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Key Learnings

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Fifth Grade

BIBLE

Exploring God: Through the Stories of the Old Testament

• Understand that God continues to offer the gift of salvation despite humanity's rejection of Him
• Know that God's character of love is revealed through His laws and interaction with His people
• Understand that God created humanity with the power of choice
• Understand the covenant relationship God initiated with His people and the role of faith, repentance and forgiveness
• Understand the importance of daily commitment to God and relying on His power for a victorious life
• Understand that God has always had a remnant of people that have remained a faithful witness for Him
• Know that each person has been given unique talents and spiritual gifts by God
• Understand the value of prayer, praise and reverence in communicating with God
• Identify the sanctuary as a symbol of God's love, acceptance and restoration though the Gospel
  

FINE ARTS

Art

• Select media, techniques and processes; analyze what makes them effective or not effective in communicating ideas; and reflect upon the effectiveness of their choices
• Employ organizational structures and analyze their effectiveness in the communication of ideas
• Use subjects, themes and symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values and aesthetics that communicate intended meaning in artwork
• Describe, place a variety of art objects in historical/cultural context
• Analyze, describe, demonstrate how factors of time/place influence visual characteristics to give meaning/value to a work of art
• Describe and compare a variety of individual responses to their own artworks and to artworks from various eras and cultures
• Describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with the visual arts
  

Music

• Know names of lines and spaces of bass clef
• Identify and write symbols for sharp, flat and natural
• Sight-read a musical phrase
• Use D.C. al fine
• Know symbols and meanings for ritardando and accelerando
• Know symbols and meanings for crescendo, decrescendo and diminuendo
• Listen to music of the baroque period
• Learn names of some hymn writers
  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Viewing

• Interpret impressions from visual media that influence understanding
• Understand similarities and differences among a variety of media
• Determine correct word meaning from visual context using electronic devices
  

Listening

• Interpret a speakers topic, purpose, and perspective
• Use listening skills in group settings
• Take brief notes to identify main points and key information
• Draw inferences and reach conclusions

Reading

• Read independently, selecting appropriate reading strategies
• Use dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, card catalog, and electronic devices
• Use abstract vocabulary to extend reading vocabulary
• Use skim for overview and scan for specific information to improve comprehension
• Use compare and contrast to improve comprehension

Speaking

• Use oral language skills in a variety of settings
• Participate in group discussions, refine and use cooperative group processes
• Identify persuasive messages
  

Visually Representing

• Develop visual media to model responsible decision-making skills
• Demonstrate how visual media techniques establish mood
• Develop visual media to show similarities and differences
  

Writing

• Practice the writing process
• Use characteristics of good writing
• Use figurative language to describe characters
  

MATH

Numbers and Operations

• Understand place value through billions
• Be proficient in counting money and making change
• Develop, use number sense for whole numbers, fractions, decimals
• Develop and apply number theory concepts, e.g. multiples, primes and factors in real world and mathematical situations
• Determine pairs of numbers given a relation or rule, and determine the relation or rule of given pairs of numbers
• Understand how basic mathematical operations are related
• Develop, analyze and explain procedures for computation and techniques for estimation
• Select appropriate methods and tools for computing with whole numbers, fractions and decimals from among mental computation, estimation, calculator and paper/pencil
• Round whole numbers to the designated place value
• Identify/generate equivalent forms of fractions, decimals, percents
• Recognize, model/describe multiples, factors, composites, primes
• Determine the GCF and LCM of two numbers
• Convert fractions to the LCD
• Reduce fractions to simplest form (lowest terms)
• Add and subtract time using renaming
  

Algebra

• Graph linear equations with one variable
• Use calculators, computers, tables and graphs to develop and interpret patterns
• Understand and use formulas
• Develop skill in solving and writing linear equations using informal and formal methods
• Investigate inequalities and nonlinear equations
• Apply order of operation rules

Geometry

• Learn the relationship between radius and diameter
• Classify angles according to the measure
• Identify and select appropriate units to measure angles (degrees)
• Understand and use linear, square and cubic units
• Count faces, vertices and edges
• Create perspective drawings
• Describe ray, segment, interior and exterior of an angle
• Recognize and create patterns with tessellations

