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Fifth Grade Curriculum
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| Language Arts |
Reading and Literature
Oral reading, Reading comprehension, Speed reading,
Vocabulary building
Penmanship
Review of cursive writing formation through skill,
practice, word games, 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
Sentence structure, Kinds of sentences
Punctuation, Capitalization and quotation facts
Making an Outline, Writing a library research paper
Letters--business, friendly, post cards, thank-you notes
Gathering information, writing with Details
Writing book reports, Creative writing, Dictionary skills,
Thesaurus skills
Grammar
Recognizing and using all eight parts of speech
Recognizing and diagramming complements, Word Usage
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| History and Geography |
Eight documents reviewed
Geography facts: terms, rivers, capitals, mountains, climate,
desert
Introduction to History and Geography
Fertile Crescent: Cradle of Civilization, Ancient Middle East,
Middle East Today, Counties of Central and Southern Asia, Countries
of the Far East, Egypt: The Gift of the Nile, Africa Long Ago,
Africa in Modern Times, Ancient Greece: home of Beauty, Poem:
Ruler of the Ancient World, Christianity: The Greatest Force
in History, England and the British Isles, Other Countries of
Western Europe, Countries of Eastern Europe, "Land Down
Under" and Beyond |
| 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 Welfare |
| Science |
Animals
Amazing Mammals, A Variety of Vertebrates
Matter
Water, Air and Earth
Energy
Force and motion, Electricity and magnetism
Engines: steam, internal combustion, jet propulsion, rocket
engines; Light
Earth and Space
Geology: Treasure of the Earth
Oceanography: The Living Sea
Astronomy: The Nine Planets, Stars, Moon, Sun
Conservation
Preserving the Sea |
| Arithmetic |
Place value of whole numbers and
decimals
Mastery of fundamental operations, Story problems,
Estimating answers, English and metric measures
Converting measures with in the same system and solving measurement
equations
Roman Numerals, Estimation, Averaging, Factoring, Divisibility
rules
Addition, subtraction, multiplication involving fractions
Introduction to decimals, Making change, Reading a thermometer
Solving equations using addition and subtraction axioms
Graphs and scale drawing, Basic Geometric Shapes,
Perimeter and Area, Measuring to the quarter inch
Rounding off whole numbers, more decimals, and mixed numbers
Finding parts of a whole, Probability, Negative Temperature
Addition, subtraction multiplication involving decimals, Introduction
to percents,
Converting Celsius scale to a Fahrenheit scale and from a Fahrenheit
scale to a Celsius Scale
Solving Algebraic equations, Graphing ordered pairs, Reading
Schedules and Charts
Square and Square Roots |
| Bible |
Lessons such as Salvation Series,
Life of Moses, Tabernacle, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, David
(includes memory verses, hymns/choruses, and Bible doctrine) |
Grades:
First | Second
| Third | Fourth |
Sixth | Seventh
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