Mililani MaukaMililani Mauka ElementaryElementary SchoolSchool

Mililani MaukaMililani Mauka ElementaryElementary SchoolSchool

Grade 5Grade 5

Curriculum for 2005 - 2006Curriculum for 2005 - 2006

Language Arts

First and Second Semester

Reading Comprehension Process• Making Inferences• Questioning• Predicting• Making Connections• Summarizing

Reading Response• Author’s Message and Theme• Initial, Personal, Interpretive, Critical Stances

Rhetoric/Range• Reading Log, Book It, Genre Study

Writing• Composing Processes, Step Up to Writing• Research Writing/Expository Writing

Oral Language• Communication Processes

• Focus on : Poise, Projection, Preparedness, Personality

Mathematics

First SemesterNumbers and Operations

• Place Value, Adding, Subtracting• Multiplying Whole Numbers &

Decimals• Dividing with One & Two-Digit Divisors• Fractions

Data Analysis• Reading and Making Graphs• Interpreting Data• Probability

First Semester (cont.)

Geometry and Spatial Sense• Lines, Angles, Circles• Polygons• Symmetry and Transformations

Measurement• Solids• Volume & Capacity• Weight/Mass

Second Semester

Number and Operations• Fraction Operations• Ratio, Proportion, Percent

Measurement• Length• Area• Time & Temperature

Patterns, Functions, & Algebra• Equations, Integers, Graphs

Science

First Semester

Physical Science• Static Electricity• Force and Motion

Life Science• Ecosystem

Earth and Space Science• Astronomy & Solar System• Energy

Second Semester

Life Science• Genetics• Human Body

Social Studies

First Semester

Political Science• Rules• Conflict Resolution

History• Columbus and Tainos

Cultural Anthropology and Economics• Colonization

Geography• Daily Geography

Second Semester

Political Science• Three Branches of Government

History• Revolutionary War

Geography• Daily Geography (continued)