GRADE FIVE

LANGUAGE ARTS Students will be expected to:  Speak and listen to explore, extend, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences  Communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly, and to respond personally and critically  Interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience, and purpose  Select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts  Interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies Outcomes To be continued

LANGUAGE ARTS Students will be expected to:  Respond personally to a range of texts  Respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form, and genre  Use writing and other forms of representation to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imaginations  Create texts collaboratively and independently, using a wide variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes  Use a range of strategies to develop effective writing and other ways of representing and to enhance their clarity, precision, and effectiveness Outcomes (continued)

LANGUAGE ARTS  Teamwork  Homework Lessons  Study Strategies  Language Usage  Writing: narrative and expository  Spelling / Vocabulary Development  Short story / Novel Studies (several)  Reading Skills (increasing focus on reading expository text)  Special Interest Topics: Remembrance Day; Halifax Explosion; Artists; others related to student interest Areas of Study

LANGUAGE ARTS: Focus  Refining students’ knowledge of the skills and strategies involved in the process of writing with emphasis on its five stages: Prewriting Drafting Revision Editing and proofreading Publishing and Sharing  Refining students’ knowledge of the research process  Refining students’ organizational and time management skills  Improving students’ ability to read factual (expository) material and to study it  Providing instruction and opportunities to practise various writing, reading, listening, speaking, researching, and study strategies

Learning to Write  Analyzing well-written models of the expected form of writing  Discussing the key elements of this form  Developing and learning the template and/or checklist related to this form (its main ingredients)  Practising the form using any developed templates and/or checklists of requirements  Self reflection and editing  Receiving feedback related to the practice piece  Using the feedback to make improvements  Having further practice opportunities  Using the writing process in all areas of the curriculum Students can be taught to write through exposure to an intense writing program that involves:

MATHEMATICS  GCO A:Number Sense and Theory  GCO B: Number Operations  GCO C: Patterns and Relationships  GCO D: Measurement  GCO E: Geometry  GCO F: Data Management  GCO G:Probability Strands

MATHEMATICS  GCO A:Concepts related to Whole Numbers, Decimals, and Fractions; Factors  GCO B: Whole Number Multiplication and Division; Decimal Operations  GCO C: Relationships and Patterns involving Whole Number and Decimal Numbers  GCO D: Perimeter; Areas; Volume; Capacity; Angles; Metric Unit Relationships  GCO E: 3-Dimensional Geometry; Geometric Drawings; Terminology; Triangles; Transformational Geometry  GCO F: Creating and Interpreting Various Graphs; Data Collection  GCO G:Probability Curriculum

MATHEMATICS: Unifying Ideas  Problem Solving: used to introduce new content, develop understanding of concepts, and provide real-life opportunities to practise operations  Communication: talking and writing about mathematics allows students to share their mathematical thinking and to deepen their understanding of concepts, strategies, and procedures  Connections: make connections to the real world, and to other mathematical concepts and to other areas of the curriculum that results in increasing interest and understanding  Reasoning: engage students in activities designed to develop their ability to reason

SOCIAL STUDIES  General Map Skills: An Introduction  Discovering Canada  Current Events (on-going)  Remembrance Day (integrated with Language Arts)  Halifax Explosion (integrated with Language Arts)  Rights of the Child  Exploring Our Heritage (including African Canadian, Acadians, and class backgrounds)  Explorers  Other Related Map Skills Tentative Topics

SOCIAL STUDIES: Skills and Strategies  Knowing about locations related to the world, our country, and our province  Working effectively in groups  Collecting information through reading, lectures, newspapers, videos, and technology  Learning the stages involved in the research process  Presenting information in various ways including answers, maps, diagrams, graphs, paragraphs, and essays  Refining map skills  Learning about the importance of various cultures  Developing a greater awareness and appreciation for other cultures  Developing a greater awareness of current events  Developing study strategies to use with content material  Developing stronger reading skills related to content material

HEALTH  GCO A:Students will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of the body, body functions, and growth and development.  GCO B:Students will be expected to demonstrate knowledge, skills, and attitudes that contribute to active, healthy living.  GCO C:Students will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of factors that contribute to healthy living values and practices.  GCO D:Students will be expected to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to live happily and productively as an individual, within a family, and within the community. Outcomes

HEALTH  Rights and Responsibilities  Feelings / Personality  Communication and Listening Skills  Meeting Basic Needs and Maintaining a Healthy Body and Lifestyle  Smoking / Drug Prevention  Personal Growth and Development  Body Systems and Functions Tentative Topics

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