FIFTH GRADE CURRICULUM
Reading:
Vocabulary
Plot
Setting
Characterization
Conflict
Climax
Resolution
Theme
Foreshadowing
Point of view
Context clues
Metaphor
Simile
Predicting
Sequencing
Cause/effect
Inference
Compare/contrast
Classifying
Comprehension
Cloze reading
Oral reading
Informational reading
Recreational reading
Initial understanding
Interpretation
Critical analysis
Strategies
Novels read:
Where the Red Fern Grows
One Hundred Dresses
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Johnny Tremain
The Other Side of the Mountain
Charlotte's Web
Fifteen
United States History:
Map and globe skills
Exploration and settlement
Conflict and cooperation
Change: technology and cultural
Developing democracy
Beginnings:
Prehistory to 1607
Colonization:
1607-1750s
Revolutionary Era:
1750-1800s
Sectionalism and the Westward Expansion:
1800-1860s
Washington, D.C.- our country's
capitol
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Vocabulary:
Word spellings
Definitions
Dictionary usage
Word pronunciations
Multiple meanings
Context clues
Opposite/Like
Meaning in context
Solving analogies
Mathematics
Rounding
Naming, ordering, comparing
Place value
Expanded notation
Multiplication of 2 digit numbers
Division of 2 digit numbers
Fractions and mixed numbers
Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing fractions
Adding, subtracting, multiplying decimals
Percentages
Positive and negative integers
Problems solving situations
Factoring
Estimation
Measurement: customary and metric
Angles
Plane geometry
Solid geometry
Perimeter
Area
Circles/triangles
Congruent figures
Symmetry
Grids, graphs, maps
Properties of numbers
Probability
Tables, charts
Mean, median, mode, and range
Technology in problem solving
Combinations
Permutations
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English:
Grammar
Parts of Speech
Writing process
prewriting
drafting
revising
editing
publishing
Mechanics
Capitalization
Punctuation
Usage
Expression
Sentence structure
Content
Organization
Types of writing
Descriptive
Narrative
Expository
Science:
Matter
Energy
Force and motion
Diversity
Cells
Interdependence
Earth
The water cycle
Weather
Technology
Science careers
Science investigations:
observing
problem solving
experiments
Scientific Method
hypothesizing
testing
gathering data
interpreting data
communicating results
developing conclusions
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