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Grade 5 Math Curriculum Framework
Operations & Algebraic Thinking
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Use order of operations to evaluate numerical expressions and solve equations.
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Translate a word problem to a numerical expressions and equations.
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Compare different numeric patterns and identify relationships between them.
Numbers & Operations: Fractions
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Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators.
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Explain why an answer makes sense when a word problem is solved using addition and subtraction of fractions.
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Recognize that fractions are division problems, and use this to solve word problems.
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Multiply a fraction or a whole number by a fraction.
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Explain what happens when I multiply fractions and/or whole numbers.
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Solve word problems using multiplication of fractions and/or mixed numbers using pictures or equations.
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Divide unit fractions by a whole number and whole numbers by unit fractions.
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Solve word problems using division of whole numbers and unit fractions using pictures or equations.
Numbers & Operations: Base Ten
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Identify the value of a digit based upon its place value up to the thousandths place.
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Explain in words the placement of a decimal point and zeroes when multiplying or dividing by a power of ten.
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Compare decimals to the thousandths place.
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Use place value to round decimals to any place.
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Multiply multi-digit whole numbers.
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Divide whole numbers with 4-digit dividends and 2-digit divisors, evenly.
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Illustrate and explain how to divide whole numbers using equations, pictures, and tools.
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Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals to the hundredths place.
Measurement & Data
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Convert within a measurement system, and use these calculations to solve multi-step real world problems.
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Create and use a line plot with measurements in fractions to solve problems.
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Show, using visuals, that volume is an attribute of solid figures composed of cubic units.
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Measure volumes using cubic units.
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Use the formulas for volume to calculate the volume of rectangular prisms.
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Use my knowledge of volume of rectangular prisms to calculate the volume of more complex solid figures.
Geometry
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Graph points on a coordinate plane.
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Represent a problem by graphing coordinates on a coordinate plane.
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Make connections between 2-dimensional figures by observing and documenting their attributes.
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Classify two-dimensional figures according to their attributes.
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Grade 5 Literacy Curriculum Framework
Literature
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Make inferences that are supported by the text.
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Summarize text using important literary elements such as conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
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Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings or events.
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Determine the meaning of words using context clues.
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Determine the meaning of similes and metaphors.
Informational Text
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Make inferences that are supported by the text.
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Explain relationships between two or more individuals, events, or ideas.
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Determine the meaning of words using context clues.
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Use many different sources to answer questions or solve problems.
Foundational Skills
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Break words into syllables to help read them.
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Use knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and roots to help read unfamiliar words.
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Read text accurately with understanding.
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Recognize and correct mistakes made while reading.
Speaking and Listening
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Actively participate in discussions by responding to and posing questions.
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Actively participate in discussions by reviewing and adding to key ideas.
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Summarize information presented orally.
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Speak clearly at an understandable pace.
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Present information on a topic and make sure that ideas have detailed support and are in order.
Writing
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Write an introduction for an expository essay that clearly previews main points.
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Provide detailed support for all Ideas in my writing.
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Stay on topic throughout writing.
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Write a conclusion that clearly restates main points.
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Write a narrative essay that introduces characters, setting, and problem.
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Sequence events in order that makes sense in narrative essay.
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Use dialogue and description to develop events in narrative essay.
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Have a conclusion that wraps up the events in narrative essay.
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Use appropriate transitions in writing.
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Plan, draft, revise, and edit essays.
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Write a research report that includes information from different sources.
Language
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Use the proper verb tense (i.e. past, present, perfect) in my writing.
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Recognize and correct when I have made a mistake in verb tense.
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Use commas appropriately (in a series, with introductory clauses, direct address).
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Write the titles of works using the correct method (underlining, quotation marks, italics).
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Spell words correctly in my writing, even if I need to access a resource.
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Revise sentences to improve them by adding to them, combining them, or shortening them.
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Use prefixes, suffixes, and roots to help understand a word.
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Grade 5 Curriculum Resources
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McGraw-Hill: My Math curriculum books and on-line
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Collaborative Classrooms: Making Meaning
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National Geographic Magazine
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No Excuse Words chart
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Guided Reading Library of leveled student texts
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Online Resources:
Shurley English and Grammar
IXL Math
Xtra Math
Readworks.org
Spelling City
Story Works
Newsela.com
Grade 5 Instructional Practices
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Shared, guided, one-on-one conferences with literacy instruction
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IDR (Independent Daily Reading practice)
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Use of Leveled books matched to readers
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Technology: class projector and student Chromebooks
Summer Reading Suggestions for Kids Going Into Sixth Grade
Newbery Medal and Honor Books
- Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
- Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
- The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
- Homesick, My Own Story by Jean Fritz
- Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Great Reads
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsberg
- Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
- Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
- Harry Potter (series) by J. K. Rowling
- Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series) by Rick Riordan
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Nonfiction Books
- Any nonfiction books at your child’s level or interest are great for summer reading