Fifth Grade Expectations
Upon entering fifth grade students should be able to:
Language Arts/Reading:
- Learn vocabulary necessary for content area subjects and reading
- Access and apply prior knowledge
- Make predictions based on reading of a text
- Summarize written material
- Identify literary elements
- Infer cause and effect relationships
- Draw conclusions
- Identify author's purpose
- Read and interpret charts, diagrams, graphs, timelines and visual sources
- Understand figurative language
- Distinguish between fact and fiction
- Read selected works representing diverse cultures and groups
Language Arts/Writing:
- Write for various purposes and audiences
- Use standard conventions of written communication
- Use appropriate heading on papers
- Spell fourth grade words correctly
- Use a dictionary, glossary and thesaurus
- Generate and organize ideas through mapping or outlining in preparation for writing
- Write narrative, expository, descriptive and persuasive selections
- Use appropriate transitions between paragraphs
Language Arts/Listening, Speaking, Viewing:
- Demonstrate use of Standard English and language appropriate to audience and setting
- Pronounce words distinctly
- Speak courteously and respectfully to all persons
- Listen courteously and respectfully to the contributions of others
- Prepare and deliver an oral presentation
- Follow multi-step instructions in sequential order
Language Arts/Conventions of Grammar and Usage:
- Analyze and revise written work
- Identify parts of speech
- Use capitalization and punctuation correctly
- Apply singular, plural and possessive forms correctly
- Use appropriate verb tense
Mathematics/Number Concepts:
- Read and write whole numbers through 999,999
- Add and subtract whole numbers; multiply and divide whole numbers with two or more digits
- Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals through the hundredths place
- Identify a fraction that is between two whole numbers
- Write two subtraction statements related to a given addition statement involving fractions
- Write two addition statements related to a given subtraction statement involving fractions.
- Discuss and follow a sequence of steps to solve a problem
- Be able to round numbers to the nearest ones, tens, hundreds or thousands place
- Choose the appropriate operation to solve a given multi-step problem
Mathematics/Measurement Concepts:
- Choose appropriate units for measuring time
- Choose appropriate metric or standard units for measuring length, weight, mass, volume or capacity.
- Find and apply perimeter, area, and volume to word problems and irregular figures
Mathematics/Functions, Statistics, Algebraic and Geometric Concepts:
- Select the correct symbol (<,>,+) to complete an equation
- Organize data, in rank order, when appropriate
- Construct and interpret bar graphs
- Identify and describe geometric concepts relating to one, two and three-dimensional figures
Science Concepts:
- Use scientific protocols to perform experiments including stating a purpose, developing a hypothesis, describing a procedure, collecting data and identifying results
- Chart the relationship of the seasons to the revolutions of the Earth
- Compare the relationships of various organisms within food chains
- Identify cells as the basic unit of life
- Identify components of simple electrical systems
- Recognize the contributions of important scientists throughout the world
- Demonstrate an understanding of the effect of pollution on organisms
Social Science Concepts:
- Read and understand maps
- Distinguish between states and geographic regions within the U.S.
- Locate and name all 50 states and each state capital
- Identify distinct geographic characteristics of various U.S. regions
- Identify major cities, lakes, rivers and transportation networks in Illinois
- Identify the major economic goods and services produced in Illinois
- Understand customs ad traditions of various communities in Illinois
- Name men and women who have made significant contributions to Illinois and the U.S.
- Identify and compare the structures of local, state and federal governments
- Identify examples of how natural resources are used to improve society, and the roles of industry, government and citizen's groups in conserving those resources
- Identify ways in which diverse ethnic groups enhance life in the U.S.
- Explain the impact of new technologies, such as advances in transportation, on the U.S and global economies
- Analyze the impact of mass communications on the global society
Time Management/Executive Function Concepts:
- Use dividers and organize content-area papers in a binder
- Write in and use a daily homework schedule/planner
- Hand in work on time that is neatly presented
- Label all work with proper headings that use Ogden conventions
- Schedule work on long-term assignments