St. Mary's Catholic Grade School Grade 5 Outcomes

DIOCESAN OUTCOMES FOR GRADE 5

• Religion. The student will:
  • 1. develop an understanding of the mystery of the Trinity
  • 2. analyze each of the Seven Sacraments in the context of form, matter, sacramental grace, Sacred Signs and Celebrations of Faith
  • 3. examine their vocation choices of Christian witness and service to God's Church
  • 4. analyze the structure of the Eucharistic Celebration (the Sacrifice of Mass) and demonstrate respectful participation at the Eucharist Celebration
  • 5. demonstrate basic understanding of the liturgical cycle
  • 6. apply the Tan Commandments, the Beatitudes, and the Precepts of the Church as amoral guide for conscience formation
  • 7. demonstrate an understanding of Catholic Guidelines indicating a respectful appreciation for human sexuality and a reverence for each stage of life
  • 8. apply Christian principles to moral and social issues which impact the choices they make in the practice of their faith
  • 9. examine ways to translate their knowledge into action by service to others
  • 10. plan and apply their responses to the call to Stewardship: time, talent, treasure
  • 11. recognize the contribution of Mary and some of the saints
  • 12. demonstrate their knowledge of all required prayers and gestures
  • 13. recognize Christian virtues and demonstrate the practice of them in your life (Reference the Vision/Values Program)
  • 14. demonstrate knowledge of & reverence for the Bible as the Living Word of God
  • 15. experience the practice of various types of prayer
• Math. The student will:
  • 1. solve non-routine problems, formulate numerical and non-numerical problems, verity, interpret and extend solutions to new situations
  • 2. utilize various means of communicating result of concepts and an understanding of mathematical ideas, definitions and notations
  • 3. formulate & validate conjectures & arguments using various forms of reasoning
  • 4. recognize mathematics as an integrated whole and use h to model situation in other disciplines
  • 5. represent and use numbers in a variety of forms & demonstrate numbers sense
  • 6. understand and apply operations with various forms of numbers
  • 7. apply techniques of computation and estimation in the rational number system
  • 8. formulate and analyze patterns
  • 9. interpret and apply variables, expressions and equations
  • 10. analyze statistical methods and apply statistical data
  • 11. compare experimental results and apply the concepts of probability
  • 12. identify, describe, illustrate, compare, classify geometric figures & relationships
  • 13. estimate and measure a quantity with an appropriate unit of measurement, and apply measurement, time and money concepts
• Social Studies. The student will:
  • 1. analyze the importance of Native Americans and their impact on colonization
  • 2. analyze the cause and effect of the early explorations of the Scandinavians, Spanish, Portuguese, English, and French
  • 3. determine the key personalities and the accomplishments of the early explorers and colonists in early US History
  • 4. analyze the economics of the colonies and the westward expansion, their relationship to each other, their European roots, and the influence of Native Americans
  • 5. locate the geographic regions, compare their development, and determine the economic condition of each state within the region
  • 6. correctly spell and locate each of the 50 states and capitals
  • 7. analyze current events
• Science. The student will:
  • 1. explore the interactions of natural events by using critical thinking skills
  • 2. work together to evaluate changes within the system
  • 3. evaluate and make judgments about technological issues that affect God's environment and the society
  • 4. make discoveries about the relationship of science to other disciplines and God's world
  • 5. investigate cell structure, photosynthesis, respiration & transpiration in plants
  • 6. compare and contrast the body structures of vertebrates and invertebrates
  • 7. investigate the atomic structure of matter and how h differs from element to element
  • 8. explore complex machines and their effects on the environment
  • 9. compare and contrast the characteristics of stars, galaxies, constellations and identity examples of each
  • 10. compare/contrast the muscular, respiratory, excretory systems of the body
• Language Arts
  • Reading. The student shall:
    • 1. interpret, identify, and review appropriate reading material using supporting detail and other comprehension skills
  • Sentences. The student shall:
    • 2. identify, create, and use a variety of types and parts of sentences specifically subject, predicate, direct object, and indirect object
  • Parts of Speech. The student shall:
    • 3. identify and correctly use parts of speech, particularly the use of interjections
  • Usage. The student shall:
    • 4. demonstrate knowledge of the standard usage of the English language, specifically the use of subject and verb agreement in inverted word order sentences, separation of subject and verb by prepositional phrase, and use of who and whom
  • Mechanics. The student shall:
    • 5. verify knowledge of mechanics by reviewing basic capitalization/punctuation
    • 6. demonstrate mastery of end marks
  • Writing. The student shall:
    • 7. pre-write, proof, revise, rewrite a final draft using of the six trait writing method
  • Literature. The student shall:
    • 8. investigate flashback, irony, satire, stereotypes, and symbolism in a broad variety of literary works
  • Study Skills. The student shall:
    • 9. examine current technology along with reviewing specific study skills

Last Update: August 15, 2002