Grade 5 Full-Time Advanced Academic Program Progress Report Alignments
Information for Parents and Guardians
This document identifies the Program of Studies (POS) content that aligns to each progress report standard, with noted extensions for students receiving Advanced Academic services. The left-hand column indicates the grade level POS, and the right-hand column notes the intended POS extension. Students receiving advanced math will be instructed at the grade level above POS, which is noted in this document. Health, art, music, physical education, and world languages are instructed using the grade level POS.
Language Arts
Listens and speaks for specific purposes
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Participate in and contribute to discussions across content areas
- Lead and contribute to discussions and viewpoints in seminars
- Ask clarifying questions and take notes when listening to a speaker
- Engage in a dialogue about the meaning of a selection
- State the main ideas or themes of the story
- Develop listening/oral communication skills
Organize information to present in reports of group activities
Summarize information gathered in group activities
Communicate new ideas to others
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Lead and contribute to discussions and viewpoints in seminars
- Develop listening/oral communication skills
Demonstrate the ability to collaborate with diverse teams
Demonstrate the ability to work independently
Maintain eye contact with listeners
Use gestures to support, accentuate and dramatize verbal messages
- Use effective nonverbal communication skills such as gestures or facial expressions that are suitable to the content and audience
- Make informative and persuasive oral presentations using purposeful structure and visuals
- Develop listening/oral communication skills
Use facial expressions to support and dramatize verbal messages
- Use effective nonverbal communication skills such as gestures or facial expressions that are suitable to the content and audience
- Make informative and persuasive oral presentations using purposeful structure and visuals
- Develop listening/oral communication skills
Use posture appropriate for communication setting
Determine appropriate content for audience
- Organize oral presentations
Organize content sequentially around major ideas
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Organize oral presentations
Summarize main points as they relate to main idea or supporting detail
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Develop skills of argument formulation in persuasive communication
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Articulate understanding of a reading to a partner
Use language and style appropriate to the audience, topic, and purpose
- Develop skills of argument formulation in persuasive communication
- Use specific vocabulary to communicate ideas
- Develop listening/oral communication skills
Differentiate between auditory, visual and written media messages
Identify the characteristics, effectiveness of media messages
Share experiences with others
Locates and uses information from a variety of sources
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Use dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, other word-reference materials
- Use reference books to determine meaning, pronunciation, and origin of words
Use technology to gather information, produce writing, and collaborate
Construct questions about a topic
- Define a problem, given ill-structured, complex or technical information
Collect information from multiple sources
- Combine information from a variety of sources
- Understanding the necessity for multiple and varied resources in research
- Provide evidence and data to support a claim, issue, or thesis sentence
Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate, communicate
Organize information presented on charts, maps, and graphs
Develop notes that include important concepts, summaries, etc.
- Develop specific notes to encapsulate relevant information
Give credit to sources used in research
Define the meaning and consequences of plagiarism
Collaborate, organize, and share information related to a topic
Reads with accuracy and fluency
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Read with fluency and accuracy
- Use a variety of word recognition skills
- Use the words around an unknown word to figure out its meaning
- Use expression, rhythm, and phrasing
Reads with understanding
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Use context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases
- Use text, word parts, knowledge of stems and word origins to figure out unfamiliar words
Use context and sentence structure to determine meaning
- Use text, word parts, knowledge of stems and word origins to figure out unfamiliar words
- Analyze the form and function of words in a given context
Use knowledge of roots, affixes, synonyms, antonyms, and homophones
- Use text, word parts, knowledge of stems and word origins to figure out unfamiliar words
- Increase vocabulary development by applying the knowledge of Greek and Latin stems to the English language
Identify the author’s use of figurative language
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Analyze the form and function of words in a given context
Develop vocabulary by listening to and reading a variety of texts
Study word meanings across content areas
- Analyze the form and function of words in a given context
Describe relationship between text and previously read materials
Describe character development
- Understand the concept of change to analyze literature
Describe plot development and explain conflict resolution
Describe characteristics of free verse, rhymed, patterned poetry
- Identify and analyze poetic devices as appropriate
Discuss how an author’s choice of vocabulary contributes to the style
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Analyze the form and function of words in a given context
Identify and ask questions that clarify various points of view
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Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
Identify main idea
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State the main ideas or themes of the story
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Engage in a dialogue about the meaning of a selection
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Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
Summarize supporting details
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Provide a sequence of events, procedures, and/or activities that occur in the text
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Provide details, examples and illustrations from written text
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Classify details from the story/text into categories.
