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5th Grade
In 5th Grade, students will begin to draw meaningful connections between American History, Literature, and Geography as they read texts ranging from the Newbery award-winning Hatchet to the illustrated Explorers of North America.
With our detailed lessons, 5th-grade students will:
Continue to develop strong writing skills, composing a short story, op-ed, narrative, and explanatory texts.
Develop literary analysis skills while exploring themes, characters, setting, and conflict in texts chosen to engage your child’s imagination.
Explore how the Earth’s geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere interact.
Investigate the history of the U.S. and his/her home state from Reconstruction through the modern era.
Continue developing a strong number-sense, mental-math and problem-solving skills while learning to multiply two-digit numbers, practicing long division, and working with decimals and fractions.
Courses & Sample Videos
5th ELA
Students prepare for the rigor of Middle School by studying complex sentence structure and reading challenging non-fiction. They write their own sci-fi narrative and choose a topic for an opinion piece about issues that impact their community.
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GK Text Selections & Rationale
Digital Text & BrainPOP Jr
5th Math
Math introduces students to multiplying two-digit numbers by two digit numbers, practicing long division with and without remainders, adding subtracting, and multiplying unlike fractions and mixed numbers, working with decimals, graphing on a coordinate plane, and calculating the volume of solid figures.
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5th Social Studies
This year’s focus is on our nation’s growth after the Civil War—through World War I, World War II, and the Cold War and into the Modern Era. Students create interactive virtual exhibits to show their state’s history.
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BrainPOP Jr & Discovery Ed
Elementary Bible
Students will discover Jesus through the Bible, apply God’s word to their lives, and develop a Biblical worldview in this course. They will study both the Old Testament and New Testament through engaging lessons rooted in Biblical truths. Topics of study include the creation of the earth, the promised land, kings, Jesus’ life and ministry, and church letters.
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5th Science
Students carry out investigations, design solutions, and generate fact-based opinions using observation and data analysis. This year, learners develop a plan to decrease air pollution.
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Dimensions & Science Fusion
5th Art & Picture
5th grade artists explore contour, naturalism, and linear perspectives. In addition, students study paintings from ancient Egypt through the modern art movement.
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5th PE
Students are required to participate in regular physical activities. The focus is on warm-up and cool down, water safety, goal setting, nutrition, muscle strength, and flexibility. Activity library included!
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