Grade 5 Middle School Syllabus Overview
Grade 5 Middle School Syllabus Overview
UNITS SUB-UNITS
Reading Comprehension Passage
Types of Sentences
Narrative Essay
UNIT 1 Vocabulary - Compound words
THEME: SELF, FAMILY AND FRIENDS Letter Writing
Speaking Skill - Hat Speech
Verbs
Picture Composition
UNIT 4
Figures of Speech - Similes,
THEME: ART AND CULTURE
Metaphors, Alliteration,
Personification
Speaking and Listening Skills -
1
Mask Making Activity
Reading Comprehension Passage
UNIT 5 Subject Verb Agreement
THEME: OUR COUNTRY Synonyms and Antonyms
Speaking Skill - Demonstrative
Speech
Listening Skill - Song
Dialogue Writing
Reading Comprehension Passage
UNIT 6 Adverbs
THEME: FOOD Speaking and Listening skills -
Recipe
Expository Essay
Letter Writing
Reading Comprehension Passage
Conjunctions
UNIT 7 Modals
THEME: STORIES AND FABLES Writing Skill - Book Review
Writing Skill - Diary Writing
Speaking and Listening Skills –
Story Telling
Reading Comprehension Passage
Grammar - Direct and Indirect
UNIT 8 Speech
THEME: TRANSPORT Writing - Script Writing
Words often confused and
misused
Speaking and Listening Skills –
Stage a Play
Reading Comprehension Passage
Grammar - Prepositions
Speaking and Listening skills -
2
UNIT 9 Presentation
THEME: EXPLORERS Autobiography Writing
Dictionary work
Questions
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MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 - ENGLISH LITERATURE
UNITS SUB-UNITS
Everyday
The Dentist and the Crocodile
The Hero
1. POETRY The Spider and the Fly
Limericks
Hiawatha's Childhood
My History Book
Enchantment
The Wizard of Oz – The Cyclone
Why the Cheetah's Cheeks Are
Stained! (A Traditional Zulu Story)
Prometheus gives fire to man:
2. PROSE Greek Mythology
The Jungle Book
Expert Detectives
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MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 - SCIENCE
UNITS SUB-UNITS
UNIT 1 Science as the Study of the
AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE Natural World
The Scientific Method
Scientific Equipment
Laboratory Safety Rules and
Regulations
The Importance of Measurement
Physical Quantities
History of Measurement
Standard Units for Measuring
Physical Quantities
UNIT 2 Measurement of Length
MEASUREMENT Measurement of Area
Measurement of Volume
Measurement of Time
Measurement of Temperature
Estimation
Matter
Building Blocks of Matter
UNIT 3 States of Matter: Solid, Liquid and
NATURE OF MATTER Gas
Particle Arrangement in Each
State of Matter
Change of States of Matter
General Properties of Matter
Characteristics of Living
5
UNIT 4 Organisms
THE LIVING WORLD Living, Non-Living and Dead
Organization in the Living World
Flower
Pollination
UNIT 5 Fertilisation
PLANT REPRODUCTION Fruit and Seed
Dispersal of Fruits and Seeds
Germination
Rest and Motion
Force as a Push or a Pull
Effects of Force
UNIT 6 Types of Force
FORCE Units of Force
Measurement of Force
The Net Effect of Force
Steps in Crop Production
UNIT 7 Types of Crops
CROP PRODUCTION Irrigation
The Construction of a Simple
Sprinkler
Frictional Force
Factors Affecting Friction
UNIT 8 Types of Friction
FRICTION Advantages and Disadvantages of
Friction
Methods of Reducing Friction
Nature of Light
UNIT 9 Sources of Light
LIGHT Types of Medium
Rectilinear Propagation of Light
6
Pinhole Camera
Shadow
Movement and Locomotion
UNIT 10 Human Skeletal System
BONES AND MUSCLES Joints
Muscular System
Work
Factors Affecting Work
UNIT 11 Energy and its Form
WORK AND ENERGY Transformation of Energy
Sources of Energy
Fuels and their Sources
Fuels used in Vehicles and their
UNIT 12 Current Cost
FUELS Renewable and Non-renewable
Resources
Need to Save Oil
Components of Food
