Oral Language

• use skills of listening and speaking during presentations
• speak using complex sentences with correct grammar and syntax
• identify specific purposes for viewing media

Fluency

• read 5th grade level text 124-130 wpm at 95-100% accuracy
• read orally with expression

Vocabulary

• learn and apply 5th grade level vocabulary including:
  • homonyms
  • antonyms
  • synonyms
  • multiple meanings (i.e. light)
  • similes
  • metaphors
• know how to use dictionaries, glossaries and thesauruses
• know how and when to use context clues, apposition and word structure to identify meaning

Comprehension

• comprehend multiple grade level texts using comprehension strategies such as: summarizing connecting, predicting, inferring, questioning, visualizing, monitoring and clarifying
• identify and use: vocabulary in context, sequence, main idea, supportive idea and inference in grade level text
• identify purpose for reading and author purpose
• compare and contrast elements of different genres

Writing

• produce a story/essay using multiple paragraphs
• use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate
• use the 6 Traits of Writing: voice, word choice, organization, sentence fluency, conventions and ideas
• write in different forms and genres
• use writing strategies of:
  • pre-writing
  • composing
  • revising/editing
  • publishing using a variety of media

5th Grade Mathematics Expectations

By the end of the year each student should be able to:

Number Sense & Operations

• recognize and write numbers from 1/100 to 1,000,000
• know numbers in ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands and hundred thousands columns up to 999,999
• use expanded notation up to 999,999 (900,000+90,000+9,000+900+90+9)
• identify place values from hundredths to one million
• know 2 to 50 as prime or composite numbers
• know exponents up to 3 (i.e. 8=2x2x2=2³)
• determine if a number is divisible by 2, 3, 5, 9 and/or 10 using the rules of divisibility
• add, subtract and multiply fractions and decimals
• select and write number sentences that can solve a 2 step problem
• muliply 3 digit by 2 digit
• divide 3 digit by 1 digit divisor
• order and compare whole numbers, fractions, mixed numbers and decimals
• write commonly used fractions as decimals and percents
• name, write and compare fractions: halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, eighths, tenths and twelfths
• understand equivalent fractions
• locate and compare integers on a number line and describe where integers are used in the students' environment

Patterns

• analyze patterns in lists or tables
• solve one-step using a single variable (4+X=7)
• recognize and apply the:
  • associative (2+1)+3=2+(1+3)
  • communicative 2x3=3x2, and
  • distributive 4(3+2)=4x3+4x2 properties

Geometry

• relate pyramids and prisms to the 2D shapes (nets)
• identify and describe equilateral, isoceles, scalene, right, acute and obtuse triangles
• identify, write and graph an ordered pair for a point in the 1st quadrant
• identify and demonstrate transformations on geometric shapes

Measurement

• make conversions within the same measurement system
• measure angles with protractors
• calculate elapsed time within an A.M. or P.M. period
• calculate the perimeter and area of polygons
• calculate the volume of prisms

Data Organization

• collect, compare and display data using line plots, bar graphs, line graphs, circle graphs and pictographs
• identify the minimum, maximum, range, mode, median and mean for sets of data
• perform simple experiments in probability: predict and express the outcomes in a variety of methods

5th Grade Behavior Expectations

Each student should indepenedently demonstrate that they can:

Personal Development Behaviors

• observe classroom rules
• respect self and others
• assume the responsibility for behavior
• follow directions the first time given

Learning and Study Skills Behaviors

• work independently
• stay on task and use time wisely
• work cooperatively with others
• complete 95-100% of homework assignments on time