Language Arts Goals and Objectives for Fifth Grade:

Competency Goal 1
       The learner will apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.

1.03 Increase reading and writing vocabulary through:
· wide reading.
· word study.
· word reference materials.
· content area study.
· writing process elements.
· writing as a tool.
· debate.
· discussions.
· seminars.
· examining the author’s craft.

1.04 Use word reference materials (e.g., glossary, dictionary, thesaurus, on-line reference tools) to identify and comprehend unknown words.

Competency Goal 2
       The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.

2.02 Interact with the text before, during, and after reading, listening, and viewing by:
· making predictions.
· formulating questions.
· supporting answers from textual information, previous experience, and/or other sources.
· drawing on personal, literary, and cultural understandings.
· seeking additional information

Competency Goal 5
       The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
 

5.04 Determine the impact of word choice on written and spoken language.
 

Social Studies Goals and Objectives for Fifth Grade:

 Competency Goal 6
        The learner will evaluate the significance of the movement of people, goods, and ideas from place
         to place.

   6.1 Analyze the movement of people, goods, and ideas within and among the countries of the United States, Canada, and Latin America and between the Western Hemisphere and other places.

   6.2 Compare ways in which people, goods, and ideas moved in the past in the United States, Canada, and Latin America with their movement today.

  6.3 Judge how changes in the movement of people, goods, and ideas have affected ways of living in the Western Hemisphere.

 Competency Goal 11
        The learner will analyze changes in ways of living and investigate why and how these changes occurred.

  11.1 Identify and describe changes which have occurred in ways of living in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

  11.3 Evaluate the effects of change on the lives of the people of the United States, Canada, and Latin America