Sources of Carbohydrates,
Proteins, Fats, Vitamins and
UNIT 13 Minerals
FOOD AND HEALTH Food Tests
Energy Obtained from Food
Balanced Diet
Food Habits
Methods of Preservation of Food
Malnutrition
Food Adulteration
Forests
UNIT 14 Wildlife
FOREST AND WILDLIFE Food Chain and Food Web
Sound and its Causes
7
Propagation of Sound
UNIT 15 Speed of Sound
SOUND Types of Sound
Sources of Sound
Air Pollution
Water Pollution
UNIT 16 Soil Pollution
POLLUTION Noise Pollution
Effects of Pollution on Health
Prevention of Pollution
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MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 - SOCIAL STUDIES
UNITS SUB-UNITS
9
Space
Variation in Shelter
Shifts in Habitation and Associated
Difficulties
Major Occupation Types
Different Types of Livelihood
UNIT 5 Work
LIVELIHOOD Tribal life
Forest Region
Dependence on Forest Products
Components of the Environment
Global Environment
Natural Disasters - Earthquake,
UNIT 6 drought
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Natural Disasters - Drought
Flood, cyclone, forest fire
Natural Disasters - volcanic
eruption, landslides
Indian Constitution
UNIT 7 Democracy
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Fundamental Rights
Aims of the United Nations
UNIT 8 Organs of the United Nations
THE UNITED NATIONS Agencies of United Nations
The Earth as a planet; Globe
Locating places on Earth
UNIT 9 Motions of Earth
OUR EARTH Eclipse
Case Study: Rakesh Sharma and
10
Stephen Hawking
Types of Games/Sports
Importance of Team Spirit in
Games
UNIT 10 Gender, Class Stereotyping in
PLAY Games and Sports
Local and Traditional Martial Art
Forms and Games
Changing patterns of Local Games
Changing nature of leisure
Types of markets
UNIT 11 Functioning of an actual market.
MARKETS AROUND US Role of a wholesale market
Role of intermediaries
Location and Extent
UNIT 12 India's Neighbouring countries
INDIA AND ITS NEIGHBOURING Climate and seasons
COUNTRIES Natural Vegetation
Case Study: Mountain Adventure
Renewable and Non Renewable
resources
UNIT 13 Effects of Resource Exploration
NATURAL RESOURCES The Production of Various Things
Using Minerals
The Need for Checking the Overuse
of Natural Resources
Methods of Water Lifting
Changes in the Sources and
Availability of Water
Community Service
Sources of Irrigation
Uses of Water Wheel
11
Conserving water in the Past
Rebuilding Old Lakes and Johads
Difference between Weather and
UNIT 14 Climate
WEATHER AND CLIMATE Factors affecting climate of a place
Effects of Climate
Concept of Soil
Different types of farmers
Hardships faced by subsistence
farmers
Modern developments in farming
Diversity of food habits
UNIT 15. Agriculture
MAJOR OCCUPATIONS IN INDIA Pre-historic Hunters and Wild
Animals
Poaching and Selling of Animal
Parts
Protection of Wild life
Cruelty to Domestic Animals
Case Study on Entrepreneur –Dr
Verghese Kurien
Industries
Industrialist-JRD Tata
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MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 - MATHEMATICS
UNITS SUB-UNITS
Factors, Multiples
Prime and composite numbers
Even and odd numbers
Tests of divisibility
UNIT 2 Prime Factorisation: Factor Tree
FACTORS AND MULTIPLES Short division method
Highest common factor
Least common multiple
Mental Math Drill
13
Fractions
UNIT 3 Classification of fractions
FRACTIONS Comparison of fractions
Operations on fractions
Mental Math Drill
Point, ray, line, plane, line
UNIT 4 segment, angle
BASIC GEOMETRICAL CONCEPTS Construction
Estimation
Estimation of numbers
Estimation of fractions
UNIT 5
Estimation of the sum, difference,
ESTIMATION AND ROUNDING OFF
product and quotient of two or
more numbers.
