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Grade 5 Curriculum Overview

Grade 5 is a transition year between elementary and middle school. To help with this transition, students work on executive function skills such as self-regulation, attention, task initiation, organization, and planning. Students also develop proficiency in the four Cs: critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration.

 

Mathematics

  • Place Value (to thousandths; to billions)

  • Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, & Division of:

    • whole numbers

    • fractions/mixed numbers

    • decimals

  • Probability & Statistics

  • Geometry

 

English/Language Arts

Reading

  • Comprehension skills (literal, inferential)

  • Genres of literature

  • Oral reading fluency skills 

  • Literary response & analysis

Writing

  • Narrative Writing – personal narrative essay

  • Information Writing – research essay

  • Argument Writing – persuasive essay

  • Skill Building:

    • Literary Devices

    • Outlining/Organizing

    • Editing/Revising

    • Author’s Craft

Grammar

  • Sentence structure

  • Parts of speech

  • Usage

  • Nouns/pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs

  • Mechanics

Vocabulary

  • Spelling

  • Word meanings (prefixes/suffixes; Greek & Latin roots)

  • Dictionary skills

  • Context clues

  • Pronunciation

Social Studies

  • Map and globe skills

  • The first Americans

  • Age of Exploration

  • Settling the colonies in North America

  • Life in the colonies

  • The American Revolution

  • A new nation

    • Articles of Confederation

    • U.S. Constitution

    • Bill of Rights

  • Colonial Era – Living Wax Museum

 

Science

  • Structure and properties of matter

  • Energy and matter in ecosystems

    • STEM project: Mars Biome

  • Earth systems and human impact

    • hydrosphere

    • geosphere

    • atmosphere

    • biosphere

  • Space systems

 

Religion

  • Exploring the 7 Sacraments

  • Living the Beatitudes

  • Sacramentals

  • Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation

  • Grace, God’s gift to us

  • The mysteries of the Rosary