Fifth Grade - Full-time
Fifth grade is the capstone of lower school. This year is a time to complete the foundational love of learning through a hands-on approach to all subjects. Rich fiction and non-fiction texts are used to bring context and story to the history and science curriculum.
Bible (Deep Roots)
Deep Roots is dedicated to equipping students with a biblical worldview by helping them realize the truth of God’s design for human beings. Studying worldview in conjunction with apologetics, students can grow more confident in Christ. They will be able to care for other people by answering their objections to Christianity and offering them reasons that support the truth.
- Inductive Bible Study Method
- Wisdom Literature (Job)
- Prophets
- Judges
- Kings
- Fall of Israel/Judah
- The Trinity
- Consummation of History
- Marriage and Family
- Arrival of Jesus
Reading (Collaborative Classroom: Making Meaning)
Students are taught the reading comprehension strategies that research shows good readers use to make sense of texts. Students will learn and practice the strategies with guidance and support before using them in their independent reading.
- Compare and contrast
- Author’s Purpose
- Fact and Opinion
- Plot
- Figurative Language
- Poetry
Language (Daily Grammar Practice (DGP) / Collaborative Classroom: Being a Writer)
- Grammar:
- Sentences
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Pronouns
- Adjectives/Adverbs
- Phrases/Clauses
- Reference Skills
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Writing:
- The Writing Process
- Personal Narrative
- Fiction
- Expository Fiction
- Functional Writing
- Opinion Writing
- Poetry
Spelling/Vocabulary (Zaner-Bloser: Spelling Connection)
- Vocabulary for listening, speaking, writing, and reading
- Learn spelling and definitions of words
- Apply meanings
- Identify Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes
Math (Sadlier-Oxford: Progress in Mathematics)
- Order of Operations
- Whole Numbers
- Adding and Subtracting with Decimals
- Multiplying and Dividing with Decimals
- Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
- 2D Figures
- Volume and Measurement
- Geometry and the Coordinate Plane
Science (Harcourt)
- Process of Living Things
- Interactions Among Living Things
- Processes that Change the Earth
- Earth Cycles
- Matter and Energy
- Forces and Motion
Social Studies (Scott Foresman: Growth of a Nation)
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- Expanding Nation
- Expansion and Change
- World War I
- Prosperity/Depression
- World War II
- Post War
- 1950’s and 1960’s
Enrichment
- Art
- Band
- Spanish
- Media Center/Reading Counts
- Technology
- P.E.