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Mike Braswell
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Virginia Standards of Learning At A Glance
Fifth Grade

Math

Number and Number Sense
•Place value through ten-thousandths
•Compare decimals through ten-thousandths

 
Computation and Estimation
•Add and subtract whole numbers
•Estimate answers for (+,-,x,-) of whole
 numbers
•Multiply two numbers expressed as decimals
•Divide a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number
•Divide the numbers expressed in decimal
 form
•Fractions with like and & unlike whole
 denominators

Measurement

•Determine perimeter of a polygon
•Area of square, rectangle, triangle
•Diameter, radius, chord, & circumference
•Measurement
•Celsius and Fahrenheit
•Elapsed time in hours and minutes

Geometry
•Classify angles (right, obtuse, acute)
•Measure and draw angles and
 triangles
•Ordered pairs on a coordinate plane

Probability and Statistics
•Construct tree diagrams
•Stem-and-leaf plots, line and bar
 graphs
•Find mean and mode for a set of data

Patterns, Functions, & Algebra

•Extend numerical patterns
•Describe the concept of a variable

Science

Scientific Investigation & Reasoning
•Plan and conduct investigations

Force, Motion, and Energy
•Investigate sound
Investigate characteristics of white light
 
Matter
•Atoms, molecules, elements, and compounds

Living Systems
•Investigate the characteristics of
 cells
•Five kingdoms of living things
•Vascular and non-vascular plants

Earth Patterns/ Space Systems
Investigate the ocean environment
Investigate Earth's changing surface
 - Identification of rock types
 - Fossils
 - Plate tectonics
 - Weathering and erosion
 - Human impact

English

Oral Language
•Listen, draw conclusions, and share responses
•Use effective nonverbal communication
•Make planned oral presentations

Reading / Literature
•Root words, prefixes, suffixes
•Use dictionary, glossary, and thesaurus
•Describe character development in fiction
•Describe plot and how conflicts are resolved
•Read a variety of literary forms
•Demonstrate comprehension about readings

Writing
•Write to describe, inform, entertain,
 explain
•Vary sentence structure
•Revise and edit work

Research
•Synthesize information from a variety
 of sources
•Skin material to locate information
•Develop charts, maps and graphs

History and Social Studies

United States History to 1877
•Describe a life in a America before the 17th
 Century
 - Native Americans
 - Influences of geography and climate
•Early explorers
 - Motivation and obstacles
 - Trace the routes
•Life in Colonial America
•Analyze the United States Constitution
•Analyze the Bill of Rights
•Describe challenges of new government
•Describe America between 1801 through 1861
 - Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark, etc.
 - Inventions
 - Development of money, saving, credit


•Civil War and Reconstruction
 - Economic and philosophical
   differences
 - Identify leaders of both sides
 - Emancipation Proclamation
 - Lee's surrender at Appomattox
 - 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
•Interpret patriotic slogans
•Construct time lines
•Discuss and debate historical topics

 


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