Grade 5 Term 2 Language Arts and Mathematics

What Will You Learn?

• At the end of the term, students should be able to:
• Mathematics
• Express fractional numbers in decimal form beginning with those having denominators of 10, 100, 1000.
• Determine the value of each digit in a decimal number up to thousandths.
• Place in serial order any set of decimal fractions.
• Round a decimal number to the nearer whole number, tenth or hundredth.
• Add or subtract decimal numbers to three decimal places.
• Round a mixed number to the nearer whole number.
• Find the product of a whole number and a decimal number to three places of decimals.
• Solve problems (including worded problems and money) requiring the addition/subtraction of decimal numbers.
• Draw pictures of polygons given description.
• Identify the condition that makes a triangle right, equilateral, isosceles or scalene.
• Identify opposite and adjacent sides of a quadrilateral.
• Estimate, measure and record distances including the perimeter of polygons in millimetres and/or centimetres and metres.
• Solve problems requiring the calculation of the following: The perimeter. Length of one side. The number of sides of a regular polygon, given the other two measures.
• Find the area of polygons by counting squares.
• Solve problems based on computing the measurement of the area of a rectangular region.
• Multiply the decimal number by 10,100,1000.
• Rename two or more fractional numbers with unlike denominators to show the same denominator.
• Compare fractional numbers in any form.
• Add or subtract factions including mixed numbers with and without renaming.
• Find the product of two proper fractions.
• Investigate the order of operation when evaluating algebraic expressions.
• Use the symbols, =, ≠ in number sentences.
• Identify and count the number of lines of symmetry in plane figures.
• Create shapes given, the line of symmetry and half the shape and the line of symmetry.
• Round a whole number to the nearer ten, hundred, thousand.
• Round a number representing an amount of money to the nearest dollar, ten dollars, hundred dollars, thousand dollars.
• Recognize and use the relationship between the millilitre, litre and kilolitre.
• Associate the four major cardinal points with quarter, half, three-quarter and full turns.
• Use a grid system to describe the location of one point relative to another using the four major cardinal points.
• Predict how a simple plane shape will look after a series of rightward or leftward flips, or, after a reflection.
• Use the substitution in formulae to solve worded problems.
• Language Arts
• Determine multiple meanings of words by applying knowledge of context clues.
• Use knowledge of synonyms and antonyms to construct meaningful sentences.
• Use stated and implied ideas in texts to make inferences and construct meaning .
• Summarize important ideas and cite supporting details.
• Identify and use information at the literal, inferential and critical levels.
• Establish cause and effect relationships.
• Identify problem and solution text structure .
• Use adverbs and prepositions of time.
• Use accurate subject /Verb Agreement .
• Distinguish between direct and reported speech.
• Show correct agreement of pronouns and antecedents (noun it replaces).
• Compose narratives which include the basic story elements.
• Use adjectives to describe people, places and things in written narratives.
• Begin to organize information located from various sources.
• Skim and scan for information using basic text features.