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5th Grade Outcomes

Social Studies

• Exploration and discovery

• Establishment of settlements in the New World

• Colonial life in America

• Pioneer life in America

• Revolutionary War in America

• Westward movement in America

• Industrial and cultural growth

• Democracy’s principles and documents

• Life in the U. S. and its possessions

• Geography of the U. S.

• Natural resources of the U. S.

• Canada and Mexico

• Relationship between the U. S. and Canada

• Comparative cultures of Canada

• Map and globe skills

Countries and cultures of the Western Hemisphere: Central America, West Indies, and South America

• Biological adaptations

• Biotic communities

• Animal and plant classification

• Fish

• Reptiles

• Bacteria

• Molds

• Trees

• Plants and their food

• Conservation

• Cells

• Human body

• Landforms

• Properties of air and water

• Time and seasons

• Temperature and thermometers

• Magnetic fields

• Use and control of electricity

• Conduction and convection

• Light and optics

• Force systems

• Chemical systems

• Sun and solar system

• Space and space exploration

• Scientific method and scientific inquiry

Language Arts

• Silent and oral reading

• Types of literature

• Presenting original plays

• Listening skills

• Dictionary use for word meaning, analysis, spelling

• Common homonyms

• Homophones and homographs

• Synonyms and antonyms

• Using a thesaurus

• Spelling

• Plurals and possessives

• Kinds of sentences

• Parts of sentences

• Cursive handwriting

• Outlining

• Paragraph writing

• Writing letters, stories, reports, poems, plays

• Preparing a simple bibliography

• Proofreading skills

• Parts of a newspaper

Using study materials: keys, tables, graphs, charts, legends, library catalogs, index, table of contents, reference materials, maps

• Dental hygiene

• Our water supply

• Sewage disposal

• Care of the eyes

• Nutrition and diet

• Diseases

• Germ-bearing insects and pests

• Community health resources

• Elementary first aid

• Bicycle and water safety

• Preparing for puberty

• Human reproduction

• Substance abuse

• Reading and writing numbers to 10 places

• Mixed numbers

• Set of integers

• Numeration systems

• Addition, subtraction, multiplication. division of whole numbers

• Fundamental processes: whole numbers and common fractions

• Common and decimal fractions

• Decimals to the thousandths

• Ratio and percent

• Exponents

• Customary and metric measurements

• Extension of geometric concepts

• Word problems in daily life

• Charts and graphs: picture, bar, line, and circle graphs

• Concept of sampling