Fifth Grade Curriculum
Holy Spirit students in Fifth Grade will be able to:
RELIGION
- Explain the different parts of the Mass
- Recite the Apostles’ Creed and deepen their relationship with God by participation in different types of prayer
- Explain the Seven Sacraments
- Describe the importance of Catholic Beliefs in family life
MATH
- Perform math operations to solve real-world problems
- Solve exponents and perform order of operations
- Use models and perform operations to solve decimal and fraction problems
- Calculate geometric shapes and graphically represent data
- Solve multi-step word problems and engage in critical thinking
READING
- Respond and analyze literature by identifying theme and plot, and comparing characters and motives
- Evaluate different perspectives in literature
- Draw inferences, conclusions and generalizations about a text
- Explain grade-level language, such as figurative and metaphorical language, within novels read in class
WRITING
- Include dialogue in personal narratives
- Employ the descriptive writing technique of "showing not telling"
- Create informational essays that use clear supporting details
- Create an opinion essay with clear and strongly defended arguments and logic
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Describe pre-Columbian settlements
- Name, trace and describe routes of early explorers
- Explain relationships between Native Americans and new settlers
- Explain the events leading up to the American Revolution, The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
- Explore the early settlement of California with the context of a field trip
- Describe settlement patterns of the American people in the 18th century
- Locate the states and name their capitals
MUSIC
- Review all the notes, rests and music symbols they learned in 4th grade
- Learn to play recorders using everything they have learned
- Play music bingo and other music games to help them recognize the notes of the staff
- Learn about modern composers and discuss their impact on music as we know it today
- Sing songs and will choreograph some of them
- Perform in the Advent Program and the Spring Sing
- Music class meets once per week for 40 minutes.
