Welcome to Fifth Grade!

Purpose of the Guide

Students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools follow the state of North Carolina’s expectations for what every student will know and be able to do by the end of their current grade level. This guide is designed to help you support your child by understanding those expectations, provide everyday activities to reinforce their learning at home and partner with their teachers throughout the school year.

This guide includes…

Key Skills for Reading and Math

Understand the most important things your child should know and be able to do by the end of the school year.

Questions to Ask Your Child

Engage in conversations with your child using these suggested reading and math questions.

Topics to Discuss with the Teacher

Find sample questions and topics you might want to talk about with the teacher related to reading and math skills.

Learning Activities

Explore some easy ways you can support your child’s learning important reading and math concepts and skills.

Words to Know

Learn some important words and acronyms used at school to “speak the same language”.

Helpful Resources to Practice Skills at Home

Click the link to access a collection of reading and math resources aligned to your child’s grade level.

Resource Guides

Quarter 1
- Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.
Quarter 2
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, recognizing specific word choices that contribute to meaning and tone.
- With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing, with consideration to task and purpose.
Quarter 3
Module 3 Family Video
- Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question or to solve a problem efficiently.
- With guidance and support from adults, use digital tools and resources to produce and publish writing (using word processing skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
Quarter 4
Module 4 Family Video
- Students explain how a narrator/speaker views events in a story and explain how the point of view impacts how events are described.
- Students combine information from multiple texts on the same topic when writing or speaking to demonstrate knowledge of the topic.