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Identify character traits and qualities for main characters in a story
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State the setting or context for the story by place and time
Draw conclusions and make inferences from text
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Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
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Understand classifications of details to make generalizations within a text
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Create generalizations about the story/text based on categories
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Make inferences or provide evidence about the story from given data
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Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
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Develop reasoning skills in the language arts
Identify cause and effect relationships
- Understand cause and effect and its relationship to consequences and implications within a text
- Draw consequences and implications from text for application in the real world
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
- Develop reasoning skills in the language arts
Make, confirm, or revise predictions
Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
- Monitor understanding and know what to do when it is not occurring
Use text organizers to predict and categorize information
- Use text features including glossaries, graphics, and indices
Use prior knowledge, build background knowledge for new learning
Skim materials to develop overview and to locate specific info
Identify the main idea of nonfiction texts
- Understand classifications of details to make generalizations within a text
Summarize supporting details in nonfiction texts
- Understand classifications of details to make generalizations within a text
Identify structural patterns found in nonfiction texts
Locate information to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions
- Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
Identify cause and effect relationships following transition words
- Understand cause and effect and its relationship to consequences and implications within a text
- Develop reasoning skills in the language arts
Differentiate between fact and opinion
Identify, compare, and contrast relationships
- Develop reasoning skills in the language arts
Identify new information gained from reading
Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
Writes with purpose, clarity, and expression
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Identify intended audience
- Select a topic and develop a plan for writing for a variety of purposes and audiences
Use a variety of prewriting strategies
- Select a topic and develop a plan for writing for a variety of purposes and audiences
- Conduct authentic research by applying skills of questions, information gathering, data analysis and synthesis
Organize information to convey a central idea
- Select a topic and develop a plan for writing for a variety of purposes and audiences
- Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
- Use the elements of reasoning to develop strong, convincing arguments in persuasive writing
Write a clear topic sentence focusing on the main idea
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Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
Write multi-paragraph compositions
- Develop persuasive writing skills
Use precise and descriptive vocabulary to create tone and voice
- Use the elements of reasoning to develop strong, convincing arguments in persuasive writing
- Reflect individuality through word choice and style
- Evaluate the effective use of words, sentences, and paragraphs in context
- Develop persuasive writing skills
Vary sentence structure by using transition words
- Vary sentence type, length and order to maximize the written message
- Evaluate the effective use of words, sentences, and paragraphs in context
Revise writing for clarity using specific vocabulary and information
- Synthesize author techniques to improve or create a new piece of writing
- Revise based on peer review, teacher feedback and self-evaluation by adding, deleting, and changing information to improve writing
- Complete various pieces of writing using a three-phrase revision process based on peer review, teacher feedback, and self-evaluation
- Evaluate the effective use of words, sentences, and paragraphs in context
Include supporting details that elaborate the main idea
- Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
- Use description, details, and examples
- Provide evidence and data to support a claim, issue, or thesis sentence
- Develop persuasive writing skills
Use technology to gather information, produce writing, and collaborate
Edits for usage and mechanics in own writing
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Use plural possessives
- Develop linguistic competency
Use adjective and adverb comparisons
- Develop linguistic competency
Identify and use interjections
- Develop linguistic competency
Use apostrophes in contractions and possessives
Use quotation marks with dialogue
Use commas with interrupters
Use a hyphen to divide words at the end of a line
Edit for fragments and run-on sentences
Eliminate double negatives
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Develop linguistic competency
Use correct spelling of commonly used words
Identify and use conjunctions
- Develop linguistic competency
Use underlining, quotation marks, italics to indicate titles of works
Use verb tense correctly
- Develop linguistic competency
Use technology to edit and publish writing and to collaborate
Edit writing for correct word usage, punctuation, capitalization, etc.
