Fifth Grade Curriculum
Language Arts
Grammar
Language Exercises
Wordly Wise
(vocabulary program)
Book Clubs
Novel Units and Non-fiction text
Reading Strategies:
1. Determining What is Important
2. Drawing Inferences
3. Using Prior Knowledge
4. Asking Questions
5. Monitoring Comprehension
6. Creating Mental Images
Practice responding to literature and non-fiction in clear, complete sentences demonstrating deep thinking, comprehension, synthesizing, and inferring.
Writing
Lucy Calkins
Multiple Genres
Six-Traits of Writing:
1. Ideas
2. Organization
3. Voice
4. Sentence Fluency
5. Word Choice
6. Conventions
Math
Understanding of the following concepts:
Number and operations in base ten
Measurement and data
Operations and algebraic thinking
Geometry
Number and operations with fractions
Bridges in Mathematics, Problem Solving, Everyday Math
Social Studies
History Alive
World Geography
Exploration
American Colonies
The Revolutionary War
American Government
United States Geography
Science
FOSS Curriculum – (Full Option Science System)
Physical Science: Mixtures and Solutions
Earth Science: Weather on Earth
Life Science: Living Systems
Language Arts
Grammar
Language Exercises
Wordly Wise
(vocabulary program)
Book Clubs
Novel Units and Non-fiction text
Reading Strategies:
1. Determining What is Important
2. Drawing Inferences
3. Using Prior Knowledge
4. Asking Questions
5. Monitoring Comprehension
6. Creating Mental Images
Practice responding to literature and non-fiction in clear, complete sentences demonstrating deep thinking, comprehension, synthesizing, and inferring.
Writing
Lucy Calkins
Multiple Genres
Six-Traits of Writing:
1. Ideas
2. Organization
3. Voice
4. Sentence Fluency
5. Word Choice
6. Conventions
Math
Understanding of the following concepts:
Number and operations in base ten
Measurement and data
Operations and algebraic thinking
Geometry
Number and operations with fractions
Bridges in Mathematics, Problem Solving, Everyday Math
Social Studies
History Alive
World Geography
Exploration
American Colonies
The Revolutionary War
American Government
United States Geography
Science
FOSS Curriculum – (Full Option Science System)
Physical Science: Mixtures and Solutions
Earth Science: Weather on Earth
Life Science: Living Systems