Fifth Grade Standards–Based Report Card
Information for Parents
Overview/Explanation:
Every child grows and develops through stages at his/her own rate.
Children in the same grade may differ widely. However, there are expectations (standards) for students to have mastered by the end of each
year. This pamphlet reflects expectations in each curriculum area. The
bold print on this document reflects the statements on the report card.
The bullet points provide further explanation and concrete examples of
each report card statement. Each trimester your child’s teacher is looking for evidence that your child has mastered these skills so they can
report that information to you. When families and teachers work together as partners, our children have the best opportunity to learn and
succeed in school.
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The State of Illinois requires that students receive instruction and master learning standards at each grade level. Achievement and learning
behaviors are reported separately. A standards-based report card uses
numerical levels to indicate performance based on student work when
it is compared to models that meet the standards.
4 = Exceeds standard
3 = Meets standard
2 = Does not yet meet standard
1 = Warning: Significantly below standard
NA = Standard not addressed this trimester
Learning Behaviors include:
Listens attentively
 Shows respect for self and others
Participates appropriately in activities
 Uses class time productively
 Completes assignments
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LANGUAGE ARTS
Common Core State Standards
READING
Common Core State Standards
Reads closely to determine key ideas and details in a variety of
grade level text
· Summarizes text of variety of genres
· Explains relationships between what happened and why it happened
· Analyze how multimedia elements contribute to text
· Contrast stories or texts within the same genre
Uses knowledge of words to comprehend text
· Interprets figurative language
· Recognizes idioms, adages, and proverbs
· Uses relationships between words to understand them
Integrates various print resources to make connections, comparisons, and understand text
· Explains how the various parts of text work together to provide
structure
· Contrast the structure of texts
· Integrates information from multiple pieces of text
Reads with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
· Reads 5th grade material with purpose and understanding
· Reads 5th grade material with accuracy above 94%
· Reads about 124 words per minute
Writes opinion, informative/explanatory, and narrative pieces for a
variety of audiences
· Writes multi-paragraph documents that cover one topic
· Uses natural sequence, developed descriptions, and closing sections to create a variety of writing genres: informative, opinion,
and narrative
· Types 2 pages
· Conducts research
· Draws evidence from text to support analysis, reflection, and research
Demonstrates understanding of standard English conventions when
writing and speaking
· Edits writing
· Adds details
· Uses perfect verb tenses
· Indicates titles of works
· Spells grade level words correctly
· Uses reference materials to correct and check spelling
Speaks effectively for situations and audiences
· Explicitly refers to information when speaking within discussions
· Pose specific questions and make appropriate comments relating
to others
· Paraphrase text or information from other media sources
· Reports organized recounts of information including theme
Listens and comprehends in a variety of settings
· Clarifies information by asking questions
· Gains information from a variety of media
· Responds to questions about key details from variety of media
SCIENCE & HEALTH
Next Generation Science Standards
SOCIAL STUDIES
Effectively uses reading and writing strategies to demonstrate an understanding
of political systems
· Explains the basic principles of the United States government including structures and functions of the federal government and the rights and responsibilities of citizens (e.g., British taxation and Colonial resistance, the Constitution,
influence of individuals and political parties)
· Evaluates the role and responsibilities of the United States government in shaping foreign policy
Effectively uses reading and writing strategies to demonstrate an understanding
of economic systems
· Explains the influence of economics on the development of the United States
(e.g., exploration/trade; slave trade/triangular trade, Colonial taxation, Westward expansion, Industrialization)
Effectively uses reading and writing strategies to demonstrate an understanding
of local, state, and U.S. history
· Analyzes and interprets historical stories and events using primary source documents, images, maps, media, literary works, and non-literary works
· Identifies and explains how and why exploration and expansion impacted the
development of the United States
· Explains the causes and impacts of key historical events on the development of
the United States (e.g., contact with Native Americans, formation of the 13
Colonies, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase)
· Analyzes how the positive and negative interactions of individuals, social
groups, systems, and institutions influenced the development of the United
States
Effectively uses reading and writing strategies to demonstrate an understanding
of geography
· Explains how geographical factors and location influence the development of
the United States through analysis of maps, charts, globes, graphs, diagrams,
models, etc.
Effectively uses reading and writing strategies to demonstrate an understanding
of social systems
· Identifies historically significant individuals, groups, or cultures who affected
social life or institutions of the United States through literature, language, arts,
traditions, events, media, etc.