- Develop linguistic competency
Develop handwriting
Social Studies
Explains how the people and events of the past have influenced the present
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Demonstrate the ability to answer the 8 Global Awareness questions
- Analyze historical issues using elements of reasoning (purpose, point of view, implications/consequences, evidence/data, inferences, concepts/ides, assumptions
Identify & interpret artifacts/primary & secondary source documents
- Identify and interpret artifacts, primary and secondary source documents to understand events in history
Determine cause and effect relationships
- Applies abstract concepts such as systems, cause and effect and how things change over time to understand the impact of the past on the present
Compare and contrast historical events
Draw conclusions and make generalizations
- Analyze historical issues using elements of reasoning (purpose, point of view, implications/consequences, evidence/data, inferences, concepts/ides, assumptions
Make connections between past and present
- Apply abstract concepts such as systems, cause and effect and how things change over time to understand the impact of the past on the present
Sequence events in world history
- Analyze historical situations for cause and effect relationships
Interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives
- Analyze historical issues using elements of reasoning (purpose, point of view, implications/consequences, evidence/data, inferences, concepts/ides, assumptions
Identify common attributes all cultures share
- Describe and apply methods used by historians, archeologists and anthropologists to investigate past cultures
Demonstrate how the past has affected the modern world
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Apply abstract concepts such as systems, cause and effect and how things change over time to understand the impact of the past on the present
Make connections by comparing modern world cultures & United States
Demonstrate the skills needed to create a Global Awareness Project
Define terms relevant to the study of Global Awareness
Sequence events leading to changes for early peoples in Mesopotamia
- Analyze historical documents and present findings through oral or written communication
Describe contributions of Mesopotamia; make connections to life today
- Analyze historical documents and present findings through oral or written communication
Describe the origin and basic beliefs of Judaism
- Compare and contrast religions
Describe the origin and basic beliefs of Hinduism
- Compare and contrast religions
Describe the origin and basic beliefs of Buddhism
- Compare and contrast religions
Describe the basic beliefs of Sikhism
- Compare and contrast religions
Explain achievements of classical India & the affect on modern society
- Apply abstract concepts such as systems, cause and effect and how things change over time to understand the impact of the past on the present
Analyze the origin and basic beliefs of Confucianism
Explain the achievements of classical China & affect on modern society
- Identify historical events that influenced modern society
Compare Pre-Columbian civilizations to other civilizations
Describe how myths contributed to the culture & values of Greece
Describe the contributions of classical Greece
- Describe the contributions of classical Greece and/or Rome and make connections to today
Explain achievements of classical Rome; their affect on modern society
- Identify historical events that influenced modern society
Describe the origin and basic beliefs of Christianity
- Compare and contrast religions
Describe the civilization of Great Zimbabwe - Center of Wealthy Empire
Describe the Kingdom of Aksum (Axum), and later, Ethiopia
Describe the origin and basic beliefs of Islam
- Compare and contrast religions
Reads maps and understands the impact of geography on culture
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Demonstrate the ability to answer the 8 Global Awareness questions (as related to geography)
Analyze maps to explain relationships between history & geography
Demonstrate the skills needed to create a Global Awareness Project
Interpret maps to explain impact of landforms on the Fertile Crescent
Explain the impact of geography on development & growth of India
- Explain impact of geography on classical civilizations
Explain the effects of geography & climate on classical China's growth
- Explain impact of geography on classical civilizations
- Explain climate’s effects on classical civilizations
Explain the impact of geography on the Pre-Columbian civilizations
- Explain impact of geography on classical civilizations
Explain the effects of geography on development & growth of Greece
- Explain impact of geography on classical civilizations
Analyze maps - the effect of geography on development & growth of Rome
- Explain impact of geography on classical civilizations
Analyze maps to describe the varied geography of the African continent
- Explain impact of geography on civilizations
Demonstrate understanding of Southwest Asia history & geography
- Explain how Indian Ocean trade contributed to exchange of ideas
