Grade 5

What your child learns in grade 5

• Grade 5 mathGrade 5 is the year fractions and decimals get serious: adding them, comparing them, and using them in real problems. Division gets longer, and shapes get a third dimension. Here is what it covers, where kids usually get stuck, and one way to help.
• Grade 5 scienceGrade 5 science looks inside things: the body's organ systems, the particles that make up matter, and the forces acting on a bridge. Here is what it covers, where kids usually get stuck, and one way to help.
• Grade 5 EnglishGrade 5 asks children to step back from a text: what is the main idea, why did the author write it, and how would you sum it up? Writing grows to several paragraphs. Here is what it covers, where kids usually get stuck, and one way to help.