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FIFTH GRADE CURRICULUM
LANGUAGE ARTS
Reading/Literature
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Strategies used by good readers: purpose for reading, prior knowledge SQ3R, phonics, structural analysis, KWL
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Strategies for reading fictional text: rereading, predicting, sequencing, cause/effect, drawing conclusions, generalizing, story mapping, paraphrasing, summarizing
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Story elements: topic, main idea, point of view, character, plot, setting, problem, solution
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Literary techniques: dialogue, introductions, conclusions
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Types of literature: fictional, poetry, mystery, science fiction, historical, and realistic
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Strategies for reading informational text: fact vs. opinion, outlining, taking notes, graphic organizer, and glossary usage
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Types of informational text: textbooks, letters, diaries, directions, procedures, magazines, biographies, and newspaper
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Vocabulary workshop
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Mountain Language
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Grammar: quotation marks, commas, apostrophes, colons/semicolons capitalization of proper nouns and in titles, compound sentences, subject/verb agreement, simple and complete subjects and predicates, nouns/pronouns, verbs, conjunctions, adverbs, adjectives
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Reference skills: alphabetical order, multiple meanings, parts of speech in a dictionary, glossary, thesaurus
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Language patterns: dialect, cultural influences on English, contexts and purposes, regional variations, connotations, origins of words.
Writing
- Prewriting and drafting strategies: brainstorming, webbing, theme expansion, choosing and narrowing, audience and purpose, clustering and patterning
- Revising strategies: fluency, voice, audience, purpose, organization, word choice, sentence construction, paragraphs/indenting, titles, staying on topic
- Editing and publishing strategies: correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar and usage
- Types of writing: personal narrative, friendly letter, story, descriptive paragraph, persuasive, how to, and directions
- Research skills: dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, almanacs, encyclopedia, periodicals, newspapers, and internet search.
Penmanship
Speaking and Listening
- Directions: follows four step and generates three step directions
- Listening: takes turns, raises hand, focuses on speaker, avoids interrupting, asks appropriate questions, asks for clarification
- Expressing ideas orally: clarity, volume, eye contact, staying on topic, sequencing thoughts, standard English, correct grammar, personal voice, pauses and gestures, visual aids
- Types of speaking opportunities: poems, role-playing, skits and plays, presentation of personal writing, informal interviewing, choral reading, persuasive speech, short presentations with visuals, book talks
- Group participation: plans and works collaboratively, stays on task, performs assigned role, and displays problem-solving strategies
Accelerated Reader - individualized
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Geography: location, place, region, human-environment, interaction, movements.
- Time Travelers– 1860 – 1920 C.E.
- Slavery/underground railroad
- Civil War
- Zulu Wars
- South America
- Asia
- Homesteading
- Industrial Revolution
- Women’s rights
- Labor Unions
- Immigration
- Civil Rights
Economics/Civics
- Classroom City: Developing and operating a business, establishing a city government and currency system, elections, core Democratic values
Public Discourse
- Defending a position on public policy
- Writing persuasive essays and letters
SCIENCE
Skill development: observation, classification, measurement, inference, prediction, investigation, sequence/order, interpretation, communication, controlling variables, formulating models Life Science
- Experimenting with Plants
- Microscopy
- Ecosystems
- Respiratory system
Physical Science
- Compounds
- Magnets and Motors
- Floating and Sinking
Health
Resources
- Textbooks, applied math units, simulations, daily problem-solving sessions, basic facts mastery, mental math strategies and computers, Accelerated Math, computer
- Number Sense
Place value, number systems multiplication, division, fractions, decimals
Measurement
- Customary and metric systems, conversions
Geometry
- Shape, size, symmetry, congruence, and similarity in two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects
Statistics
- Sorting, representing, analyzing and interpreting data
Patterns and Functions
- Patterns, make generalizations, relationships
Logic
- Make generalizations, justify them, logical arguments
Probability
- Estimation and prediction
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