Exit Expectations for Fifth Grade Reading
Students who are performing at grade level should exhibit the following expectations:
Comprehend literally on a 5th grade reading level
Understand the literary elements of a book such as characterization, setting,
conflict/resolution, plot, and theme
Find the main idea of a reading selection
Follow written and oral directions
Sequence
Predict Outcomes
Draw conclusions
Infer
Discuss, compare/contrast a variety of text
Distinguish between fact/opinion, reality/fantasy, fiction/nonfiction, and make valid
judgments
Recognize vocabulary meanings using context clues
Identify and use multiple-meaning words
Recognize figurative language
Distinguish between similes and metaphors
Understand cause & effect
Interpret graphic aids
Consult dictionary and reference sources to build or confirm meaning
Write a summary using proper grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
Present written, oral, and PowerPoint presentations on selected genre
Use multimedia to create and to display information
Social Studies Exit Expectations
Exit Expectations Fifth Grade U.S. History
I.Develop abilities in social studies.
A. Think clearly and solve problems about social studies (classify, observe, decide, estimate, solve, compare).
B.Talk about social studies (present, collaborate, explain, recommend and narrate) using appropriate vocabulary.
C.Make careful plans and use them (brainstorm, envision, research, and plan).
D.Use the quality process (plan, draft, analyze, and revise when producing products).
II.Be able to apply social studies knowledge and skills to a variety of purposes.
A.Be able to conduct and present research (locate/observe/gather information).
B.Be able to relate social studies to your life.
1. View life from other perspectives and others' point of view (compromise, cooperation, social).
2. Understand key forces (inventions, discoveries, people, events, and moments) which have shaped our world.
3. Explain the causes and effects key forces have on you, the present, and the future.
4. Use the past and present (other cultures and other places) to solve problems and make decisions.
5. Relate current events to your life (know sources related to current events, be able to talk about current events).
6. Understand rights and responsibilities of U.S.citizenship (individual, group).
- Possess technical skills.
1. Read/write/present instructions, table, chart, thank you letter, letter of request, letter of response, inquiry, proposal, lab report, checklist, research report, summary, persuasive pieces (editorials, articles, speeches, letters).
2. Technology: Internet.
Exit Expectations for fifth grade Language Arts
Students who perform at grade level should exhibit the following expectations:
1. Grammar:
a. Recognize and produce the four types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative).
b. Identify and write simple, compound, and complex sentences.
c. Use punctuation and capitalization correctly.
d. Identify and write subjects/predicates of complete, simple, and compound sentences.
e. Use nouns, verbs, verb tenses, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions correctly.
2. Writing:
a. Write to acquire knowledge, clarify thinking, improve study skills, gain confidence, and promote lifelong communication.
b. Write frequently for a variety of purposes such as narration, description, personal, persuasion, and creative expression.
c. Practice a variety of prewriting activities to generate and organize ideas
d. Recognize and demonstrate appropriate use of Standard English: usage, mechanics, spelling, and sentence structure.
e. Use available technology to research a topic.
3. Study skills:
a. Use study strategies to learn and recall important ideas from text such as note taking, and outline.
Exit Expectations for fifth grade Math
Students who perform at grade level should exhibit the following expectations:
NUMBER OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
Identify decimals to hundredths
Know exponential notation for powers of ten
Compare and order whole numbers, decimals, and fractions
Find multiples of numbers and the LCM of a number pair
Find factors of numbers and the GCF of a number pair
Know divisibility rules for 2, 3,4,5,6,9and 10
Rename improper fractions to mixed numerals
Recognize equivalent fractions
Simplify fractions
Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators
Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers
Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals
Multiply two-digit numbers by two- and three-digit numbers
Divide by one- and two-digit numbers
Estimate sums, differences, products, and quotients
Round decimals to the nearest tenths and hundredths
Use mental math to multiply by powers of tens
MEASUREMENT
Measure length accurately to the nearest eighth inch
Determine area using multiplication
Measure mass and volume given the appropriate unit
Determine elapsed time and dates
Convert simple measurements in customary and metric units
GEOMETRY
Identify, compare, and draw 2-dimensional figures (quadrilaterals,
hexagon, pentagon, octagon)
Identify and compare 3-dimensional figures
Identify properties of geometric solids (edge, face, curved surface,
vertex, base, height)
Identify multiple lines of symmetry for a figure
Define and identify congruent shapes
Define and identify similar shapes
Draw* angles (right, acute, obtuse, straight)
Represent a line, ray, segment
Identify cubes, rectangular and triangular prisms, and rectangular and
triangular pyramids from simple nets
Apply formulas for perimeter and area of rectangles
Identify and represent a circle, radius, diameter, and chord
ALGEBRAIC RELATIONSHIPS
Find and extend number patterns
Write a number sentence to solve a word problem
Evaluate simple expressions
Find missing factors in equations
Solve number sentences involving parentheses
Find missing numbers in equivalent fractions and proportions