FIFTH GRADE

Language
Arts

Phonics and Reading

Language

Speed reading

Oral reading

Reading comprehension

Vocabulary building

Penmanship

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

Writing Process

Sentences and sentence parts

Punctuation; capitalization and quotation facts

Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms

Dictionary, thesaurus skills
Letters – business, friendly, post cards, thank – you notes

Making an outline

Writing a library research paper

Writing book reports

Creative writing

Spelling and Poetry

Grammar

Weekly word lists on various categories and vocabulary study

Recognizing and diagramming all eight parts of speech

Recognizing and diagramming complements

Word usage

History
and
Geography

Eight documents reviewed

Geography facts: terms, rivers, capitals mountains, climate, deserts

Introduction to History and Geography

Fertile Crescent: Cradle of Civilization

Ancient Middle East

Middle East Today

Countries 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

Rome: 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

Science

Matter

Animals

Energy

Matter: Water, Air, and Weather

Amazing Mammals

A variety of vertebrates

Force and motion

Electricity and magnetism

Engines: steam, internal combustion, jet propulsion, rocket engines

Light

Earth and Space

Geology: Treasures of the Earth

Oceanography: The Living Sea

Astronomy: The nine planets, stars moon, sun

Health

Circulatory System

Digestive System

Life in the Blood

Your Hardy Heart

Pathways through your Body

Digestion begins in the mouth

Through the esophagus, stomach, small Intestine, liver, pancreas

Absorbing digested foods

Nutrition and Physical Fitness

A Balanced Diet

Daily Food Guide

Maintaining Your Proper Weight

Raising Your Rate of Metabolism

Acrobic Endurance

Muscular Strength and Flexibility

Interpersonal Relationships

Social Acceptance

Mental Awareness

Spiritual Warfare

Arithmetic

Place value of whole numbers and decimals
Mastery of fundamental operations
Story problems

Problem-solving strategies

Roman numerals

Converting measures within the same system and solving measurement equations

Measuring to the quarter inch

Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division with carrying

Subtraction facts and checking subtraction involving fractions

Calculation time

Scale

Finding parts of a whole

Reading schedules and charts

Estimation

Factoring

Divisibility rules

Probability

Making change

Reading a thermometer

Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division involving decimals

Introduction to percents

Basic geometric shapes

Perimeter and area

Negative temperature

Converting from a Celsius scale to a Fahrenheit scale and from a Fahrenheit scale to a Celsius

Solving algebraic equations graphing ordered pairs

Squares and square roots

Bible

Bible Truths- Living in God’s love

Memory Verse, hymns/choruses, and Bible Doctrine