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COMMUNICATIONS LEARNING STANDARDS
The fifth-grade student will continue to increase communication
skills used in learning activities and will use a variety
of resources to prepare presentations. Students will
plan, write, revise, and edit writings to describe,
to entertain, and to explain. Students will continue
to read a variety of literature, with an emphasis on
African and African American experiences. Poetry from
the Negritude and Harlem Renaissance periods will be
emphasized. Students will be introduced to documents
and speeches that are important in the study of African
American and American history since 1877. The student also
will read texts in all subjects and will derive information
to answer questions, generate hypotheses, make inferences,
support opinions, confirm predictions, and formulate
conclusions.
MATH LEARNING
STANDARDS
Fifth-grade standards place emphasis on developing
proficiency in using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
to solve problems. Students will collect, display, and
analyze data in a variety of ways and solve probability
problems, using a sample space or tree diagram. Students
also will solve problems involving area and perimeter,
classify triangles, and plot points in the coordinate
plane. Variables, expressions, and open sentences will
be introduced. Students also will identify real-life
applications of the mathematical principles they are
learning that can be applied to science and other disciplines
they are studying.
HISTORY & SOCIAL
STUDIES LEARNING STANDARDS
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877
WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ENSLAVEMENT PERIOD
The standards for grade five relate to the history
of the United States from Pre-Columbian times until
1877. Fifth graders will continue to learn fundamental
concepts in civics, economics, and geography. This course
continues in grade six. In these two years, students
study United States history, primarily from the perspective
of African Americans, in chronological sequence and
learn about change and continuity in our history, study
documents and speeches that lay the foundation of American
ideals and institutions, and examine the everyday life
of people at different times in our history through
the use of primary and secondary sources. Teachers are
encouraged to use simulations, class debates, projects,
or other innovative techniques to make the students'
learning experiences lively and memorable. Students
should have ample instruction devoted to reviewing and
strengthening map and globe skills, skills of using
and interpreting information, and historical thinking
skills.
SCIENCE LEARNING STANDARDS
The fifth-grade standards emphasize the importance
of selecting appropriate instruments for measuring and
recording observations. The organization, analysis,
and application of data continue to b an important focus
of classroom inquiry. Science skills from preceding
grades, including questioning, using and validating
evidence, and systematic experimentation, are reinforced
at this level. Students are introduced to more detailed
concepts of sound and light and the tools used for studying
them. Key concepts of matter include atoms, molecules,
elements, and compounds, and the properties of matter
are defined in greater detail. The cellular makeup of
organisms and the distinguishing characteristics of
groups of organisms are stressed. Students will learn
about the characteristics of the oceans and the earth's
changing surface.
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