5th Grade End of the Year Goals Need goals for the year? Here is the 5the grade list down below help guide you, with a printable version. Reading – Daily reading – Log and track progress Language Arts – Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text – Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. – Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. – Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem. – Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described. – Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). – Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics. – By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently. – Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. – Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. – Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area. – Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts. – Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent. – Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. – Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s). – Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. – By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently. – Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context. – Read on-level text with purpose and understanding. – Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. – Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. – Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose. – Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details. – Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically). – Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented. – Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. – Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. – Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially). – Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. – Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented. – Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. – Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. – Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. – Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. – Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. – Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. – With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. – With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting. – Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic. – Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources. – Apply grade 5 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or a drama, drawing on specific details in the text [e.g., how characters interact]”). – Apply grade 5 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., “Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point[s]”). – Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. – Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. – Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. – Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others. – Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions. – Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. – Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence. – Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. – Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes. – Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation. – Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences. – Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses. – Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions. – Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense. – Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor). – Use punctuation to separate items in a series. – Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence. – Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?). – Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works. – Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. – Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style. – Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems. – Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. – Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis). – Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. – Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context. – Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. – Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words. – Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition). Math – Numbers & Operations – Counting, Number Sets, Number Representations, Compare & Order Numbers, Place Value – Explore negative numbers in context. – Understand place value concepts through millions. – Count by hundred thousand and millions. – Compare and order whole numbers to 10,000,000. – Express numbers to 10,000,000 in various forms. – Whole Number: Multiplication, Division – Multiply multi-digit numbers. – Find quotients involving multi-digit dividends. – Solve multiplication and division problems. – Select the most useful form of the quotient and interpret the remainder. – Estimation and Mental Math – Use estimation and mental math to estimate sums, differences, products and quotients. – Decimal Concepts, Operations & Applications – Model decimals using thousandths. – Understand place value concepts through thousandths. – Convert decimals to fractions. – Add and subtract decimals. – Multiply and divide decimals by whole numbers. – Solve problems with multiplication and division of decimals. – Ratio, Proportion & Percent – Convert fractions to decimals. – Relate fractions and division expressions. – Add and subtract unlike fractions and mixed numbers. – Multiply proper fractions, improper fractions, mixed numbers, and whole numbers. – Divide fractions by whole numbers. – Solve word problems with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions. – Use ratios to solve problems. – Find equivalent ratios. – Solve problems with percent. – Convert fractions to percents. – Find a percent of a number. – Algebraic Thinking – Patterns & Properties – Identify, describe, and extend numeric patterns involving all operations. – Find rules to complete number patterns. – Algebraic Relationships & Models – Understand the relationship between numbers and symbols in formulas for surface area and volume. – Describe number relationships in context. – Use letters as variables. – Number Sentences, Equations & Inequalities – Write and solve numbers sentences for one- , two-and three-step real-world problems. – Write and solve equations. – Graph linear equations. – Simplify algebraic expressions. – Understand equality and inequality. – Use order of operations in numeric expressions with two or more operations. – Geometry & Measurement – Lines & Angles – Apply the sum of the angles on a straight line. – Apply the sum of the angles at a point. – Apply vertical angles property of intersecting lines. – Shapes – Apply the properties of right, isosceles, and equilateral triangles. – Apply the sum of the angle measures of a triangle. – Apply the properties of a parallelogram, rhombus, and trapezoid. – Demonstrate that the sum of any two side lengths of a triangle is greater than the length of the third side. – Identify and classify prisms and pyramids. – Identify the solid that can be made from a net. – Identify cylinders, spheres and cones. – Describe cylinders, spheres and cones by the number of and types of faces, and the number of edges and vertices. – Build solids using unit cubes. – Length, Distance, Perimeter & Area – Find the area of a triangle as an extension of the area of a rectangle. – Surface Area & Volume – Estimate and measure volume in cubic units. – Use the net of a rectangular prism to find its surface area. – Congruence, Symmetry, Transformations & Coordinate Geometry – Plot points on a coordinate grid. – Data Analysis – Collect, Classify, Organize, Represent, Interpret & Analyze Data – Represent data in a double bar graph. – Analyze data in a double bar graph. – Probability – Investigate Outcomes & Express Probability – Determine experimental probability of an outcome. – Compare the results of an experiment with theoretical probability. – Find all possible combinations by listing, making a tree diagram, and multiplying. Social Studies – Native Americas- crops, hunting traditions, regions, homes and structures, rituals and ceremonies – Early explorers- background, hardships, motivations, and what Impact they had on native Americans – Colonialism- 13 colonies, hardships, day to day, John Smith, William penn, development of slavery, – American Revolution – cause of revolution, events and individuals involved, which battles were there and which were won, loyalists vs patriots, Declaration of Independence, Boston tea party ride of Paul revere – New Nation – articles of confederation, constitution, bill of rights, branches of government, George Washington, political parties, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, map expansion of the country, Louisiana purchase, Lewis and Clark, pioneering – Civil war and Reconstruction- causes, major events, and consequences, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S Grant, emancipation proclamation, constitution amendments 13, 14, and 15, reconstruction plan, social and economic impact of slavery – Current events Science – Life Science – structure and behavior of living organisms, Examine cells, parts of a cell, systems in the body, ecosystems, – Earth science- water cycle, earths layers, rocks and fossils – Physical science – states of matter, periodic table, force – What do scientists do- ask questions, investigate, record data, Visual/Performance – Dance, Music, Arts – Drawing and Coloring – Connect the dots – Hands on Crafts PE Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading...