Fifth Grade

Fifth Grade Teachers

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  • Ana Maria Charry Paez

  • Erin Goliszek

  • Aneya Ilizastigui Matos

  • Stephanie Miller

  • Raine Saunders

  • Mauricio Viloria

K-8 Quick Reference NC Curriculum Guides (Fifth Grade)

See our Speas Global IB Programme of Inquiry Here and check out the 6 Units of Inquiry we will be working on during the school year. Approximate dates are included, but may be adjusted as the year goes along.

Fifth grade expectations:  

As upperclassmen, you are expected to show leadership through modeling appropriate behavior for the rest of the student body.  You must be responsible for yourself to complete all work to the best of your ability, communicate from school to home, and practice skills learned at school to reach mastery. 

Over the summer, read at least one good book, watch weather forecasts, make sure you have memorized all multiplication facts through the 12 times table and can quickly recall individual multiplication facts, spend some time exploring the various genres to determine what most interests you, keep a of summer activities, trips and thoughts.

Below is an overview of what your child can expect to learn in fifth grade: 

Reading

We will continue to build on literary skills by reading more challenging texts with stronger vocabulary. Students will be asked more rigorous questions that will require them to refer to the text, provide explicit facts and summarize. 

  • Build vocabulary

  • Word structure

  • Genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama)

  • Story Elements

  • Text Structure

  • Inferencing

  • Compare/Contrast

  • Text Features

  • Reading Comprehension

Math

  • Place Value through the thousandths decimal place

  • Multiplication by up to two-digit numbers

  • Division by up to 2-digit divisors

  • Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing mixed numbers and fractions,

  • Geometry

  • Measurement

  • Graphing with an emphasis on coordinate graphing

Science

  • Genetics

  • Ecosystem

  • Weather

  • Matter

  • Force and Motion

  • Human Body Systems

 Social Studies

  • Analyze the chronology of key events in the United States

  • Understand the role of prominent figures in shaping the United States

  • Understand how human activity has and continues to shape the United States

  • Understand how a market economy impacts life in the United States

  • Understand that personal choices result in benefits or consequences

  • Understand the development, structure and function of government in the United States

  • Analyze life in a democratic republic through the rights and responsibilities of citizens

  • Understand how increased diversity resulted from migration, settlement patterns and economic development in the United States

Links to Parent Road Maps in Spanish (See English below)

Guía Para Los Padres: Apoyando A Su Hijo En Quinto Grado, Artes Del Lenguaje En Inglés 

Guía Para Los Padres: Apoyando A Su Hijo En Quinto Grado, Matemáticas 

Parent Roadmap: Supporting Your Child in Grade Five, English Language Arts

Parent Roadmap: Supporting Your Child in Grade Five, Mathematics