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Minnesota Grade 5 skill plan
Every Grade 5 skill in Vita, with the matching benchmark from the 2022 Minnesota K–12 Academic Standards in Mathematics. Minnesota schools must teach these standards by the 2027–28 school year. Language arts skills show their Common Core codes, science skills show NGSS codes, and social studies skills show C3 Framework codes.
115 skills this year: 57 math, 39 language arts, 12 science, 7 social studies. That's about 4 a week over a 36-week school year, and 15 to 20 minutes of practice a day is plenty for most kids. 52 of 57 math skills match a Minnesota benchmark.
Math 57 skills
Expressions and patterns
- 5.1Order of operationsMN 5.3.6.2
- 5.2Write expressionsMN 5.3.6.2
- 5.3Powers of 10MN 5.3.5.7
- 5.4Compare two patternsMN 5.3.7.2
- 5.5Ordered pairs from two patternsMN 5.3.7.2
- 5.6Exponents with base 10MN 5.3.5.7
- 5.7Expressions in wordsMN 5.3.6.2
- 5.8Brackets and parenthesesMN 5.3.6.2
Place value and decimals
- 5.9Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1,000MN 5.3.5.7
- 5.10Decimals in expanded formMN 5.3.5.9
- 5.11Compare decimals to thousandthsMN 5.3.5.9
- 5.12Round decimalsMN 5.3.5.12
- 5.13Decimals in word formMN 5.3.5.9
- 5.14Value of a decimal digitMN 5.3.5.7
- 5.15Round decimals to a whole numberMN 5.3.5.12
Multiplication and division
- 5.16Multi-digit multiplicationMN 5.3.5.1
- 5.17Divide by two-digit numbersMN 5.3.5.2
- 5.18Multiplication word problemsMN 5.3.5.1
- 5.19Division word problemsMN 5.3.5.4
- 5.20What to do with the remainderMN 5.3.5.3
Decimal operations
- 5.21Add and subtract decimalsMN 5.3.5.13
- 5.22Multiply decimalsMN 5.3.5.13
- 5.23Divide decimalsMN 5.3.5.13
- 5.24Multiply decimals with a gridMN 5.3.5.13
- 5.25Decimal money problemsMN 5.3.5.13
Fractions
- 5.26Add fractions with unlike denominatorsMN 5.3.5.11
- 5.27Subtract fractions with unlike denominatorsMN 5.3.5.11
- 5.28Fractions as divisionMN 5.3.5.2
- 5.29Multiply fractionsMN 5.3.5.15
- 5.30Multiplying as scalingMN 5.3.7.4
- 5.31Divide with unit fractionsMN 5.3.5.16
- 5.32Fraction word problemsMN 5.3.5.13
- 5.33Add fractions with fraction barsMN 5.3.5.11
- 5.34Area with fraction side lengthsMN 5.3.5.14
- 5.35Simplest formMN 5.3.5.11
- 5.36Find a common denominatorMN 5.3.5.11
- 5.37A fraction of a numberMN 5.3.5.15
- 5.38Mixed numbers to improper fractionsMN 5.3.5.15
- 5.39Fractions and decimalsMN 5.3.5.8
- 5.40Add mixed numbers with unlike denominatorsMN 5.3.5.11
- 5.41Estimate with benchmark fractionsMN 5.3.5.10
- 5.42Multiply mixed numbersMN 5.3.5.14
Measurement and volume
- 5.43Convert unitsNot in MN 2022 standards
- 5.44Volume with unit cubesMN 5.2.3.3
- 5.45Volume of rectangular prismsMN 5.2.3.5
- 5.46Add volumesMN 5.2.3.4
- 5.47Line plots with fractionsMN 5.1.1.4
- 5.48Find a missing dimensionMN 5.2.3.5
- 5.49Customary conversionsNot in MN 2022 standards