Measurement

• Identify the paths between points on a grid or coordinate plane and compare the lengths of the paths
• Demonstrate and describe the difference between covering the faces (surface area), and filling the interior (volume), of 3-dimensional objects
• Use standard angles (45º, 90º, 120º) to estimate the measure of angles and use a protractor to measure and draw angles
• Convert one metric unit to one customary unit and one customary unit to one metric unit
• Understand that measurement is not exact, e.g. when measured multiple times, measurements may give slightly different numbers
• Understand and explain how differences in units affect precision
• Measure length to the nearest cm and 1/8 of an inch
  

Data Analysis/ Probability

• Collect and organize data, then determine appropriate method and scale to display data
• Find the mean, median, mode and range of a given set of data and use these measures to describe the set of data
• Use calculators to simplify computations and use computers to assist in generating and analyzing information
• Sample and analyze data, making predictions and conjectures based on samples
• Distinguish between a population and a sample
• Discuss the reasonableness of the data and the results
• List all possible outcomes of an event
• Read, construct and interpret frequency tables
• Make predictions based on experimental/theoretical probabilities
  

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Spiritual Emphasis

• Recognize that God's ideal for quality living includes a health lifestyle
• Incorporate into one's lifestyle the principles that promote health: nutrition, exercise, water, sunlight, temperance, air, rest, trust in God
• Avoid at-risk behaviors
• Apply Christian principles in recreation and sports
• Achieve a balance in work and leisure; balancing physical, mental, social and spiritual activities
• Recognize the interaction of physical, mental and spiritual health with emotional and social well-being
  

Movement and Motor Skills

• Demonstrate mature form for all basic manipulative, locomotor and non-locomotor skills
• Demonstrate increasing competence in more advanced skills
• Adapt and combine skills to the demands of increasingly complex situations of selected movement forms
• Demonstrate beginning strategies for net and invasion games
• Apply previously learned knowledge to improve performance
• Apply information from a variety of internal and external sources to improve performance
• Identify and apply principles of practice and conditioning that enhance performance
• Recognize sport specific movement patterns applied to games
• Understand terms that describe basic movement
• Use basic offensive/defensive strategies in non-complex settings
  

Lifestyle and Fitness

• Identify opportunities in the school and community for regular participation in physical activity
• Participate daily in some form of health-enhancing physical activity
• Discover personal interests and capabilities in regard to one's exercise behavior
• Identify the critical aspects of a healthy lifestyle
• Participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity in a variety of settings
• Monitor intensity of exercise
• Understand the reason for proper cool-down/warm-up techniques
• Begin to develop a strategy for the improvement of selected fitness components
• Work somewhat independently with minimal supervision in pursuit of personal fitness goals
• Meet the health-related fitness standards as defined by a standard physical fitness test, e.g. AAHPERD Physical Best, Fitnessgram, President's Challenge
• Recognize physical activity as a positive opportunity for social and group interaction
• Experience enjoyment from participation in physical activities
• Use physical activity to express feelings and relieve stress
• Seek personally challenging experiences
  

Sportsmanship and Appropriate Behaviors

• Participate in establishing rules, procedures and etiquette that are safe and effective for specific activity situations
• Work cooperatively and productively in a group to accomplish a set goal in cooperative and competitive activities
• Make conscious Christ-like decisions about applying rules, procedures and etiquette
• Utilize time effectively to complete assigned tasks
• Acknowledge differences in the behaviors of people of different gender, culture, ethnicity, development and disability
• Cooperate with disabled peers and those of different gender, race, ethnicity and religion
• Work cooperatively with both more and less skilled peers
  

SCIENCE

Physical: Energy Waves: Electromagnetic Spectrum, Heat, Light, Mirrors/Lenses, Sound, Waves

• Identify, describe and compare different types of wave energy
• Describe the organization of the electromagnetic spectrum and the uses/applications of each type of electromagnetic wave
• Compare electromagnetic waves and mechanical waves
• Explore characteristics of heat, light, and sound
• Compare and contrast types of mirrors and lenses
• Define a wave and describe characteristics and features of waves
  

Life: Cells, Classification/Behavior, Fish

• Describe, explain and compare the structure and function of cells
• Identify the characteristics of living things
• Use the standard classification system to group animals based on their characteristics
• Identify features of fish that distinguish them from other classes of animals
  

Earth: Oceanography, Meteorology: Air Pressure, Climate, Earth's Atmosphere, Water Cycle, Etc.

