Fifth Grade Competencies:

1. Apply time management and organizational skills to enhance personal and academic success

2. Utilize study skills to help achieve goals and reduce test-taking anxiety

3. Learn strategies to successfully transition to middle school

4. Identify how hobbies and personal interests influence possible careers and occupations

5. Develop skills to locate information about possible careers and occupations

6. Demonstrate skills needed to cope with challenges in daily life

7. Demonstrate behaviors needed to interact with peers effectively

8. Demonstrate respect for and acceptance of differences in others

9. Demonstrate the use of effective communication skills

10. Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate school behaviors

11. Identify neglectful, physical and sexually abusive situations and strategies for getting help

12. Understand the relationship between effective work habits and the world of work