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.


​Computer

Students learn all about Personal Computers, hardware and software basics, purchasing PCs, basics of computer networks, Windows Operating System basics. 


​Spanish

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

Art

Music

Physical Education