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The fifth grade curriculum is based on the Massachusetts State Frameworks. The following are topics and standards addressed in fifth grade.
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Student Responsibilities
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
History and Social Science
Student Responsibilities
- Follows class rules and routines
- Practices self-control
- Applies appropriate strategies in social situations
- Uses time constructively
- Interacts and works cooperatively with peers
- Demonstrates cooperative attitude with adults
- Respects the rights and property of others
- Completes class work on time
- Completes and returns homework on time
- Follows oral directions
- Follows written directions
- Presents neat and careful work
- Takes responsibility for own actions
- Works well independently
- Listens attentively
- Demonstrates organizational skills
- Sustains attention to a task
- Contributes to class discussion
English Language Arts
Language:
- Gives formal presentations
Reading and Literature:
- Reads with comprehension
- Reads with fluency and accuracy
- Identifies genres, setting, characterization, plot
- Understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing
- Locates specific information within resources
Composition:
- Writes with clear focus, coherent organization, and sufficient details
- Uses knowledge of correct mechanics, usage, and sentence structure when writing
- Identifies the eight basic parts of speech
- Applies spelling skills in writing
- Revises writing to show improvement
- Organizes related information into coherent reports
Mathematics
Number Sense and Operations:
- Uses exponential notation to represent positive numbers
- Determines equivalent fractions and decimals
- Adds and subtracts decimals
- Multiplies and divides decimals
- Adds and subtracts fractions
- Adds and subtracts positive and negative numbers
- Applies order of operations
Patterns, Functions, Algebra:
- Creates and interprets graphs and tables
- Replaces variables with given values and simplifies
Geometry:
- Identifies polygons based upon properties
- Graphs points on a coordinate graph
Measurement:
- Identifies, measures, and constructs various angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals
- Finds area and volume
Data Analysis, Statistics, Probability:
- Describes data sets using median, mean, mode, maximum, minimum, and range
- Constructs and interprets stem-and-leaf plots and line plots accurately
Applies to All Standards:
- Applies problem-solving strategies
- Communicates mathematical reasoning effectively
Science
Organizes, predicts, and communicates the concepts of:
- Food Chain
- Earth Materials
- Properties of Matter
- Engineering using Simple Machines
History and Social Science
- Pre-Columbian Civilizations: Exploration to 1700
- Colonial America: 1700-1775
- American Revolution
- American Constitutional Government
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April 13, 2007
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