Download First Trimester - Arlington Elementary School

Earth Science
Students know that water on Earth moves between the oceans and land
through the processes of evaporation and condensation. This will include the
water cycle, how the phases of the water cycle work, and locating water on
Earth (as salt and fresh)
Energy from the Sun heats Earth unevenly, causing air movements that result
in changing weather patterns. This will include learning about currents, the
oceans’ effect on weather patterns, causes and effects of severe weather,
weather predictions tools and variability, and that Earth’s atmosphere exerts
air pressure that changes with elevation.
The solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Sun in
predictable paths. The Sun, an average star, is the central and largest body in
the solar system and is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium.
The solar system includes the planet Earth, the Moon, the Sun, eight other
planets and their satellites, and smaller objects, such as asteroids and comets.
The path of a planet around the Sun is due to the gravitational attraction
between the Sun and the planet.
Investigation and Experimentation
(Ongoing for the whole school year)
Beginning to focus on variable and conducting structured investigations
Ø Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and
conducting careful investigations.
Ø As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content
in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions
and perform investigations.
Ø Develop a testable question.
Ø Plan and conduct a simple investigation
Ø Write instructions others can follow to carry out the procedure.
Ø Select appropriate tools (e.g., thermometers, meter sticks, balances,
and graduated cylinders) and make quantitative observations.
Ø Record data by using appropriate graphic representations (including
charts, graphs, and labeled diagrams) and make inferences based on
those data.
Ø Draw conclusions from scientific evidence and indicate whether
further information is needed to support a specific conclusion
Dear Parents/Guardians,
In accordance with California State Content
Standards, the following are skills and concepts in the
areas of Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science that
fifth graders will be taught during the first trimester of
the school year.
Report cards will go home with your student on the
following dates:
Ø First Trimester-December
Ø Second Trimester – March
Ø Third Trimester – June 16th
Sincerely,
The Fifth Grade Team
Mathematics
Language Arts
Reading - Vocabulary
Ø Read aloud with fluency with a focus on narrative and expository texts.
Ø Use word parts, forms, and origins to determine meanings of unknown
words.
Ø Understand frequently used synonyms, antonyms, and homographs.
Reading – Comprehension of Expository Text
Ø Understand how to read and use all the features of a textbook.
Ø Discern main ideas and supporting details.
Ø Distinguish fact and opinion.
Reading – Comprehension of Narrative Text
Ø Identify characteristics of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.
Ø Describe the main problem in the plot and its resolution.
Ø Understand the actions, motives and appearance of characters
Ø Point out and evaluate the author’s use of various techniques (e.g.
pictures; characters, setting, plot; imagery; symbolism; figures of speech;
word sounds such as alliteration and onomatopoeia) to affect the reader.
Writing
Ø Create organized, coherent multiple-paragraph narrative, expository, and
descriptive compositions with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Ø Write responses to literature that show understanding of a literary work.
Ø Locate information using a dictionary thesaurus, encyclopedia, and
electronic media.
Ø Begin learning to proofread, edit, and revise writing.
Ø Create simple documents using electronic media.
Language Conventions
Ø Learn more advanced rules and use of correct punctuation (e.g. periods,
ellipsis, comma, semicolon, colon, hyphen, apostrophe, quotation marks,
question mark, exclamation point, parentheses.)
Ø Review and employ correct mechanics of capitalization and plurals.
Ø Understand sentence structure (e.g. subject, predicate, modifier, clause,
phrase.)
Ø Begin to identify all eight parts of speech and apply them correctly.
Ø Work on grammar: recognizing the right word to write (e.g. their there,
they’re to, too two; your; you’re; lay; lie; sit, set.)
Speaking and Listening
Ø Research, plan, write, practice and give a speech to inform, demonstrate,
or persuade.
Ø Tell a story using narration and/or description.
Ø Deliver an oral response to literature.
Ø Listen and ask questions that seek information not already known.
Number Sense
Ø Review basic mathematic operations (additions, subtraction,
multiplication and division)
Ø Compute with very large (e.g. millions) and very small (e.g. thousandths)
numbers.
Ø Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of decimals.
Algebra and Function
Ø Use variables (letters) in simple expressions and compute the value of the
expression for specific values of the variable. (including addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division)
Measurement and Geometry
Ø Understand geometric formulas and compute the perimeter and area, and
volume of simple objects.
Ø Begin to become familiar with tools used for measurement (e.g. ruler,
compass, protractor.)
Statistics and Data
Ø Review concepts of mean, median, mode.
Ø Organize information in different types of graphs and charts.
Mathematical Reasoning
Ø Use a variety of strategies, skills, and concepts in finding solutions.