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English/Language
Arts
2 Semesters:
36 Units
Students in Fifth Grade Language Arts engage in skill units
to enhance reading fluency and comprehension. They are responsible
for obtaining copies of The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman, Dear
Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary, and Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds
Naylor. All three books are Newberry Award Books. Students are
required to read these books, use the writing process to write
several papers including a research paper, and present a variety
of speeches. Students use rubrics to self-evaluate their work
before submitting it to their teachers.
Math
2 Semesters:
36 Units
This course covers whole number addition, estimation, and addition properties; whole number subtraction; whole number multiplication and multiplication properties; whole number division; order of operations, squares, and roots; equivalent fractions and finding GCF; adding fractions with like denominators, expressing improper fractions as mixed numbers, and finding LCD; adding fractions with unlike denominators, subtracting fractions, and estimating fractions; adding and subtracting mixed fractions; multiplying and dividing fractions, ratios, and listing outcomes; equivalent decimals, and rounding and estimating with decimals; decimal place value, comparing decimals, adding and subtracting decimals, and equations and inequalities; multiplying and dividing decimals; patterns and variables; percents, fractions, and decimals; customary units of measurement; metric units of length, weight, and capacity; angles and angle measurement; geometry: lines, paths, angle properties, congruency; types of measurement units, and finding perimeter of polygons; finding area of triangles and quadrilaterals; circles and circumference; 3-dimensional shapes, volume and surface area; negative numbers and graphing in the coordinate plane, types of graphs and data collection; central measures of tendency and constructing a line graph; constructing a circle graph and complex graphs; making predictions and rate of change; probability.
Social Studies - Ohio History
Regions and People of North America
2 Semesters: 36 Units
In this course, students will focus on the geography of the continent of North America. Students
learn how people came to the continent and about the land and resources they found. Citizenship
skills build as students learn about U.S. history and the democratic government of the United
States. Students continue to develop research skills by obtaining information from multiple
sources.
Science
2 Semesters:
36 Units
Required Course Materials
Earth and space sciences are investigated in more detail in
grade five. Earth's characteristics, resources and location
in the solar system are identified and their implications
explored. Students also learn about the interrelationship
of organisms and ecosystems and simple food chains and food
webs. Energy and energy transfer through an electrical current
are addressed. Fifth-graders describe and illustrate the design
process and describe the positive and negative impacts of
human activity and technology on the environment. Students
observe, measure and collect data when conducting a scientific
investigation; students use this information to formulate
inferences and conclusions; and students develop skills to
communicate the results.
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