Recognizes the structure of government and the relationship between rules, laws and becoming a good citizen
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Demonstrate the ability to answer the 8 Global Awareness questions (as related to government)
Explain social structure in classical India; make connections to today
- Apply the concept of systems to social structures within a given country
Describe the governmental structure of classical China
- Apply the concept of systems to social structures within a given country
Compare Pre-Columbian civilizations to other civilizations
Explain the growth of democracy in Greece
Explain facts about Roman government & its influence on United States
- Apply the concept of systems to other systems
Describe Feudalism in the Middle Ages in Western Europe
Understands economic concepts and the impact of economics on culture
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Explain how Indian Ocean trade contributed to the exchange of ideas
- Analyze historical documents and present findings through oral or written communication
Describe the spread of Islam & its effect on trade, art & science
- Analyze historical documents and present findings through oral or written communication
Explain Crusades/Silk Routes effect on trade, beliefs, arts & sciences
- Analyze historical documents and present findings through oral or written communication
Describe changes in art, learning, and trade during the Renaissance
Mathematics
Extensions in Mathematics:
• Build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving
• Solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts
• Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems
• Monitor and reflect on the process of mathematics problem solving
• Make and investigate mathematical conjectures
• Develop and evaluate mathematical arguments
• Organize and consolidate mathematical thinking through communication
• Communicate mathematical thinking coherently to teachers and peers
• Analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others
• Use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely
• Recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas
• Recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics
• Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas
• Select, apply, and translate among mathematical representations to solve problems
• Use representations to model and interpret mathematical phenomena
Represents numbers accurately and demonstrates an understanding of number relationships
5 th Grade AAP POS
Describe and compare data using ratios
Investigate & describe fractions, decimals, & percents as ratios
Identify a given fraction, decimal, or percent from a representation
Demonstrate equivalent relationships among fractions/decimals/percents
Compare and order fractions, decimals, and percents
Identify and represent integers
Order and compare integers
Identify and describe absolute value of integers
Represent/model multiplication and division of fractions
Describe concepts of positive exponents and perfect squares
Computes numbers with fluency and makes reasonable estimates
5 th Grade AAP POS
Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers
Estimate solutions & solve problems involving fraction operations
Solve problems involving operations with decimals
Evaluate whole number numerical expressions using order of operations
Measures with accuracy and makes reasonable estimates of measurements
5 th Grade AAP POS
Compare measurements in U.S. customary system & metric system
Define pi as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter
Solve problems involving the circumference and/or area of a circle
Solve practical problems involving area and perimeter
Describe & determine volume and surface area of rectangular prism
Analyzes characteristics and properties of geometric figures and demonstrates an understanding of spatial relationships
5 th Grade AAP POS
Identify the coordinates of a point in a coordinate plane
Graph ordered pairs in a coordinate plane
Determine congruence of segments, angles, and polygons
Describe and identify properties of quadrilaterals
Uses data to describe, interpret, and predict events
5 th Grade AAP POS
Construct circle graphs
Draw conclusions and make predictions using circle graphs
Compare and contrast graphs of the same data set
Describe mean as balance point
Decide which measure of center is appropriate for a given purpose
Compare and contrast dependent and independent events
Determine probabilities for dependent and independent events
Represents situations and mathematical relationships using algebraic symbols
5 th Grade AAP POS
Identify and extend geometric and arithmetic sequences
Solve one-step linear equations in one variable
Investigate & recognize additive & multiplicative identity properties
Investigate and recognize the multiplicative property of zero
Investigate & recognize the inverse property for multiplication
Graph inequalities on a number line
5 th Grade: Science
Investigates & demonstrates understanding of the natural world in a systematic way like a scientist & applies these skills & knowledge to solve problems.
