FIFTH GRADE


​Language Arts

Reading and Literature
  • Oral Reading
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speed reading
  • Vocabulary building
  • Various Novels

Penmanship
  • Review of cursive writing formation through skill practice, word exercises, original composition, and sentence dictation

Spelling and Poetry
  • Weekly word lists on various categories and vocabulary study
  • Six poems committed to memory
Language: Writing Process
  • Sentences and sentence parts
  • Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms
  • Dictionary, thesaurus skills
  • Letters – friendly, post cards, thank-you notes
  • Making an outline
  • Writing a library research paper
  • Writing book reports
  • Creative Writing

Grammar
  • Punctuation, capitalization, and quotation facts
  • Recognizing and diagramming all eight parts of speech 
  • Recognizing and diagraming complements
  • Word usage


​History and Geography

Focus
  • Developing a Christian world view of ancient civilizations (Creation to AD 1500)

Geography
  • Map skills
  • Climate; natural resources
  • Topography
  • Comparison of characteristics of ancient civilizations with the modern regions

World History
  • Historical events
  • Conflicts between nations
  • Archaeological findings

Government
  • Empires and kingdoms
  • Rulers
  • Development of cities
Economies
  • Trade
  • Currency
  • Job specialization

Culture
  • Religions and philosophies
  • Ancient customs and traditions
  • Languages
  • Arts and music
  • Food and clothing

American History
  • Ancient influences on American government and economy
  • World War II

Social Studies and Skills
  • Cause and effect
  • Timeline
  • Costs and benefits
  • Primary sources


​Science

Animals
  • Amazing Mammals
  • A variety of Vertebrates

Energy
  • Force and motion
  • Electricity and magnetism
  • Engines: steam, internal combustion, jet propulsion, rocket engines
  • Light
Matter
  • Water, Air, Weather

Earth and Space
  • Geology: Treasures of the Earth
  • Oceanography: The Living Sea
  • Astronomy: The Eight Planets, Stars, Moon, Sun
  • Conservation: Preserving the Sea


​Arithmetic

  • Place value of whole numbers and decimals
  • Mastery of fundamental operations
  • Story problems
  • Problem-solving strategies
  • Roman numerals
  • Measuring to the eighth inch
  • Calculating time
  • Making change
  • Rounding off whole numbers, money, decimals, and mixed numbers
  • English and metric measures
  • Converting measures within the same system and solving measurement equations
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division involving fractions and decimals
  • Finding parts of a whole
  • Factoring

  • Divisibility rules
  • Probability
  • Introduction to percents
  • Reading a thermometer
  • Negative temperature
  • Converting from a Celsius scale to a Fahrenheit scale and from a Fahrenheit scale to a Celsius scale
  • Solving algebraic equations
  • Graphs and scale drawings
  • Graphing ordered pairs
  • Reading schedules and charts
  • Basic geometric shapes
  • Perimeter and area
  • Squares and square roots
  • Estimation


​Health

Circulatory System
  • Life in the blood
  • Your hardy heart
  • Pathways through your body

Nutrition and Physical Fitness
  • A Balanced Diet
  • Daily Food Guide
  • Maintaining Your Proper Weight
  • Raising Your Rate of Metabolism
  • Aerobic Endurance
  • Muscular Strength and Flexibility
Digestive System
  • Digestion Begins in the Mouth Through the Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine, Liver, Pancreas
  • Absorbing Digested Foods
Interpersonal Relationships
  • Social Acceptance 
  • Mental Awareness
  • Spiritual Warfare


​Bible

Possessing the Land:
As God desired His people to possess the land of Canaan, so He desires His children to live in a spiritual realm of promises and victory. Through this study, the students will gain a clearer perspective of how the stories of the Old Testament fit together into one pattern.


TECHNOLOGY

Early coding is introduced to young learners through Elementary grades through Code.org and Scratch.  Activities make kids think like a computer programmer, promote logical thinking, problem-solving,develops their critical thinking skills.


​Spanish

  • Numbers 1-100
  • Telling Time
  • Articles
  • Personal Pronouns
  • Calendar
  •  Prepositions
  • Adjectives
  • Verbs
  • Reading Comprehension

Art

Music

Physical Education