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In Grade Five, students will. . .

RELIGION:

·          Understand the Church as a sign of Christ’s presence among us

·          Know the Laws/Precepts of the Church

·          Study the seven Sacraments, their   scriptural basis, and meaning

·          Know that all life is Sacramental

·          Become involved in the Liturgy

·          Deepen knowledge of the Liturgical Year

·          Experience prayers of praise, thanksgiving, petition and sorrow,

·          Know and understand  the Mysteries of the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross

·          Understand conscience, sins of omission and commission, personal sin and social sin and basic Social Justice issues

Text: We Worship Christ Our Life: (Loyola Press)

LANGUAGE ARTS

·          Develop abilities to infer, analyze, critique, summarize, and compare/contrast reading passages

·          Use the five-stage writing process to develop writing in varied forms

·          Develop the skill needed to revise an initial draft

·          Recognize and recall main idea, sequence, cause and effect

·          Predict outcome

·          Distinguish fact and opinion

·          Use appropriate listening/responding behavior

·          Recall and identify important details for note taking

·          Follow oral directions

·          Use dictionary and thesaurus skills

Text: Expeditions (Houghton, Mifflin)

MATH

·          Understand  rounding and estimating whole numbers and decimals

·          Identify place value of large numbers and decimals

·          Change improper fractions to mixed numbers

·          Thorough study of fractions and decimals

·          Apply problem solving strategies

·          Find perimeter, area, and volume

·          Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers

·          Introduce ratio, percent, and probability

·          Become fluent with multiplication and division up to four digits

Text:  (Silver Burdett Ginn)

SCIENCE

·          Understand cells and viruses: structure, processes and their reproduction

·          Learn about plants and their processes

·          Study and understand animals and their behavior

·          Study the human body and its systems

·          Study ecology and ecosystems

·          Learn the principles of energy resources

Text: (Scott Foresman)

SOCIAL STUDIES:

·          Become familiar  with general geographic terms

·          Study about the early explorers to the New World

·          Discuss the colonial  development

·          Study and discuss the revolutionary war and its effects

·          Learn about the American expansion to the Mississippi

·          Learn about and discuss the reasons for the civil war

·          Study about slavery and its effects on our nation

·          Discuss the westward growth in our history

Text: (Silver Burdette Ginn)

ART

·          Finer discrimination of line, shape and texture

·          Monochromatic color scheme introduced along with complementary colors

·          Terms of transparent, translucent, opaque are differentiated

·          Three dimensional forms such as cube, cylinder, sphere are studied and drawn

·          Contour drawing is introduced, watercolor technique expanded

·          Reversed printed images, coil and slab clay work, stitchery design

MUSIC

·          Listen to music of various cultures

·           Practice appropriate behavior during live performances

·          Read more complicated music

  ·          Create simple compositions

·          Strengthen rhythm skills

·          Learn folk dances of various cultures

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

·          Motor skill development

·          Learn simple games, relays, singing,  stunts, tumbling, and apparatus work

·          Reinforcement of movement

·          Body mechanics in the areas of fitness, individual, dual and team sports is continued

TECHNOLOGY BENCHMARKS

·          Maintain keyboarding skills

·          20 words at 90% accuracy

·          Integrate typing throughout the curriculum to reinforce the typing skills learned

·          Set Margins and Tabs

·          Create Folders and Classify own documents

·          Choose Font and Size

·          Access Template when necessary

·          Use simple programs combining Text and Graphics

·          Individual project based on Research Topics from science, social studies or school theme

·          Learn strategies for Online Searching which aid in the management and movement of data

·          Use Online Resources that are appropriate for the learner and the topic

·          Produce a product using Online Sources combined with other sources

St. Anthony School Curriculum Guide

                                           Developed, 2003