Fifth Grade

Foundation for 21st Century Skills

Our Fifth Graders are the leaders of our school, as they have traversed the halls and are able to use their wits and social skills in ways to help build our school's community. The Fifth Graders continue to sharpen their skills through rigorous academic work to prepare for their journey to middle school. To help them prepare for their transition from elementary to middle school are their educational guides, Perry Higgins and Elijah Jennette. Your Fifth Grader should expect to learn: 

Reading

• Cultures in Conflict
• Wordplay
• A War Between Us
• Breaking Barriers

Math

• Multiplicative comparisons and place value
• Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division strategies to solve problems
• Understanding and comparing fractions and decimals to add, subtract and multiply
• Estimating problems with measurement
• Angles, lines and shapes

Science

• Energy
• Photosynthesis and food webs
• Changing Earth and Earth resources
• Day and night, Earth's rotation, and fossils

Social Studies

• The Revolutionary War and America's independence
• The Constitution 
• Building a new nation
• The growth of the republic
• Pre-Civil War United States
• Civil War and Reconstruction

Social Emotional Learning

• Move This World daily morning meeting 

Skills to Practice for Fifth Grade Readiness

• Using evidence that supports the author’s main idea
• Revising, editing, and proofreading work before turning it in
• Working with multi-digit numbers (reading, writing, adding, subtracting, multiplying, etc.)
• Practicing creating a schedule of one's activities and commitments to learn time management
• Sharing and communicating ideas and feelings with others appropriately