Religion
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
-develop an appreciation of the Church as a worshipping community
-examine Christ's action among us in the Eucharistic Liturgy
-examine Christ's action among us in the Sacraments of the Church
-examine Christ's action among us in our celebration of the
Liturgical seasons and in the lives of the saints
-be guided to respond to God's presence in prayer and in loving
service to others
Language Arts
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
In Reading:
-create generalizations and predict outcomes from story
-ask questions, make connections, monitor and summarize
while reading
-identify cause and effect relationships, demonstrate
sequencing skills
-differ between main ideas and details
-identify different genres of writing
-recognize story elements and identify character traits
-participate in a dramatization
In Writing:
-understand and apply five steps of writing process
-organize information to convey a central idea using well-
developed paragraphs that focus on a main idea and give relevant
supporting details
-write in a variety of forms (poems, stories,
biographies) for different purposes
-evaluate own work and respond to peer evaluation
-present and evaluate oral presentations adjusting
delivery for different audiences
-use open-ended research questions, different sources of
information, and appropriate research methods to gather
information
In Grammar:
-use simple, complex, and compound sentences effectively
-recognize and give examples of complete and simple
subjects and predicates
-identify parts of speech including nouns, verbs,
adjectives, adverbs, possessives
-recognize past, present, future tense
-use four types of sentences in writing (declarative,
imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory)
In Mathematics
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
-demonstrate knowledge of place values through billions
-solve word problems using various strategies
-use front-end and regular estimation to determine reasonable
answer
-use basic facts to solve complex, multiple-step problems with
mixed operations
-apply skills for addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division of fractions and mixed numbers
-create and solve open-ended problems
-add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals
-draw a circle and its radius and diameter
-recognize and draw rectangle, triangle, square,
perpendicularlines, and parallel lines
-draw and measure angles
-graph ordered pairs on a grid
-recognize, create, and use bar, pie and line graphs to read,
chart, and analyze data
In Science:
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
In Life Science:
-classify all living and non-living things
-describe the needs of plants and animals
-compare animal cells and functions
-explain photosynthesis
-experience setting up an ecosystem
-learn scientific names
-name extinct and endangered species
In Earth Science:
-use observation techniques, tables, models, graphs, and charts
to communicate results
-describe different kinds of energy
In Physical Science:
-name and describe properties and states of matter
-describe simple machines and their uses
-describe devices that improve quality of life (inventions)
-learn and apply knowledge of Periodic Table of Elements
In Social Studies
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
-list characteristics of the main North American Indian groups
-identify early explorers who rediscovered, explored, and
settled in North and South America
-explain the relationship between geography and people to history
-list people and events that led to the American Revolution
-summarize the founding of the colonies by Europeans and
unification during the search for independence
-understand scale, symbols, latitude, and longitude on maps
-use a grid system to locate places
-locate North and South Pole, Equator, Prime Meridian on maps
-compare and contrast information in graphs and tables
-map routes of explorers and colonists
-understand use of compasses
-outline writing and messages of our Declaration of Independence
and Constitution
Computer Technology
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
apply keyboarding skills to improve speed and accuracy
use a word processing application to create and format a
document
create, modify, and interpret spreadsheet data
understand options for graph displays
recognize the need for protection of software and hardware from
computer viruses and vandalism
create and modify a multimedia presentation citing sources of
copyrighted materials
participate in core curriculum-based telecommunications projects
as a class activity
evaluate information found via telecommunications for
appropriateness, content, and usefulness
Music
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
recognize simple harmonious progression
sing a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary songs
compare and contrast the music and cultures of several time
periods and regions of the world
use standard notation as a guide to singing and playing
classroom instruments
Art
Progressively from Grade 5 through Grade 8, students will:
expand the repertoire of 2-D and 3-D art processes, techniques,
and materials with a focus on the range of effects possible
within each medium, such as: 2-D transparent and opaque media,
wet, dry, stippled, blended, wash effects, printmaking, etc.
create artwork that demonstrates an awareness of the range and
purpose of such tools as pens, brushes, markers, etc.
use the appropriate vocabulary related to the methods,
materials, and techniques students have learned and used
previously
learn the elements and principles of design and be able to
demonstrate knowledge of the following skills:
for color: use and be able to identify hues, values,
intermediate shades, tints, tones, colors, etc. and demonstrate
awareness of color by painting objective studies from life and
free-form abstractions that employ relative properties of color
for line: use and be able to identify various types of line, for
example in contour drawings, calligraphy, freehand drawings, etc.
for texture: use and be able to differentiate between surface
texture and the illusion of texture (visual texture)
for shape: form and pattern, use and be able to identify an
expanding and increasingly sophisticated array of shapes and
forms, such as organic, geometric, positive and negative, or
varieties of symmetry
for space and composition: create unified 2-D and 3-D
compositions that demonstrate an understanding of balance,
repetition, scale, rhythm, harmony and emphasis
create 2-D and 3-D representational artwork from direct
observation in order to develop skills of perception,
discrimination, physical coordination, and memory of detail
create symbolic artwork by substituting symbols for objects,
relationships or ideas
create artwork that employs use of free form from symbolic
imagery that demonstrates personal invention, and/or conveys
ideas and emotions (e.g. conflict/cooperation, happiness/grief,
excitement/repose)
produce work that show understanding of the concept of
craftsmanship
demonstrate ability to describe preliminary concepts verbally,
to visualize concepts in clear schematic layouts, and to
organize and complete projects
maintain a portfolio of sketches and finished work
create and prepare artwork for group or individual public
exhibitions
demonstrate a fundamental awareness of architectural styles and
the ways that these have influences painting and sculpture
Physical Education
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
explain the benefits of physical fitness to good health and
increased active lifestyle
demonstrate expected grade-level proficiency in locomotor and
non-locomotor skills
learn rules, basic offensive and defensive skills of lead-up
sport games and actual sport games
demonstrate an awareness of good sportsmanship and the need for
fair play in games and activities
develop an awareness that inappropriate actions can result in
harm to themselves or others
Library
By the end of Grade 5, students will:
use an encyclopedia-book and computer for research
understand the concept of bibliography
write research cards containing bibliographic information
use the copyright date to determine currency of material
understand when to use an almanac
understand when to use a biographical dictionary
understand when to use a geographical dictionary
location information in a biographical dictionary
location information in a geographical dictionary