related group learning activities Read, write and identify the place values of decimals through ten-thousandths Plan and conduct investigations Describe life in America before the 17th century
Use effective nonverbal communication skills Compare the value of two decimals using the symbols >, <, or = Investigate and understand how sound is transmitted and is used as a means of communication Trace the routes and evaluate early explorations of the Americas
Make planned oral presentations Create and solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers Investigate and understand basic characteristics of white light Describe colonial America
Read and learn the meanings of unfamiliar words Find the product of two numbers expressed as decimals through thousandths Investigate and understand that matter is anything that has mass, takes up space, either as a solid, liquid or gas Analyze the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Read a variety of literary forms, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry Given a dividend expressed as a decimal through ten-thousandths and a single digit divisor, find the quotient Investigate and understand that organisms are made of cells and have distinguishing characteristics Describe the challenges faced by the new US government
Demonstrate comprehension of a variety of literary forms Given a dividend of four digits or less and a divisor of two digits or less, find the quotient and remainder Investigate and understand characteristics of the ocean environment Describe growth and change in America from 1801 to 1861
Write for a variety of purposes: to describe, to inform, to entertain, and to explain Add and subtract with fractions and mixed numerals Investigate and understand how the Earth's surface is constantly changing Identify causes, key events and effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Synthesize information from a variety of resources Describe and determine the perimeter of a polygon, and the area of a square, rectangle, triangle   Interpret patriotic slogans and excerpts from notable speeches and documents in United States history up to 1877

Identify and describe the diameter, radius, chord and circumference of a circle
Technology
Develop skills for historical analysis

Differentiate between area and perimeter Demonstrate a basic understanding of computer theory including bits, bytes, and binary logic Develop skills in discussion, debate and persuasive writing by analyzing historical situations and events

Choose an appropriate measuring device and unit of measure to solve problems Develop basic technology skills

Determine an amount of elapsed time in hours and minutes within a 24 hour period Process, store, retrieve and transmit electronic information

Classify angles and triangles as right, acute, or obtuse Communicate through application software

Measure and draw right, acute, and obtuse angles and triangles, using appropriate tools


Identify the ordered pair for a point and locate the point for an ordered pair in the first quadrant of a coordinate plane


Solve problems involving probability and statistics


Collect, organize and display a set of numerical data in a variety of forms, given a problem using bar graphs, stem-and-leaf plots, and line graphs


Find the mean and mode of a set of data


Investigate, describe and extend numerical and geometric patterns


Create a problem situation based on a given open sentence using a single variable