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Fifth Grade Curriculum

RELIGION

  • Understand the Church as a sign of Christ’s presence among us
  • Learn the role of bishops and archbishops in the Church
  • Learn what a martyr is and learn about the lives of some martyrs
  • Learn what ecumenism is
  • Be familiar with the Archdiocese of Detroit missionary work and the universal call to spread the Gospel
  • Understand how people enter the Church through the RCIA program
  • Deepen understanding of each of the Sacraments, their signs, symbols, and meaning
  • Realize that Baptismal vows are a call to holiness
  • Understand that some women and men take special vows as a fulfillment of their Baptismal vows; these are sisters, brothers, and priests
  • Learn the names of some religious communities
  • Understand the vestments, articles, liturgical roles, postures, etc., used during Mass
  • Deepen their knowledge of the Liturgical Year
  • Experience prayers of praise, thanksgiving, petition and sorrow, and realize the differences among them
  • Learn the Mysteries of the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross
  • Understand the four Gospels and how they tell the story of Jesus’ life
  • Understand Paul’s letters and how they benefit the Church
  • Understand Christ’s Great Commandment of loving one another as He loves us
LITERATURE
  • Read 3-4 chapter books
  • Study cause and effect/compare and contrast
  • Learn to draw conclusions/make predictions
  • Identify different literature genres
  • Identify themes
READING
  • Continue to develop oral reading skills and listening skills
  • Explore the multiple meanings of words
  • Short stories
  • Comprehension
  • Story maps
  • Context clues
  • Summarize
ENGLISH
  • Use of prefixes and suffixes
  • Learn to use multiple resource
  • Learn note taking skills
  • Develop paraphrasing skills
  • Develop spelling and grammar skills
  • Write 5-7 sentence paragraphs
  • Write stories in different genres
  • Understand the parts of speech
  • Write a research paper that includes a bibliography and footnotes
  • Creative writing
  • Spelling and Handwriting
  • Major principles and patterns of English words
  • Spelling strategies for familiar and unfamiliar words
  • Develop dictionary and thesaurus skills
  • Print neatly and clearly in the Zaner-Bloser format
  • Write cursive neatly in the Zaner-Bloser format
MATHEMATICS 
  • Represent and analyze mathematical situations using algebraic symbols
  • Collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments
  • Predict the probability of outcomes
  • Make and use coordinate systems to specify locations and to describe paths
  • Recognize and generate equivalent forms of fractions and percents
  • Develop fluency with multiplication and division up to four digits
  • Write and solve equations
  • Make and interpret double line graphs and bar graphs
  • Find common factors, common multiples, and prime factorization
  • Multiply and divide decimals and mixed numbers by mixed numbers
  • Find the area of triangles, parallelograms, and complex figures
  • Find the circumference of a circle
  • Understand meaning of ratio and percent
  • Compare fractions, decimals, and percents
  • Solve algebraic equations with more than one unknown
  • Simplify algebraic equations
SCIENCE
  • Basic Skills
    • Scientific method
    • Inquiry and reasoning
    • Science lab tools and procedures
  • Life Science
    • Life processes, cells, plant parts  and animal parts
    • Digestion and respiration
    • Circulation and excretion
    • Stages in animal and plant cycle
    • Populations and ecosystems
  • Physical Science
    • Space science (stars. Planets, galaxies)
    • Properties of matter
    • Properties of light
    • Properties of sound
  • Earth Science
    • Classifications of minerals
    • Classification of rocks
    • Earth structures
  • Special Investigations
    • Physical fitness
    • Personal hygiene
    • Egg drop project
SOCIAL STUDIES

  • Explore the history of the United States: Jamestown to Pearl Harbor
  • Discuss the ideals of government, laws, and economics of the U.S.
  • Understand the geography of the United States
  • Learn more map skills (i.e., keys, compass rose, legends, and scale)
  • Read and develop time lines
  • Understand the causes of the Civil War and how it effects our country today
  • Learn about two major cities in each of the fifty states
  • Basic economics
  • Environmental concerns and issues
  • Social concerns and issues