Religion
In 5th grade students will learn more about the Catholic faith and identity in a variety of ways.

Students will: 

• learn about all 7 Sacraments 
• learn about all the parts of Mass 
• participating in weekly mass, adoration, and spiritual retreats
• go to confession two times a year 
• read and analyze Bible scripture readings 
• learn the lives of the saints 
• learn different prayers

 
Reading/English/Spelling/Vocabulary 
Students will continue to develop literacy skills.
 
Students will: 

• listen to aloud reading
• participate in reading groups
• have independent reading and writing time 
• compose short narratives and essays 
• practice making connections, inferences, questions, predictions, and images while reading 
• peer edit and read together in small group stations
• work on vocabulary and spelling development 
• understand sentence structure by means of diagraming 
• creating purposeful book reports showing knowledge and understanding of a specific book as well as genres  
• complete novel studies 

 
Mathematics
Students will extend their knowledge in math by continuing to develop their sense of number relationships in order to apply their skills to solve problems. They will use the text, manipulatives, technology and everyday situations. 
 
Students will:

• identify place value through the billions
• identify decimal place value through the billions
• add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions and decimals
• compare and order fractions and decimals
• be introduced to the rules of divisibility
• classify whole numbers as prime or composite
• use estimation and rounding to solve word problems
• explain in words strategies used to solve problems
• solve multi-step word problems using a variety of strategies
• use ratio, percent, and probability
• find the radius, diameter, area, and circumference of a circle
• identify and classify polygons
• find the area and perimeter of polygons
• represent data on various types of graphs

 
Science:
Students will learn:

• Structure and Property of Matter
• Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
• Earth's Systems
• Space Systems: Stars and The Solar System

 
Social Studies:
Students will learn and study the development of our country.
 
Students will:

• learn about different explorers and reasons for exploration
• identify the 13 colonies and their regions, as well as learning about why each colony was colonized 
• learn about the American Revolution and the events leading up to the war 
• study the Great Depression and its effect on our country 
• learn all 50 states and capitals 
• identify our country's regions and geography by using map skills