5th Grade
Fifth grade is a self contained classroom unit. There is one main teacher for social studies, science and religion. The students are split into two groups for math and reading/language arts and have the opportunity to participate in P.E., Spanish, art and music.
Curriculum
- Language Arts
- Enhance vocabulary
- Develop reading comprehension skills through oral discussion, oral presentations, story analysis
- Develop four elements of a story and create alternative endings to stories
- Perform oral presentations
- Develop reading comprehension and answer story questions
- Identify and use four sentence types and build sentences with essential elements
- Identify types of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections and investigate their uses
- Compose original stories, poetry, friendly letters, book reports and invitations using correct punctuation and grammar
- Use the process of leveling for paragraph construction
- Practice reference skills and investigate different genres of literature
- Mathematics
- Add/subtract/multiply/divide fractions and decimals
- Compare/simplify fractions and decimals
- Write fractions as decimals and percents
- Write decimals as fractions and percents
- Use bar/line/pie graphs to show statistical data
- Science
- Engage in investigations that lead to the discovery of science concepts
- Determine that matter is made of elements and molecules
- Determine that cells are the basic units of living matter
- Determine that plants have different structures that enable them to survive
- Discover how the systems of the human body help it operate
- Describe how the sun heats the Earth unevenly, causing air movements, resulting in weather patterns
- Observe that the solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Earth
- Social Studies
- Discover the early explorers
- Compare and contrast the thirteen colonies
- Explore U.S. history including the French and Indian War, events leading to the Revolutionary War and the Revolutionary War
- Examine colonial life and slavery
- Examine Westward expansion
- Determine the causes, effects and major battles of the Civil War
- Demonstrate map skills and identify geographical features
- Religion
- Understand the nature and purpose of the seven sacraments and how God shares his love for us through the sacraments
- Explore the symbolic words and actions used in the sacraments
- Discuss elements of the Creed
- Describe sin as a broken relationship with God
- Recognize that Jesus heals others through us
- Show respect and reverence for life
- Experience different forms of prayer
- Experience and participate in various devotions
- Enrichment
- Art
- Music
- P.E.
- Library/Computer
- Spanish
- Special Activities and Celebrations
- Colonial life presentation with costumes and food
- Investigate simple machines using Legos
- Vocation Awareness Day
- Research early explorers to include costumes and oral presentations
- Board games for book reports
- Operation Aware
