Fifth
Grade
Curriculum Overviews
Shelby County Schools offers educational opportunities
without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex or disability.
FIRST NINE WEEKS
| Language
Arts |
| -Parts of a book |
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-Story Elements |
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-Make Predictions |
| -Reference Sources |
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-Problem & Solution |
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-Synonyms/Antonyms |
| -Cause & Effect |
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-Make Inferences |
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-Draw Conclusions |
| Compound Words |
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-Form Generalizations |
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-Fact & Nonfact |
| -Context Clues |
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-Vowel Sounds |
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-Syllable Patterns |
| -Parts of Speech |
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-Sentences |
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-Personal Narratives |
| -Inflectional Endings |
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-Book Report |
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-Accelerated Reader |
| -Persuasive Writing |
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-Figurative Language |
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-Analogies |
| -Writing, speaking, and listening activities |
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Math |
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-Add & Subtract Whole & Decimal Numbers
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-Place Value
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| Science/Health |
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Social
Studies |
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| -Scientific Method
-Unit A Structures of Plants & Animals
-Unit B Interactions of Living Things
-Unit G Exploring Tennessee
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-Unit 1 Making a New Nation
-Unit 2 Civil War Times
-Unit 3 Becoming a World Power
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Computer
Education |
| -Internet research |
-Keyboarding skills |
-Skill practice |
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Second Nine Weeks
| Language
Arts |
| -Make predictions & inferences
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-Summarize |
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-Steps in a process |
| -Story elements |
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-Context clues |
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-Sentence structure |
| -Research skills |
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-Distinguish Facts/Nonfacts |
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-Compound words |
| -Recall details |
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-Form generalizations |
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-Draw conclusions |
| -Locate facts |
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-Vocabulary strategies |
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-Sequence events |
| -Identifying main idea |
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-Parts of Speech |
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-Cause & Effect |
| -Multi meaning words |
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-Graphic aides |
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-Synonyms/Antonyms |
| -Figurative language |
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-Test taking strategies |
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-Reference Sources |
| -Author's purpose |
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-Parts of a book |
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-Syllable Patterns |
| -Vowel Sounds |
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-Inflectional Endings |
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-Book report |
| -Accelerated Reader |
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-Writing, speaking, and listening activities |
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Math |
| -Addition & subtraction (whole numbers &
decimals) |
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-Multiplying whole numbers |
| -Dividing by one and two digit divisors |
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-Problem Solving |
| -Using Data & Statistics |
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-Charts & Graphs |
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| Science/Health |
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Social
Studies |
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| -Unit B Interaction of Living Things
-Unit C Earth and its Recourses
-Unit D Weather and Climate
-Environmental safety |
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-Unit 2 Civil War Times
-Unit 3 Becoming a World Power
-Unit 4 Good Times and Bad
-Recognize cultural and religious significance of holiday celebrations
-Geography skills |
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Third Nine Weeks
| Language
Arts |
| -Make inferences |
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-Interpret story elements |
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-Research skills |
| -Recall details |
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-Locate facts |
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-Identify main idea |
| -Summarize |
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-Context clues |
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-Distinguish Facts/Nonfacts |
| -Point of View |
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-Vocabulary strategies |
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-Parts of Speech |
| -Sentence structure |
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-Compound words |
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-Draw conclusions |
| -Steps in a process |
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-Sequence events |
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-Cause & Effect |
| -Multi meaning words |
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-Judgement & Decision |
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-Author's purpose |
| -Graphic aides |
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-Test taking strategies |
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-Synonyms/Antonyms |
| -Reference Sources |
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- Analogies |
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-Proofreading |
| -Syllable Patterns |
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-R Controlled Vowels |
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-Suffixes |
| -Schwa sound |
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-Contractions |
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-Accelerated Reader |
| -Distinguish literary genres |
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-Book report |
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-Writing, speaking, and listening activities |
| -Compare/contrast information |
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-Distinguish important/unimportant information |
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-Terra Nova State Writing Assessment |
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Math |
| -Compare decimals & fraction |
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-Dividing whole numbers & decimals by one and two digit divisors |
| -Order fractions |
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-Charts & Graphs |
-Simplify fractions |
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-Using Data & Statistics |
| -Represent numbers as proper & improper fractions |
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-Problem Solving |
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| Science/Health |
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Social
Studies |
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| -Unit D Weather and Climate
-Unit E Properties of Matter & Energy
-Unit C Earth & Its Resources
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-Unit 3 Becoming a World Power
-Unit 4 Good Times and Bad
-Unit 5 World War II
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Fourth Nine Weeks
| Language
Arts |
| -Compare & Contrast |
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-Make inferences |
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-Homographs |
| -Author's Purpose |
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-Point of View |
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-Homophones |
| -Problem & Solution |
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-Context Clues |
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-Prefixes & Suffixes |
| -Prefixes |
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-Story Elements |
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-Negatives |
| -TCAP review |
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-Test taking strategies |
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-Prepositions |
| -Pronouns |
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- Writing strategies |
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-Adverbs |
| -Unstressed syllables |
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-Silent letters |
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-R Controlled vowels |
| -Judgments & Decisions |
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-Drawing Conclusions |
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-Cause & Effect |
| -Sequence of Events |
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-Synonyms & Antonyms |
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-Context Clues |
| -Library Skills |
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-Reference Sources |
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Math |
| Measurement |
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-TCAP review |
| -Fractions |
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-Test taking strategies |
| -Division |
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-Problem Solving |
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| Science/Health |
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Social
Studies |
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| -Unit E Properties of Matter & Energy
-Unit F Motion & Energy
-Chapter 5 Body Systems
- Family Life Curriculum
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-Unit 5 World War II
-Unit 6 The Cold War & Beyond
-Unit 7 The United States and the World
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Shelby County Schools offers educational opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, religion sex, or disability