Mental Math Drill
Data
Data collection and recording
UNIT 6 Pictograph
DATA HANDLING Co-ordinate axes
Bar graph
Line graph and pie chart
Decimals
Place value
UNIT 7 Expanded form
DECIMALS Classification of decimals
Comparison of decimals
Conversions
Operations on decimals
Mental Math Drill
Percentage
UNIT 8
Percentage- conversions
PERCENTAGE
Percentage at Work
14
Mental Math Drill
UNIT 9 : SYMMETRY Symmetry
Integers
Comparison of integers
UNIT 10
Absolute value of integers
INTEGERS
Operations on Integers: Addition
and Subtraction
Mental Math Drill
Shapes and patterns
UNIT 11 Rotation and patterns
SHAPES AND PATTERNS Sequences
Mental Math Drill
Angle
Protractor
UNIT 12 Measuring an angle
ANGLES Classification of angles
Construction of angles
Perimeter
Measuring perimeters
UNIT 13 Perimeter: Formulae
PERIMETER AND AREA Area
Measuring areas
Measuring of area using formulae
Unitary method
UNIT 14
Bills
UNITARY METHOD
Preparation of a bill
Metric units
UNIT 15
Inter-conversions of units
METRIC MEASUREMENTS
Mental Math Drill
2-D and 3-D figures
UNIT 16
Nets: Cube, cuboid, cylinder and
VOLUME
cone
15
Cube and cuboids: vertices, edges
and faces
Volume
Volume, Capacity and Capacity
Measurement
Volume of Cubes and Cuboids
Conversion of units
16
MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 - COMPUTER
UNITS SUB-UNITS
TERM 1
History of Computers
TERM 2
Software
System Software
Unit 2: Types of Software
Application Software
System Software Vs. Application
17
Software
Built-in Templates
18
MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 - HINDI (2nd Language)
अध्याय 1 - हिमालय (कविता)
(लेख)
(सांस्मरण)
1. LITERATURE
अध्याय 10 - नीतत के दोिे (कविता)
(व्यवित्ि - पररचय)
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अध्याय 1 - िणण, िणणमाला एिां ितणनी
अध्याय 4 – सांज्ञा
अध्याय 5 – सिणनाम
अध्याय 6 – विशेषण
अध्याय 7 - विराम–तचह्न
2. LANGUAGE
अध्याय 8 - पत्र–लेखन (अनौपचाररक)
अध्याय 9 - सांिाद–लेखन
अध्याय 11 - तचत्र–िणणन
अध्याय 12 – तलांग
अध्याय 13 – हिया
अध्याय 14 – काल
अध्याय 15 – कारक
अध्याय 16 – मुिािरे
तलए एक शब्द
अध्याय 19 - तनबांध–लेखन
अध्याय 21 - कविता–लेखन
अध्याय 22 - किानी–लेखन
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MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 - FRENCH (2nd Language)
UNITS SUB-UNITS
French greetings
Numbers 0-20
Accents
Vocabulary
Textual exercises
Grammar Exercise – Numbers
21
Vocabulary
Listening skills - text excercises.
Interrogation - Qu'est -
cequec'est?
Textual exercises
Grammar Exercise - Numbers &
New Vocabulary
Translations
verb
s'appeler Verb
Essay - To introduce oneself
Translation Sentences
Definite articles
Countries & Nationalities
22
Nationalities
Listening exercises (text)
Dictation
Translation of Sentences
Vocabulary
Listening exercises (text)
Grammar exercises (Text)
Translation of Sentences
Family Members
Regular - er verbs (aimer, adorer,
détester, parler & habiter)
Vocabulary
Dictation
Essay - My family
23
Grammar exercises (Text)
Grammar Exercise - Months of the
year
Comprehension passage
General Questions
Translation Sentences
Vocabulary
Listening exercises (text)
Grammar exercises (Text)
Translation of Sentences
Make plural
Conjugation of verbs
blanks
24
MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 - FRENCH (3rd Language)
(Offered in Lucknow and Gurugram)
UNITS SUB-UNITS
25
MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 - GUJARATI (3rd Language)
(Offered in Vadodara and Surat)
UNITS SUB-UNITS
Unit 1: Revision Varnamala Revision varnamala
Unit 2: Gujarati Matra ,Swar & mulakshar Gujarati Matra ,Swar & mulakshar
(Vyanjan) Revision (Vyanjan) Revision
Unit 3: Two Letter words Two Letter words
Unit 4: Identify the Pictures Identify the Pictures
Unit 5: Three Letter words Three Letter words
Unit 6: Weekdays Weekdays
Unit 7: Months & Seasons Months & Seasons
Unit 8 Colours & Numbers Colours & Numbers
Unit 9: Common Birds & Animals Common Birds & Animals
Unit 10: Chapter - 5 Vasan Vasan
Unit 11: Vakyarachna Vakyarachna
Unit 12: Gender Gender
Unit 13: Singular & plural Singular & plural
Unit 14: Chapter -6 MaroParivar MaroParivar
Unit 15: VerodhiShabda VerodhiShabda
Unit 16: SmanathiShabda SmanathiShabda
Unit 17: Chapter -7 Diwali Diwali
Unit 18: Chapter -11 Rashtriya Bird Mora Rashtriya Bird Mora
Unit 19: Chapter -12 JudaJudaKamna JudaJudaKamna Name
Name
Unit 20: Tense (Past tense, present tense Tense
& Future)
Past tense,
present tense
Future
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UNITS SUB-UNITS
Unit 1: વર્ણમાળા (પુનરાવર્ણન) વર્ણમાળા (પુનરાવર્ણન)
27
MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 – MARATHI
(Only for Schools in Maharashtra)
TERM - 1
UNITS SUB-UNITS
TERM - 2
UNITS SUB-UNITS
28
TERM - 1
UNITS SUB-UNITS
TERM - 2
UNITS SUB-UNITS
29
MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 - SANSKRIT (3rd. Language)
UNITS SUB-UNITS
UNITS SUB-UNITS
Eshabaalika Akarantstrilingshabad
Tebaalkah/Taabaalikahpathanti Duivachan,Bahuvachan
30
Duivachan,Bahuvachan
Unit-10
ChaturthiPryog, SampradaanKaarak
AmarahPathanayeGachchati
Akaaraant Pulling-
Unit-14 EtatUdyaanam
NapunsaklingshabdhSarvanaamaani
31
MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 - ART
TERM 1
UNITS
Unit 2: Design
TERM 2
UNITS
Unit 3: Design
32
MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 – TAMIL 2nd Language
(Only for Coimbatore schools)
காலம் 1
UNITS SUB-UNITS
UNITS SUB-UNITS
UNITS SUB-UNITS
UNITS SUB-UNITS
Chozhapuram [Kathai]
Thathuvam/Sindhanai - Kalviyae
Deivam [Kavithai]
[Kathai]
and niruthakuri
thodar, Erattaikkilavi
2. Language
Lang Unit 3 Grammar – Inaiporutsol
(Synonyms)
Mayangolisorkkal (Double
Consonants)
Words)
MIDDLE SCHOOL SYLLABUS
GRADE 5 – TAMIL (3rd Language)
(Only for Coimbatore School)
காலம் 1
UNITS SUB-UNITS
காலம் 2
UNITS SUB-UNITS
brhw;fs;.
பாடம் 11 -- caph;bka;
vGj;Jfs; - v thpir vGj;Jfs;
- bf- bd/brhw;fs;
பாடம் 12 – mWRitfs;
பாடம் 14 - caph;bka;
vGj;Jfs; - I thpir
vGj;Jfs; - if - id/brhw;fs;
பாடம் 16 - caph;bka;
vGj;Jfs; - xs thpir
vGj;Jfs; - bfs - bds/
brhw;fs;
TERM 1
UNITS SUB-UNITS
Poem)
TERM 2
UNITS SUB-UNITS
ಮೊದಲ ಹ೦ತ
ಘಟಕ ಉಪ ಘಟಕ
ಸಾಹಿತಯ ಘಟಕ-೧: ಕನ್ನಡನ್ುಡಿ(ಪದಯ)
1. ಸಾಹಿತಯ
ಸಾಹಿತಯ ಘಟಕ-೨ ನ್ನ್ನ ದ ೇಶ ನ್ನ್ನ ಜನ್ (ಗದಯ)
ಕಾಗುಣಿತ, ಒತತಕ್ಷರ
ಬ್ಹುವಚನ್)
ಸಂಗತಿಗಳು (ಗದಯ )
ಪತರ ಬ್ರವಣಿಗ )
ಮೊದಲ ಹ೦ತ
ಘಟಕ ಉಪ ಘಟಕ
1. ಪಾಠ
ಘಟಕ 2- ಕನ್ನಡನ್ುಡಿ(ಪದಯ)
ದ್ವೇತಿಯ ಹ೦ತ
ಘಟಕ ಘಟಕ
ಘಟಕ 5- ಲ ೇಖನ್ ಚಿನ ೆಗಳು (ವ್ಾಯಕರಣ)
TERM 1
UNITS SUB UNITS
पाि १ :ऐसा प्यारा गाँि (कविता)
पाि ४ : िचन
TERM 2
UNITS SUB UNITS
पाि ४: आ गया िै सािन
1. Literature (कविता)
पाि १ : सांज्ञा