Standardized math tests may be administered in late October to provide math diagnostic data for individual growth and improvement. Students develop process skills as they ask questions and investigate to discover the answers. Fifth Grade concepts and themes center on systems in living things, populations and ecosystems, matter and energy, light and sound, the solar system and beyond, and the solid earth. The content focus of the social studies is on the history and geography of the United States. Regions are explored and compared.
History is traced from our country's settlement to modern times.
Special attention is given to the Revolutionary War period, the development and adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, and the Civil War period. Multicultural and citizenship thinking and writing opportunities are employed. Student reasoning and opinion are encouraged through discussion and debate. The Fifth Grade Spanish program is sequential leading to the development of communicative proficiency in one language other than English. The emphasis is on communication through skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.