- 5.50Volume of a cubeMN 5.2.3.5
- 5.51Volume word problemsMN 5.2.3.5
Coordinate plane and shapes
- 5.52Read coordinatesMN 5.3.7.3
- 5.53Find the pointMN 5.3.7.3
- 5.54Classify shapesNot in MN 2022 standards
- 5.55Distance on a coordinate gridMN 5.3.7.3
- 5.56Classify triangles by sidesNot in MN 2022 standards
- 5.57Shape familiesNot in MN 2022 standards
Language arts 39 skills
Word study
- 5.1Greek and Latin rootsL.5.4b
- 5.2Words with more than one meaningL.5.5c
- 5.3Commonly misspelled wordsL.5.2e
- 5.4Prefix and suffix meaningsL.5.4b
- 5.5Spelling with suffixesL.5.2e
- 5.6HomographsL.5.4a
Grammar
- 5.7InterjectionsL.5.1a
- 5.8Perfect verb tensesL.5.1b
- 5.9Keep verb tenses consistentL.5.1d
- 5.10Correlative conjunctionsL.5.1e
- 5.11PrepositionsL.5.1a
- 5.12Combine sentencesL.5.3a
- 5.13Subordinating conjunctionsL.5.1a
Punctuation
- 5.14Commas in a seriesL.5.2a
- 5.15Commas after introductionsL.5.2b
- 5.16Commas with yes, no and namesL.5.2c
- 5.17Writing titlesL.5.2d
- 5.18Commas with tag questions and yes or noL.5.2c
Figurative language and vocabulary
- 5.19Personification and hyperboleL.5.5a
- 5.20Context cluesL.5.4a
- 5.21Transition wordsL.5.6
- 5.22Science and social studies wordsRI.5.4
- 5.23AnalogiesL.5.5c
- 5.24Proverbs and adagesL.5.5b
- 5.25What does the metaphor mean?L.5.5a
- 5.26Positive and negative wordsL.5.5c
- 5.27Synonyms or antonyms?L.5.5c
Reading
- 5.28Make inferencesRL.5.1
- 5.29Supporting evidenceRI.5.8
- 5.30SummarizeRI.5.2
- 5.31Theme from a character's choicesRL.5.2
- 5.32Compare charactersRL.5.3
- 5.33Fiction genresRL.5.9
- 5.34Two accounts of the same eventRI.5.6
- 5.35Two main ideasRI.5.2
- 5.36First or third person?RL.5.6
- 5.37Quote the textRI.5.1
- 5.38Choose the best titleRI.5.2
- 5.39Author's opinionRI.5.6
Science 12 skills
Matter and its changes
- 5.1Matter is made of particlesNGSS 5-PS1-1
- 5.2Mass is conservedNGSS 5-PS1-2
- 5.3Physical or chemical change?NGSS 5-PS1-4
- 5.4Gravity pulls downNGSS 5-PS2-1
Ecosystems
- 5.5Where plants get foodNGSS 5-LS1-1
- 5.6Producer, consumer or decomposer?NGSS 5-LS2-1
- 5.7Energy comes from the sunNGSS 5-PS3-1
Earth and space
- 5.8Brightness of starsNGSS 5-ESS1-1
- 5.9Shadows, day and nightNGSS 5-ESS1-2
- 5.10Earth's systemsNGSS 5-ESS2-1
- 5.11Earth's waterNGSS 5-ESS2-2
- 5.12Protect Earth's resourcesNGSS 5-ESS3-1
Social studies 7 skills
Founding the United States
- 5.1The American RevolutionC3 D2.His.14.3-5
- 5.2Order of eventsC3 D2.His.1.3-5
The Constitution
- 5.3The ConstitutionC3 D2.Civ.3.3-5
- 5.4Checks and balancesC3 D2.Civ.3.3-5
Economics and geography
- 5.5Latitude and longitudeC3 D2.Geo.1.3-5
- 5.6Supply and demandC3 D2.Eco.3.3-5
- 5.7Budgets, saving and creditC3 D2.Eco.1.3-5
Tip for homeschool families: the progress report on your Family page shows which of these skills your child has mastered, with dates. Print both to keep a record of the year.