· Explains how cultural, economic, geographic, and political factors influenced immigration to the western hemisphere (e.g., African, European, Native American)
Understands
the concepts of life, physical, and earth/space science
and their interconnectedness
· Defines the terms “element” and “atom” and describes how elements are classified on the periodic table
· Identifies how sound energy moves and how it is used
· Identifies how electrons cause objects to attract and repel and how
they flow in a circuit
· Identifies terms to measure motion (speed and velocity)
· Identifies the earth’s layers
· Compares and contrasts renewable and nonrenewable resources
· Describes how land and water affect climate
· Describes how scientists use instruments to study planets and stars
· Describes the way scientists classify living things
· Explains how traits are passed on through genes and chromosomes
· Describes how organisms become adapted to their environment
· Identifies natural cycles in an ecosystem (e.g., carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water cycles)
Uses inquiry process and concepts of technological design
· Collects data for investigations using the scientific process skills
including observing, estimating, and measuring
· Identifies a design problem and proposes possible solutions
Makes connections between Science and Society
· Demonstrates ways to avoid injury when conducting science activities (e.g., wearing goggles, using a fire extinguisher)
· Explains how technology is used in science for a variety of purposes (e.g., sample collection, storage and treatment, measurement)
Understands the basic principles of health and well-being
· Describes how the body takes in and uses oxygen
· Describes how communicable diseases are spread, how to defend
against them, and how to treat them
MATH
Common Core State Standards
Operations and Algebraic Thinking—Applies knowledge of numbers to solve problems
· Understand, evaluate and write expressions
· Understand and apply patterns
Measurement and Data—Applies and interprets concepts of measurement and data
· Understand and convert measurement units
· Organize and interpret data
· Understand apply volume
Geometry—Understands and applies concepts of geometry
· Understand graphing on a coordinate plane
· Understand and classify two dimensional figures
Numbers in Base Ten—Understands and applies place value concepts
· Understand the relationship between place value columns
· Read, write and compare decimals
· Round decimals
· Understand and apply whole number multiplication and division
· Operate with decimals (add, subtract, multiply and divide)
Numbers in Fractions—Understands and applies fractions
· Understand fractions as division
· Operate and apply fractions in word problems with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
VISUAL ARTS
Demonstrates basic knowledge of vocabulary used in visual art
· Identifies different types of rhythm (e.g., regular, alternate, random, progressive, and flowing)
· Compares techniques of 2-D or 3-D media (e.g., watercolor/
tempera, non-fire/fire, crayon/chalk)
Creates art with a variety of tools, media, and techniques
· Creates works based on direct observation of still life or interior
spaces demonstrating understanding of spatial relations (light
source, shadows, etc.)
· Creates an in-the-round sculpture emphasizing spatial relationship, positive/negative spaces (e.g., open spaces) that is interesting from all sides
· Creates works with monochromatic, analogous, complementary,
and warm/cool colors
· Demonstrates processes in drawing, weaving, and printing
Explores how art/artifacts convey stories about people, places, and
times
· Investigates how the arts reflect different cultures, times, and places
MUSIC
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Applies music vocabulary to music activities
· Compares and contrasts the use of expressive qualities in musical
selections or examples
· Identifies and interprets symbols for dynamics, tempo, and articulation
· Describes basic sound production theory
· Identifies meter in a musical example
· Distinguishes major and minor tonalities in aural musical examples
· Analyzes the form of a simple musical composition
Demonstrates musical knowledge and skills through creating and
performing
· Sings or plays music on pitch, in rhythm, with a steady tempo
and appropriate technique
· Sings 2-part and/or 3-part music (rounds/canons, partner songs,
countermelodies, harmony)
Explores music from historical periods and world cultures
· Describes roles of composers, conductors, and performers
· Investigates how the arts reflect different cultures, times, and places
Acquires movement skills and understands needed to engage in
health-enhancing physical activity
· Performs locomotor and non-locomotor skills in the proper sequence using proper technique
· Understands and applies perceptual motor skills to classroom activities
Demonstrates fitness through cardiorespiratory, muscular strength/
endurance, flexibility, and/or body composition assessments
· Performs within the Healthy Fitness Zone on FitnessGram assessments
Demonstrates good sportsmanship and the ability to work well with
others
· Cooperates with classmates and teacher to ensure a safe and optimal learning environment
· Listens to instructions and is on task during class
· Encourages classmates and opponents and maintains a positive
attitude
Demonstrates an eagerness to participate fully in all activities
· Participates to fullest extent of ability during class