5th Grade

Fifth Grade Team

  • Ms. King

  • Mrs. Keaton

  • Mr. Blue

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By the end of fifth grade, you can expect your child to:

  • Be generally truthful and dependable

  • Develop increasing independence

  • Improve problem-solving skills

  • Acquire more-advanced listening and responding skills

  • Enjoy organizing and classifying objects and ideas

  • Be able to read and concentrate for long periods of time

  • Read complex text fluently and with good comprehension

  • Research a topic using a variety of sources, and use the features of a book (for example, the index, glossary, and appendix) to find information

  • Identify conflict, climax, and resolution in a story

  • Write an organized, multi-paragraph composition in sequential order with a central idea

  • Use problem-solving strategies to solve real-world math problems

  • Add and subtract fractions and decimals

  • Identify and describe three-dimensional shapes, and find their volumes and surface areas

  • Use long division to divide large numbers by multi-digit numbers