Grade 5 Term 1 Language Arts and Mathematics

What Will You Learn?

• At the end of the term, students should be able to:
• Mathematics
• Differentiate between sets of counting, whole, odd, even, prime, composite and fractional numbers.
• Read and write numbers up to eight digits.
• Identify the place value of tenth, hundredth or thousandth in numbers.
• Identify common factors of two given numbers.
• Identify multiples of a number and the common multiples of two or more numbers.
• Identify multiples of a number and the common multiples of two or more numbers.
• Describe a set as being finite, infinite or empty.
• Describe and draw parallel, perpendicular and intersecting line segments within the environment.
• Determine the decade/ century in which an event took place given the year of the event.
• Perform the four operations on units of time.
• Identify an angle as being acute, right, obtuse and reflex.
• Record temperature above or below zero degrees.
• Draw pictographs, line graphs, bar graphs, to show given data and interpret such graphs.
• Differentiate between the use of millimeter, centimeter, decimeter, meter, and kilometer in measurement situations.
• Recognize and use the relationship between the millimeter, centimeter, decimeter, meter, and kilometer in measurement situations.
• Language Arts
• Apply appropriate word structure clues such as prefixes, suffixes and inflectional endings to decipher meaning .
• Identify authors’ purpose when reading texts.
• Develop an understanding of text organization and
• structure to assist in comprehension (topic sentence and supporting sentences).
• Extend and expand comprehension by relating the text to other texts, experiences, and events.
• Distinguish between the simple and complete subject of a sentence.
• Compose simple expository pieces.
• Identify and order main ideas and supporting details.
• Develop several linked paragraphs using a variety of strategies and organizational patterns.
• Use external and internal text features to locate information.