Thursday, April 9, 2009

What They Should Know by the End of 5th Grade

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 books (e.g., index, glossary, 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 divisors (86,554 / 392)

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