Core Knowledge at a Glance

Fifth Grade

Language Art/English
1. Reading and Writing
2. Writing, Grammar, and Usage
3. Poetry
4. Fiction (Stories; Classics; Myths and Legends)
5. Sayings and Phrases

History and Geography
World
1. World Geography (Spatial Sense; Lakes)
2. Meso-American Civilizations
3. European Exploration, Trade, and Clash of Cultures
4. Renaissance and Reformation
5. England from the Golden Age to the Glorious Revolution
6. Russia: Early Growth and Expansion
7. Feudal Japan
American
1. Westward Expansion
2. Civil War: Causes, Conflicts, Consequences
3. Native Americans: Cultures and Conflicts
4. U.S. Geography

Visual Arts
1. Art of the Renaissance
2. American Art: Nineteenth-Century United States
3. Art of Japan

Music
1. Elements of Music (timbre, rhythm, etc.)
2. Listening and Understanding (Composers; Connections)
3. American Musical Traditions (Spirituals)
4. Songs

Mathematics
1. Numbers and Number Sense
2. Ratio and Percent
3. Fractions and Decimals
4. Computation
5. Measurement
6. Geometry
7. Probability and Statistics
8. Pre-Algebra

Science
1. Classifying Living Things
2. Physical Science: matter, elements, and reactions
3. Plant Structures and Processes
4. Life Cycles and Reproduction
5. Earth Science-solar system
6. Chemistry: Matter, Change, Atoms, Elements, and Solutions
7. Scientific Investigation (science project)