Fifth
Grade Curriculum
English - Language Arts
| The grade five language
arts curriculum emphasizes systematic, explicit skills instruction
in reading and writing. Students read and comprehend a wide
variety of grade-level appropriate literature. Students learn
the writing process, writing strategies, and writing applications
with an emphasis on written and oral English language conventions
and correct spelling. Some examples of specific concepts and
skills which students are to master are provided in the topic
areas listed below: |
READING:
Word Recognition, Vocabulary,
and Concept Development
- use root words and
affixes and word origins to analyze and understand the meaning
of complex roots
- explain the meaning
of figurative language and literacy devices in text (e.g., imagery,
metaphor, symbolism)
- identify and explain
synonyms, antonyms and homonyms
Comprehension
- identify facts that
support main ideas, themes and concepts in text
- make inferences and
conclusions about text and support with examples
- differentiate between
facts, supported inferences and opinions in text
- demonstrate an understanding
of sequential/chronological order and cause/effect
- summarize and identify
the main problem or conflict and how it is resolved
- analyze the characteristics
of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction as literacy forms
chosen by an author for a specific purpose
- distinguish between
different types of reading/writing: fiction and non-fiction
- interpret information
from diagrams, charts, and graphs
- identify author’s purpose
in writing a selection
Fluency
- read numerous books
to build fluency and comprehension
- read text aloud with
fluency and accuracy and with appropriate pacing, information,
and expression
WRITING:
Application
- write research reports,
narratives, essays, and persuasive compositions
- use stages of the writing
process
- write a multiple paragraph
composition with clear topic, ideas/events in sequences, transitional
expressions and summary
- use correct English
conventions
- write personal and
formal letters, thank you notes and invitations using correct
form
Research and Technology
- use reference materials
to aid writing
- use word-processing
skills and publishing programs
Grammar, Punctuation,
and Capitalization
- identify and correctly
use verbs and subject, objective, and possessive pronouns
- identify and correctly
use verbs that are often misused (lie/lay, sit/set, rise/raise)
- use commas to set off
explanatory phrases
- use quotation marks
around words of a speaker
- use quotation marks,
underlining or italics for titles of books, poems, songs and
stories
- use correct capitalization
and punctuation
Spelling
- spell assigned spelling
words correctly
- apply knowledge of
word patterns to correctly spell words
- apply spelling skills
to written work
- spell roots, suffixes,
prefixes, contractions correctly
Penmanship
- use neat, legible manuscript
and cursive writing
LISTENING AND SPEAKING:
- deliver focused, coherent
presentations that convey ideas clearly
- listen, make inferences
and draw conclusions from an oral report
- clarify and support
spoken ideas with evidence and examples
- analyze media as sources
for information, entertainment, persuasion, interpretation of
events and transmission of culture
- demonstrate a command
of standard English when speaking
- evaluate and summarize
information presented
- notifying school whenever
your child will be absent
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