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Fifth Grade
List of 11 items.
Reading & Literature
Comprehension through oral and written responses to novels and non-fiction
Critical thinking: make inferences, discuss themes, and analyze personal voice, point-of-view, and author purpose
Novels, short stories, nonfiction, expository writing, and poetry
Media for literal text and sub-text
Thematic novel studies
Meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative languages such as metaphors and similes
Writing & Language Arts
Organized summaries and paragraphs relating literary events to personal experiences, other texts, and the world
Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
Opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view
Grammar and spelling rules
Research skills: taking notes and long-term writing assignments
Informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information
Publishing and presenting writing
Vocabulary using Classical Roots
Social Studies
Use primary and secondary sources
African American Civil Rights movement
European Resistance movement during World War II
Activist movements throughout history
Mathematics
Facility with four basic arithmetic operations applied to whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
Measuring 2-D and 3-D shapes
Polygons
Rounding and estimating whole numbers and decimals
Relationships among fractions, decimals, and percents
Problem-solving strategies
Collecting, organizing, and displaying data
Science
Living Systems- Redwood Ecology & Overnight trip
Climate Change
States of Matter
Earth & Constellations
Spanish
High-frequency words
Reading of class novel
Tumba
and related comprehension and extension activities
Understanding of culture through the study of geography and peoples of Spanish-speaking countries
Listening and speaking skills
Writing in Spanish through comprehension activities and “Timed Free Writes”
The “súper siete” - the seven most frequently used verbs in Spanish Subject pronouns (yo, tú, él/ella/elle, usted, nosotros, ellos/ellas/elles)
Articles (el/la/los/las)
Spelling patterns
Visual Arts
Drawing: light/shade value studies
Clay
Mixed media collages: Romare Bearden
Foreshortening
Paint mixing
Monochromatic painting
Flower rangolis
Gee's Bend quilts
3D artwork
Music
Fourth and fifth-grade choir
American folk and popular songs
Caribbean folk and popular songs
Blues and pre-blues music
Intermediate North Indian classical singing
Touch stroke and heel-toe techniques on conga drums
Scales and arpeggios in solfège
Introduction to band for instrumentalists
Introduction to Irish music
Physical Education
Specialized movement skills
related to team sports
Health-enhancing
physical activity
Relationship between
body type and movement skills
Library
Literature of Own Voices- notable history/events/holidays reflecting individual/diverse lifestyles and values
Digital Citizenship- rights, responsibilities, & opportunities of living in the digital world (safe, legal, ethical)
Accessing information through books and online sources
Community Engaged Learning
Pollinator Posse: grow habitat and care for
monarch caterpillars and butterflies with first grade buddies
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116 Montecito Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610
510.285.9600
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