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English Language Arts

Standards

• (Revised 2020)

Resources

Fifth Grade Units

Parent Resources for ELA

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• Act 20 Resources & Family Activities

Math

Standards

• (revised 2020)

Resources

Resources

Fifth Grade Units

Parent Resources

• – collection of activities, organized by mathematical content, uses familiar routines that can be used by students and families.
• – free apps that are based on the visual models student use in Bridges in Mathematics

Social Studies

Standards

Fifth Grade Units

Science

Standards

Fifth Grade Units

Social Emotional Learning

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) helps children develop the skills they need to succeed in school and in life. These include:

• Understanding and managing emotions
• Making responsible decisions
• Showing empathy and kindness
• Building positive friendships
• Solving problems in peaceful ways

SEL supports the whole child—academically, socially, and emotionally—helping students feel safe, confident, and ready to learn.

Elementary school is a time when children are learning how to navigate the world around them. As they grow, they begin to understand themselves, others, and how to work together. SEL helps students:

• Develop self-confidence and independence
• Learn how to handle big emotions
• Build friendships and resolve conflicts
• Follow directions and stay focused in class
• Create a strong sense of belonging at school

When students feel supported socially and emotionally, they are more engaged in learning and better prepared for future academic success.

91ÖÆƬ³§ uses the Second Step Elementary program, a trusted, research-based curriculum that teaches SEL skills in a developmentally appropriate and engaging way.Ìý Second Step lessons are taught in the elementary classroom and focus on:

• Skills for Learning – Listening, focusing attention, and being assertive
• Empathy – Understanding and caring about others’ feelings
• Emotion Management – Recognizing strong emotions and calming down
• Problem-Solving – Using step-by-step strategies to make good choices

Lessons include stories, songs, discussions, games, and role-playing to help students practice their skills in fun and meaningful ways.

Physical Education

All K-5 students in the 91ÖÆƬ³§ participate in physical education for 75 minutes per week.

Music

All K-5 students in the 91ÖÆƬ³§ participate in general music for 45 minutes per week.

Fifth Grade Learning Objectives for Music

Demonstrate and apply the following concepts:

• All previously learned rhythm patterns
• Treble clef notation

Apply previously learned music reading skills to create personal music.

Experience and interact with the following:

• Rhythm
  • 6/8 rhythm patterns
  • Syncopation
• Tonality
  • Major vs. minor
  • Pentatonic scale
  • Blues scale
• Harmony
  • Major and minor chords
  • Consonance and dissonance 
  • 12-bar blues
• Chromatic scale
  • Accidentals (natural, sharp and flat)

Demonstrated Vocal Skills

• Sing accurately in head voice, with or without accompaniment.
• Perform a variety of songs including rounds, partner songs, two-part songs, and speech pieces.
• Vocal improvisation.

Demonstrated Instrumental Skills

• Perform pulse, rhythm, and melodies on classroom percussion instruments.Ìý
• Improvise an original rhythm/melody/tune.

Demonstrated Performance Skills

• Follow the cues of a conductor with regard to nuance
• Perform various dynamics and tempi.
• Perform with an ensemble.

Demonstrated Interaction with Music

• Dynamics
• Tempo
• Timbre
• Creatively move to music.
• Identify the expressive intent of music.
• Identify characteristics of various styles/genres of music.

Art

All K-5 students in the 91ÖÆƬ³§ participate in art for 45 minutes per week.Ìý

Fifth Grade learning Objectives for Visual Art

Elements and Principles of Art

• Line
  • Explores line drawing styles and techniques such as: Contour Drawing, Cartooning, Observational drawing, Pointillism, and Cross Hatching.Ìý
• Color
  • Understands and uses basic complementary colors – Red/green, Blue/orange, Yellow/purple.
• Texture
  • Uses and creates real and implied texture within artwork.
• Contrast– difference between elements in an artwork.

Artistic Process

• Identifies and demonstrates diverse methods of artistic investigation to choose an approach for beginning a work of art.Ìý
• Experiments and develops skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice. (Including 2D and 3D materials).

Craftsmanship

• Pursues quality craftsmanship through composition and use of materials.
• Evaluates and chooses artwork that demonstrates quality craftsmanship.

Responding

• Recognizes differences in criteria used to evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as historical and cultural contexts.

Connecting

• Identifies how art is used to inform or change beliefs, values, or behaviors of an individual or society.Ìý
• Creates artwork that represents your personal identity.

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