Fifth Grade
Teacher: Mrs. Joan Quiram
Email: jquiram@trinityjanesville.com
Religion and Memory Work
The Concordia Publishing House Voyages curriculum is used for religion instruction. Within the context of each lesson, students are taught key concepts of faith such as Law, Gospel, confession, repentance, forgiveness, and grace and are encouraged to put these concepts into action in their daily lives. The course includes lessons on the Word of God, the life and work of Martin Luther, and sequential study of selected Bible stories that span biblical history from the Exodus through the life of Christ. Thru a planning memory program students learn Scripture verses, hymns, and portions of Luther’s Small Catechism.
Reading
In the fifth grade reading program, students read literature which includes realism, fantasy, poetry biographies, historical fiction, folktales, and more. Selections are grouped according to themes. During the school year, students will work to improve vocabulary, comprehension, word study skills, and appreciation of literature. Skills such as recalling, analyzing, summarizing, inferring, cause and effect, drawing conclusions, story elements, sequencing, and evaluating are taught and practiced. Effort is made to help students improve their reading sills and to develop a lifelong love of reading.
English
English curriculum includes grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, punctuation, mechanics, and vocabulary building. Creative writing is explored, as well as the research, outline, and the writing process of a formal report.
Spelling
The spelling curriculum is used in conjunction with the reading series. This helps students to have more exposure to the words they will need to know for each week’s test. Students are given a pretest and posttest each week which also includes challenge words and review words.
Math
Math involves learning new skills daily and building upon them. Saxon Math uses an incremental approach to math with the concepts building upon each other. It is a curriculum that offers repetition of previously learned skills for better retention. Topics include, but are not limited to: computation, measurement, place value, geometry; fractions, decimals, and percents; long and short division; two and three step problems, estimating, equivalents, rations, and factorization. Emphasis is placed on showing each stop of a problem to prepare students for algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
Science
The fifth grade science curriculum enables students to explore scientific facts and theories in a secular textbook while taught from a Christian perspective. Students will experience a wide variety of hands-on activities in and out of the classroom. The Holy Bible is used as a second textbook to help students gain a better understanding of God’s creation and their effect upon it. Areas of study include: plant and animal processes, the solar system, populations and ecosystems; light and sound; energy, work and machines; and earth science. Students are guided through the process of choosing a topic for a science fair project, forming a hypothesis, researching and organizing data, reaching a conclusion, drafting a bibliography, and presenting their project in written, display and oral fashion for a science fair.
Social Science
The basis of fifth grade social studies is the study of American history. Skills are developed in reading and using maps, understanding charts and graphs, and in reading timelines. Emphasis is placed on the time of exploration and settlement of North American through the Cold War and as far as time allows.
Minnesota History
Students learn about the history of their state with the Northern Lights curriculum published by the Minnesota Historical Society. The curriculum meets Minnesota State standards for curriculum in social studies. In learning about the history of Minnesota, the students learn about its implication in our nation’s history.
Art
Artistic ability is either a natural gift or a learned ability. The students will have the opportunity to learn different techniques in a variety of mediums. They will be able to work with watercolors, acrylics, colored pencil, chalks, and charcoal.
Choir
The main purpose of choir is to provide glory to God through singing together while providing musical enjoyment and growth in vocal technique. The choir sings at scheduled church services, the Christmas service, and at various other events.
Physical Education
Physical education focuses on developing and refining locomotor skills and object control. A variety of individual and team sports are taught. Emphasis is on learning and developing specific skill for specific sports. The concepts of team and team sports, sportsmanship, fair play, cooperation, respect dealing with winning and losing, as well as lifelong physical fitness are some of the areas that are stressed. A healthy self image and attitude are discussed though the use of current health journals aimed at the preteen level. Students are given the opportunity to qualify for the Presidential and National fitness awards and are encouraged to view fitness in terms of lifelong activities and fun.
The Concordia Publishing House Voyages curriculum is used for religion instruction. Within the context of each lesson, students are taught key concepts of faith such as Law, Gospel, confession, repentance, forgiveness, and grace and are encouraged to put these concepts into action in their daily lives. The course includes lessons on the Word of God, the life and work of Martin Luther, and sequential study of selected Bible stories that span biblical history from the Exodus through the life of Christ. Thru a planning memory program students learn Scripture verses, hymns, and portions of Luther’s Small Catechism.
Reading
In the fifth grade reading program, students read literature which includes realism, fantasy, poetry biographies, historical fiction, folktales, and more. Selections are grouped according to themes. During the school year, students will work to improve vocabulary, comprehension, word study skills, and appreciation of literature. Skills such as recalling, analyzing, summarizing, inferring, cause and effect, drawing conclusions, story elements, sequencing, and evaluating are taught and practiced. Effort is made to help students improve their reading sills and to develop a lifelong love of reading.
English
English curriculum includes grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, punctuation, mechanics, and vocabulary building. Creative writing is explored, as well as the research, outline, and the writing process of a formal report.
Spelling
The spelling curriculum is used in conjunction with the reading series. This helps students to have more exposure to the words they will need to know for each week’s test. Students are given a pretest and posttest each week which also includes challenge words and review words.
Math
Math involves learning new skills daily and building upon them. Saxon Math uses an incremental approach to math with the concepts building upon each other. It is a curriculum that offers repetition of previously learned skills for better retention. Topics include, but are not limited to: computation, measurement, place value, geometry; fractions, decimals, and percents; long and short division; two and three step problems, estimating, equivalents, rations, and factorization. Emphasis is placed on showing each stop of a problem to prepare students for algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
Science
The fifth grade science curriculum enables students to explore scientific facts and theories in a secular textbook while taught from a Christian perspective. Students will experience a wide variety of hands-on activities in and out of the classroom. The Holy Bible is used as a second textbook to help students gain a better understanding of God’s creation and their effect upon it. Areas of study include: plant and animal processes, the solar system, populations and ecosystems; light and sound; energy, work and machines; and earth science. Students are guided through the process of choosing a topic for a science fair project, forming a hypothesis, researching and organizing data, reaching a conclusion, drafting a bibliography, and presenting their project in written, display and oral fashion for a science fair.
Social Science
The basis of fifth grade social studies is the study of American history. Skills are developed in reading and using maps, understanding charts and graphs, and in reading timelines. Emphasis is placed on the time of exploration and settlement of North American through the Cold War and as far as time allows.
Minnesota History
Students learn about the history of their state with the Northern Lights curriculum published by the Minnesota Historical Society. The curriculum meets Minnesota State standards for curriculum in social studies. In learning about the history of Minnesota, the students learn about its implication in our nation’s history.
Art
Artistic ability is either a natural gift or a learned ability. The students will have the opportunity to learn different techniques in a variety of mediums. They will be able to work with watercolors, acrylics, colored pencil, chalks, and charcoal.
Choir
The main purpose of choir is to provide glory to God through singing together while providing musical enjoyment and growth in vocal technique. The choir sings at scheduled church services, the Christmas service, and at various other events.
Physical Education
Physical education focuses on developing and refining locomotor skills and object control. A variety of individual and team sports are taught. Emphasis is on learning and developing specific skill for specific sports. The concepts of team and team sports, sportsmanship, fair play, cooperation, respect dealing with winning and losing, as well as lifelong physical fitness are some of the areas that are stressed. A healthy self image and attitude are discussed though the use of current health journals aimed at the preteen level. Students are given the opportunity to qualify for the Presidential and National fitness awards and are encouraged to view fitness in terms of lifelong activities and fun.