Fifth Grade Academics

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What will my child learn?

English Language Arts

Standards

• Wisconsin English Language Arts Standards (Revised 2020)

Resources

• Curriculum Map
• Scope and Sequence

Fifth Grade Units

Parent Resources for ELA

• RAZ Information for Families
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• Act 20 Resources & Family Activities

Math

Standards

• Wisconsin Math Standards (revised 2020)

Resources

• Scope and Sequence

Resources

• Scope and Sequence

Fifth Grade Units

Parent Resources

• Math at Home – collection of activities, organized by mathematical content, uses familiar routines that can be used by students and families.
• Math Apps – free apps that are based on the visual models student use in Bridges in Mathematics

Social Studies

Standards

Wisconsin Social Studies Standards

Fifth Grade Units

Science

Standards

• Wisconsin Science Standards

Fifth Grade Units

Social Emotional Learning

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) helps children develop the skills they need to succeed in school and in life. These include:

• Understanding and managing emotions
• Making responsible decisions
• Showing empathy and kindness
• Building positive friendships
• Solving problems in peaceful ways

SEL supports the whole child—academically, socially, and emotionally—helping students feel safe, confident, and ready to learn.

Elementary school is a time when children are learning how to navigate the world around them. As they grow, they begin to understand themselves, others, and how to work together. SEL helps students:

• Develop self-confidence and independence
• Learn how to handle big emotions
• Build friendships and resolve conflicts
• Follow directions and stay focused in class
• Create a strong sense of belonging at school

When students feel supported socially and emotionally, they are more engaged in learning and better prepared for future academic success.

KUSD uses the Second Step Elementary program, a trusted, research-based curriculum that teaches SEL skills in a developmentally appropriate and engaging way.  Second Step lessons are taught in the elementary classroom and focus on:

• Skills for Learning – Listening, focusing attention, and being assertive
• Empathy – Understanding and caring about others’ feelings
• Emotion Management – Recognizing strong emotions and calming down
• Problem-Solving – Using step-by-step strategies to make good choices

Lessons include stories, songs, discussions, games, and role-playing to help students practice their skills in fun and meaningful ways.

• Second Step
• CASEL
• WI DPI Social Emotional Learning

Physical Education

All K-5 students in the Kenosha Unified School District participate in physical education for 75 minutes per week.

Wisconsin Physical Education Standards

Music

All K-5 students in the Kenosha Unified School District participate in general music for 45 minutes per week.

• National Core Arts Standards

Fifth Grade Learning Objectives for Music

Demonstrate and apply the following concepts:

• All previously learned rhythm patterns
• Treble clef notation

Apply previously learned music reading skills to create personal music.

Experience and interact with the following:

• Rhythm
  • 6/8 rhythm patterns
  • Syncopation
• Tonality
  • Major vs. minor
  • Pentatonic scale
  • Blues scale
• Harmony
  • Major and minor chords
  • Consonance and dissonance 
  • 12-bar blues
• Chromatic scale
  • Accidentals (natural, sharp and flat)

Demonstrated Vocal Skills

• Sing accurately in head voice, with or without accompaniment.
• Perform a variety of songs including rounds, partner songs, two-part songs, and speech pieces.
• Vocal improvisation.

Demonstrated Instrumental Skills

• Perform pulse, rhythm, and melodies on classroom percussion instruments. 
• Improvise an original rhythm/melody/tune.

Demonstrated Performance Skills

• Follow the cues of a conductor with regard to nuance
• Perform various dynamics and tempi.
• Perform with an ensemble.

Demonstrated Interaction with Music

• Dynamics
• Tempo
• Timbre
• Creatively move to music.
• Identify the expressive intent of music.
• Identify characteristics of various styles/genres of music.

Art

All K-5 students in the Kenosha Unified School District participate in art for 45 minutes per week. 

• National Core Arts Standards

Fifth Grade learning Objectives for Visual Art

Elements and Principles of Art

• Line
  • Explores line drawing styles and techniques such as: Contour Drawing, Cartooning, Observational drawing, Pointillism, and Cross Hatching. 
• Color
  • Understands and uses basic complementary colors – Red/green, Blue/orange, Yellow/purple.
• Texture
  • Uses and creates real and implied texture within artwork.
• Contrast– difference between elements in an artwork.

Artistic Process

• Identifies and demonstrates diverse methods of artistic investigation to choose an approach for beginning a work of art. 
• Experiments and develops skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice. (Including 2D and 3D materials).

Craftsmanship

• Pursues quality craftsmanship through composition and use of materials.
• Evaluates and chooses artwork that demonstrates quality craftsmanship.

Responding

• Recognizes differences in criteria used to evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as historical and cultural contexts.

Connecting

• Identifies how art is used to inform or change beliefs, values, or behaviors of an individual or society. 
• Creates artwork that represents your personal identity.

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