Fifth Grade

Your Child’s Communication: Fifth Grade

By the end of fifth grade your child should be able to do the following:

Listening

• Listen and draw conclusions in subject area learning activities

Speaking

• Make planned oral presentations appropriate to the audience
• Maintain eye contact and use gestures, facial expressions, and appropriate voice during group presentations
• Participate in class discussions across subject areas
• Summarize main points
• Report about information gathered in group activities

Reading

• Read grade-level books fluently
• Learn meanings of unfamiliar words through knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes
• Prioritize information according to the purpose of reading
• Read a variety of literary forms
• Describe development of character and plot
• Describe characteristics of poetry
• Analyze author’s language and style
• Use reference materials to support opinions

Writing

• Write for a variety of purposes
• Use vocabulary effectively
• Vary sentence structure
• Revise writing for clarity
• Edit final copies