Hampton School District
Grade 5 at a Glance
Language Arts
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Reading Process - predict outcomes, analyze characters, make personal connections, think inferentially, analyze multiple sources, and summarize
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Literary Skills - story components, figurative language, foreshadowing, genre identification
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Nonfiction/Informational - text features, text structure (cause and effect, problem/solution, sequence, fact/opinion, compare/contrast, description)
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Speaking and Listening- engaging in collaborative discussions, summarizing, reporting on topics, adapts speaking to the task
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Writing Process – narrative, informational, persuasive argument, journal writing
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Process: brainstorm, web, draft, revise, conference, and edit
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Product: focus and ideas, organization, topic development, voice, word choice, sentence structure, and conventions
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Grammar and Mechanics - parts of speech, usage, punctuation, capitalization
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Word Study - spelling, vocabulary, roots
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Research and Study Skills - effective and appropriate sources of information, strategies for reading comprehension, summarizing, and note taking
Math Topics
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Computational and problem solving skills with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions using the four operations
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Place value, calculation, and estimation
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Graph and analyze data
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Convert units of measurement - customary and metric
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Geometry - volume and area with fractional sides and attributes of polygons
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Patterns, functions, and algebra
Science Topics
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Matter and its Interactions
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Earth’s Place in the Universe
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Earth’s Systems, Earth and Human Activity
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Energy, the Food Chain and Ecosystems
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STEAM and Scientific inquiry
Social Studies
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United States Colonization and the Revolutionary War
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United States Government/ Constitution
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United States Westward Expansion
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United States Civil War
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Economics
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Inquiry based research
Supporting Learning at Home
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Homework is given Monday through Thursday in multiple subject-areas.
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Students should read regularly at home.
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We use an agenda book to promote clear and consistent communication.
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Students may also be assigned book projects.
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Homework is generally meant for students to do independently, but we do encourage checking your child’s work.