5th Grade
Idalia Long
Mrs. Maddox
Ms. Thornton

Fairfax County's Fifth Grade Curriculum

Math

  • Place value of decimals through the thousandths
  • Order fractions and decimals from least to greatest
  • Find the sums, differences, products, and quotients of decimals through thousandths
  • Add & subtract fractions and mixed numbers and in simplest form
  • Find perimeter and area of polygons (including triangle)
  • Differentiate between perimeter, area, and volume
  • Choose appropriate measuring device and unit to solve measurement problems
  • Determine an amount of elapsed time in hours and minutes
  • Measure,draw, and classify right, acute, and obtuse angles
  • Identify, compare, and analyze properties of 3 dimensional shapes
  • Solve probability problems using tree diagrams
  • Find mean, median, mode, and range of a set of data

Social Studies

  • Mesopotamia
  • Egypt
  • Ancient Greece & Rome
  • Middle Ages
  • Renaissance
  • Africa, Asia, & Latin America - contemporary societies

Science

  • Scientific investigations
  • Ocean environment
  • Earth's surface
  • Sound & light
  • Matter - atoms, elements, molecules, and compounds
  • Parts of a cell
  • Five kingdoms of living things
  • Vascular & nonvascular plants

Language Arts

  • Planned oral presentations
  • Read and comprehend fiction & non-fiction with fluency and accuracy
  • Respond to genres that reflect varying cultures & historical periods
  • Evaluate and analyze main idea, cause-and-effect, and logical order
  • Write in a variety of genres
  • Figurative language
  • Vary sentence structure, word order, and sentence length in paragraphs
  • Edit for capitalization, punctuation, spelling (homophones), grammar, and complete sentences.

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Last Updated: August 20, 2007