LANGUAGE ARTS
Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge, including recognition of multiple-meaning words.
Use a range of strategies, including drawing conclusions such as opinions about characters based on their actions and summarizing passages to comprehend fifth-grade literary/recreational materials in a variety of genres.
Recognize the use of effect of literary elements and devices including setting, character traits, stated purpose, metaphors, and simple symbolism, and recognize stated purpose and again information from various text formats, including tables and charts.
Use a wide range of strategies and skills including using text/informational reading materials.
Use text features to gain meaning.
Exhibit the habit of reading for a substantial amount of time daily, including assigned and self-selected materials at their independent and instructional levels.
Demonstrate reading improvement gained through substantial amounts of daily reading.
Use literary analysis.
Read grade-level text aloud and silently with fluency, expression and comprehension.
Recognize the features of a variety of genres.
Read and review literature representative of various cultures, eras, genres, and ideas to develop an appreciation of their heritage and that of others.
Monitor own reading.
Read a variety of materials and genres encountered in everyday life.
Apply strategies of a skillful listener.
Select appropriate print and non-print media independently for a variety of purposes.
Recognize persuasive techniques found in a variety of sources.
Compare and contrast cultural similarities and differences of the world through exposure to multicultural literature.
Describe how events, places, and characters encountered in written, spoken, and visual works reflect human experiences and influence the thinking of the readers, viewer, or listener.
Compare and contrast the experiences and feelings of literary characters to students' lives
Employ study strategies with increasing facility to gain information.
Demonstrate vocabulary growth developed through reading and listening to literature.
Use appropriate reference sources for a variety of purposes.
Write a variety of modes to express meaning.
Exhibit the habit of writing on a daily basis in academic, social, and/or personal situations.
Organize content of written compositions with attention to basic characteristics.
Use the writing process when composing different forms of written expression.
Know and apply principles of grammar and usage in writing, speaking and presenting and apply mechanics in writing.
Monitor the writing process.
Spell correctly in final written products.
Write legibly in cursive.
Express meaning through writing more complex sentences, more detailed paragraphs and multi-paragraph compositions in an organized manner.
Correct errors in sentence structure in oral and written presentations.
Use computers for expression.
Apply figurative language found in literature to enhance written and oral expression.
Organize and present information in visual, oral and/or print form.
Exhibit skill in dramatizations and other oral presentations.
Demonstrate increased facility with oral language for a wide range of purposes and audience.
MATH
Demonstrate number sense by comparing, ordering, rounding, and expanding whole numbers through millions and decimals to thousandths.
Solve problems involving basic operations on whole numbers, including addition and subtraction of seven digit numbers, multiplication with two digit multipliers, and division with two digit divisors.
Solve word problems that involve decimals, fractions, or money.
Determine the sum and difference of fractions with common and uncommon denominators.
Identify numbers less than zero by extending the number line.
Demonstrate the commutative, associative, and identify properties of addition and multiplication of whole numbers.
Write a number sentence for a problem expressed in words.
Identify regular polygons and congruent polygons
Identify components of the Cartesian plane including the x-axis, y-axis, origin, and quadrants.
Identify the center, radius, and diameter of a circle.
Estimate perimeter and area of irregular shapes using unit squares and grid paper.
Calculate the perimeter and area of irregular shapes using squares and grid paper.
Calculate the perimeter of rectangles from measured dimensions.
Convert a larger unit of measurement to a smaller unit of measurement with the same system (customary or metric).
Analyze data collected from a survey or experiment to distinguish between what the data show and what might account for the results.
Use common fractions to represent the probability of events that are neither certain nor impossible.
Ms. Jenna Chavis





Mrs. Linnea de Roche






Ms. Patricia Gillespie






Ms. Allison Leet





Assistant
s:
Ms. Chavis & Mrs. deRoche
Meghan Noone

Ms. Patricia Gillespie & Ms. Leet – Kim Becker

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