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Identify rocks, minerals & organisms using various classifications keys
Estimate and measure length, mass, volume, temperature in metric units
- Make accurate measurements using basic tools
- Select and use appropriate instruments for quantitative observations
Make estimates and accurate measurements of elapsed time
- Select and use appropriate instruments for quantitative observations
Form hypotheses from testable questions
- Design, perform, and report on the results of experiments related to a given problem
- Provide evidence and data to support a claim, issue, or thesis statement
Identify independent and dependent variables
- Design, perform, and report on the results of experiments related to a given problem
- Identify manipulated and responding variables
Identify constants in an experimental situation
- Design, perform, and report on the results of experiments related to a given problem
Use proper graphical representation and metric measurements of data
Make predictions using patterns from data; generate graphical data
- Provide evidence and data to support a claim, issue, or thesis statement
- Analyze experimental data as appropriate
Make inferences and draw conclusions
- Design, perform, and report on the results of experiments related to a given problem
- Provide evidence and data to support a claim, issue, or thesis statement
- Make inferences, based on evidence
Construct models to clarify, demonstrate, and solve
- Design, perform, and report on the results of experiments related to a given problem
Use current applications to reinforce science concepts
- Formulate multiple perspectives about a given issue
- Apply the concept of systems to analyze and solve problems
Demonstrates understanding of the concepts of physical science including matter, force, motion, & energy.
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Investigate and understand compression waves
Understand vibration, compression, wavelength, frequency, amplitude
Understand the ability of different media to transmit sound
Identify uses and applications of sound waves
Investigate and understand transverse waves
Investigate and understand the visible spectrum
- Understand historical contributions in understanding light
Understand the terms opaque, transparent, and translucent
Investigate the reflection of light from reflective surfaces
Investigate the refraction of light through water and prisms
Understand the distinguishing properties of each phase of matter
Understand the effect of temperature on the phases of matter
Investigate and understand atoms and elements
Investigate and understand molecules and compounds
Investigate and understand mixtures including solutions
Demonstrates understanding of the concepts of life science including life processes and living systems
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Investigate and understand basic cell structures and functions
- Describe how a cell functions as a system and how its parts function independently and interdependently
Classify organisms using characteristics, body structures, behavior
- Understand the function and need for classification systems
- Describe the function of organisms from each kingdom, describe their distinguishing characteristics, and explain relationships among organisms in different kingdoms
Understand the traits of organisms that allow them to survive
- Assess how systems change over time based on needs, resources, and circumstances
- Demonstrate how given systems interact with each other
Demonstrates understanding of Earth’s patterns, cycles, changes, & Earth/Space systems
5 th Grade POS
AAP 5 th Grade Extensions
Investigate and understand the geological characteristics of the ocean
- Acquire significant content knowledge through the course of solving an interdisciplinary, real-world problem
Investigate and understand the physical characteristics of the ocean
- Acquire significant content knowledge through the course of solving an interdisciplinary, real-world problem
Investigate and understand the ecological characteristics of the ocean
- Acquire significant content knowledge through the course of solving an interdisciplinary, real-world problem
- Research and describe the variation in depths associated with ocean features, including the continental shelf, slope, rise, the abyssal plain, and ocean trenches
- Analyze how the physical characteristics (depth, salinity, and temperature) of the ocean affect where marine organism can live
Investigate and understand the identification of rock types
- Identify rocks and minerals and explain how they are classified by their physical and chemical properties
- Explore the interrelated nature of rocks and learn how rocks explain the changes we see on Earth
Understand the rock cycle and how transformations between rocks occur
Investigate and understand Earth history and fossil evidence
Investigate and understand the basic structure of Earth’s interior
Understand changes in Earth’s crust due to plate tectonics
Investigate and understand weathering, erosion, and deposition
Investigate and understand human impact on the Earth’s surface
- Apply an understanding of Earth’s history to help address environmental concerns