Curriculum Guide

Grade 5

Social Studies

_  American Exploration and Discovery
_  Establishment and settlements in the New World
_  Colonial Life in America
_  Pioneer life in America
_  Revolutionary War in America
_  Westward movement
_  Industrial and cultural growth.
_  Democracy's principles and documents.
_  Life in the U.S. and its possessions.
_  Geography of the U.S.
_  Natural resources of the U.S.
_  Canada and Mexico
_  Relationship of the U.S. with Canada
_  Comparative cultures of Canada.
_  Countries and cultures of the Western Hemisphere: Central America, West       Indies, South America.
_  Map and globe skills.

Science

_  Biological adaptations.
_  Biotic communities.
_  Animal and plant classification.
_  Fish.
_  Reptiles.
_  Bacteria.
_  Molds.
_  Plants and their food.
_  Conservation.
_  Cells.
_  Human Body.
_  Landforms.
_  Properties of air and water.
_  Time and seasons.
_  Temperature and Thermometers.
_  Magnetic fields.
_  Use and control of electricity.
_  Conduction and convection.
_  Light and optics.
_  Force systems.
_  Chemical systems.
_  Space and space exploration.

Language Arts

_  Silent and oral reading
_  Types of literature
_  Presenting original plays.
_  Listening skills.
_  Dictionary use for word meaning, analysis and spelling.
_  Common homonyms.
_  Homophones and homographs.
_  Synonyms and antonyms.
_  Using a thesaurus.
_  Spelling.
_  Plurals and possessives.
_  Kinds of sentences.
_  Parts of sentences.
_  Cursive handwriting.
_  Outlining
_  Paragraph writing.
_  Writing letters, stories, reports poems, plays.
_  Preparing a simple bibliography.
_  Proofreading skills.
_  Parts of a newspaper.
_  Using study materials, keys, tables, graphs, charts, legends, library file cards, index, table of contents, reference materials, maps.

Health and Safety

_  Dental hygiene.
_  Our water supply.
_  Sewage disposal.
_  Care of the eyes.
_  Germ-bearing insects and pests.
_  Nutrition and diet.
_  Diseases.
_  Community health resources.
_  Elementary first aid.
_  Bicycle and water safety.

Mathematics

_  Reading and writing numbers to 10 places
_  Mixed numbers.
_  Set of the integers.
_  Numeration systems.
_  Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers.
_  Fundamental processes: whole numbers and common fractions.
_  Common and decimal fractions.
_  Ratio and per cent
_  Extension of geometric concepts.
_  Customary and metric measurement.
_  Decimals to thousandths.
_  Word problems in daily life.
_  Concept of sampling.
_  Charts and graphs (picture, bar, line, and circle graphs).

Computer

_  Introduction to Internet.
_  Browser.
_  Search engines.
_  Finding information on the internet.
_  Different types of Disk used in the computer.
_  Review the different parts of computer and their functions.
_  Tool Bars.
_  Task Bars.
_  Status Bars.