• Describe physical structures and ecosystems present in the ocean
• Study currents, tides and waves
• Explain air pressure and local/global winds, how they are measured and their effects on weather
• Distinguish between climate and weather and identify factors that affect climate
• Describe Earth's atmospheric layers and the "greenhouse" effect
• Explain water cycle and relationship to weather/climatic patterns
  

Health: Reproductive System, Mental/Emotional Health

• Explain human reproduction and development
• Identify the physical, emotional, intellectual and social changes that occur at puberty
• Describe God's plan for human sexual behavior
• Know ways to seek assistance if worried, abused or threatened
• Recognize how mood changes and strong feelings affect thoughts and behavior, and how they can be managed successfully
• Describe how personality, relationships and self-concept affect mental and emotional health
  

Scientific Inquiry

• Make observations
• Ask questions or form hypotheses based on these observations
• Plan a simple investigation
• Collect data from the investigation
• Use the data collected from the investigation to explain the results
• Safely use and store tools and equipment
  

Service/Career Options

• Explore ways to use Physical, Life, Health, and/or Earth Science to serve the community
• Identify careers in areas of Science
  

SOCIAL STUDIES

American History: Native People - 1860 (Native People, Exploration/Colonization, Pre-Independence Movement, (Native People, Exploration/Colonization, Pre-Independence American Revolution, Territorial Expansion - 1801-1861, Westward Expansion, Current Events)

• Understand God's ultimate control /protection over human affairs
• Describe the relationships between key people/groups, events and cultures in United States History
• Know causes and effects of key influences/events and be able to place them on a time line
• Understand and interpret key events and issues in United States history around commonalty and diversity, continuity and change, conflict and cooperation, individualism and interdependence, interaction within different environments
• Interpret major events, issues, developments involved in making a new nation: Land/people before Columbus, Age of Exploration, Settling the Colonies, War of Independence, Westward Expansion
• Understand the role/work of the Adventist Church in North America

Civics: Ideas about Civic Life, Politics and Government

• Understand how government works and how participation in government affects citizen life e.g. check and balances, etc.
• Understand the constitution of the U S and how it affects one's life
• Know how the constitution protects the rights of individuals
• Know the importance of Christian citizenship and cultural diversity
• Understand socially acceptable ways of participation in activities to achieve group goals
  

Geography: Geographic Features and Patterns of the Environment

• Prepare, examine, interpret charts/maps that show key geographic information such as population, climate, natural resources, etc.
• Locate and identify the continents of the world, the fifty states, major cities of the U S, major physical features of North America
• Identify patterns of migrations and cultural interactions in the U S
• Understand the effects of weather/climate on migration patterns
• Recognize that limited resources are used to meet basic needs and unlimited wants
• Understand how physical and human activity has impacted changes in physical environment
  

Economics:

• Understand responsibilities of Christian stewardship in a global economy
• Understand that all economic choices have costs and benefits
• Understand the differences between needs and wants and their relationship to economic tradeoffs
• Understand how supply and demand and price increase and decrease influence consumers and the economy
• Identify economic systems and terms
  

TECHNOLOGY

• Demonstrate proper use/care of computers, input/output devices
• Learn to troubleshoot for basic malfunctions
• Practice keyboarding, using correct hand position and posture
• Use word processing, editing and file management skills
• Begin using presentation software
• Use electronic resources to enhance and access information
• Know proper technology terms
• Understand consumer issues regarding technology
• Investigate technology-related occupations
• Use courtesy while sharing computer time
• Become aware of legal issues when using software
• Identify computer abuse including use of Internet
  

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Our key learnings are aligned with the North American Division curriculum guides, national standards, McRel Database (Mid-Continental Regional Educational Laboratory) and Ten Sigma (a compilation of standards for 38 states).

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