Fifth and Sixth Grades
Reading Comprehension Strategies including making connections, visualizing, making evaluations, clarifying, making predictions, asking questions. Answering guided reading questions that come directly from the text. Answering questions that require inferences from the text. Understanding the meaning of vocabulary based on the context in the text. Writing a summary of a: section, chapter, whole text Recognize character traits and different types of characters Pulling out the main ideas of a text Being able to recognize problems and solutions represented in the text Being able to discern the difference between main characters, supporting characters and throwaway characters. Test taking and study skills
Parts of Speech - adjectives, adverbs, nouns, pronouns, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, articles Punctuation (periods, exclamation points, question marks, commas, semi-colons, apostrophes) Types of sentences - declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative Subject and predicates Sentence Structure Writing sentences, paragraphs and stories Sentence development Paragraph structure Story development Use of graphic organizers Writing hooks, thesis statements and conclusions Writing for fun (journaling) Writing different types of paragraphs - persuasive, compare and contrast, biography, autobiography, cause and effect, personal narratives, letters, emails Test taking and study skills
How to read a textbook, parts of a textbook Two column notes Pulling out main ideas, finding supporting details Spiraling back to make connections How to read a map Projects that involve hands-on activities to demonstrate understanding Global learning skills
Basic Operations, Whole Numbers and Decimals Mastery of basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) Writing Whole Numbers and Decimals in Standard, Expanded and Word Form Comparing and Ordering Whole Numbers and Decimals Addition/Subtraction/Multiplication/Division with Decimals Mental Math Rounding Whole Numbers Rounding Decimals Estimating Sums and Differences Data, Graphs and Probability Collecting Data Bar, Line and Circle Graphs Mean, Median, Mode and Range Fractions and Mixed Numbers Understanding Fractions Fraction Relationships including GCF, simplest form, equivalent fractions Fractions and Decimals Adding and Subtracting Fractions Like and Unlike Denominators Least Common Denominator Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Measurement Linear Measurement and Perimeter Area Time and Temperature Measuring Solids Volume and Capacity Weight and Mass Ratios, Proportions and Percents Ratios and Proportions Using Ratios Percents
