How to read this page
New Brunswick publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In New Brunswick, that's Mathematics, Grade 5 — 4 units, 38 skills.
Number
- Whole numbers to 1 000 000
- Skip-counting and doubling/halving for facts to 81
- Equivalent fractions
Shape and Space
- Rectangles from perimeter or area
- Referents for volume
- Millilitres and litres
See the full Mathematics, Grade 5 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In New Brunswick, that's English Language Arts, Grade 5 — 3 units, 33 skills.
Speaking and Listening
- Contributing ideas and asking to clarify
- Responding constructively in discussion
- Awareness of others' needs, rights, and feelings
Reading and Viewing
- Selecting texts independently
- Answering questions with decreasing assistance
Writing and Other Ways of Representing
- Using strategies to frame questions and reflect on ideas
- Creating texts using form features and patterns
- Using a range of writing process strategies
See the full English Language Arts, Grade 5 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In New Brunswick, that's Science, Grade 5 — 2 units, 14 skills.
People
- The five major body systems
- Systems interacting to stay in balance
Simple Machines
- Common simple machines
- Internal forces on a structure
See the full Science, Grade 5 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
French this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In New Brunswick, that's Intensive French, Grade 5 — 3 units, 35 skills.
Oral Communication
- Sharing personal information
- Relating experiences across time
- Asking and answering a variety of questions
Reading and Viewing
- Reading and viewing for enjoyment and information
- Using cue systems to construct meaning
- Finding main ideas and supporting details
Writing and Representing
- Writing to communicate messages and feelings
- Creating texts in familiar forms
- Using the writing process with resources
See the full Intensive French, Grade 5 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 5 in New Brunswick?
New Brunswick's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 5 — 134 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers number and patterns and relations; English Language Arts covers speaking and listening and reading and viewing; Science covers people and simple machines. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official New Brunswick curriculum?
It's built from New Brunswick's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.
My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?
That's normal — every skill on this page is one most kids wobble on at first. MapleMind teaches any of them one-on-one: a short lesson in plain words, a worked example, then solving together. It's free to start, on any device, in 14 languages.
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MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.
Social Studies this year
Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In New Brunswick, that's Social Studies, Grade 5 — 6 units, 14 skills.
Introduction
- Primary sources and historical inquiry
+ 2 more skills in this unit →Environment
- Locating an ancient society
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Social Structure
- Illustrating a society's social structure
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Decision-Making
- Diversity of First Nations and Inuit societies
- Roles and how decisions were made
+ 2 more skills in this unit →Interactions
- Beneficial and devastating consequences of contact
+ 1 more skill in this unit →My Society
See the full Social Studies, Grade 5 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →