Tennessee are also studied. Physical Education, Guidance, Library, Music, Art, and Spanish are attended by all fourth graders. Spelling For Word Mastery is also used for word building skills, as well as Milliken's Vocabulary Enrichment. Silver Burdett and Ginn's English series World of Language and Harcourt and Brace Treasury of Literature's Practice Book is used. Students write in a variety of writing styles which include persuasive, informative, research papers, and reports.
Students also write timed writings on a variety of given topics.
Writing workshop materials and journal writing is also part of the fifth grade writing curriculum. To supplement reading skills, McMillan's Landscapes workbook and skills practice book are used. Accelerated Reader is incorporated with a variety of trade books. A collection from Classic Achievement Series is used such as Treasure Island, Moby Kick, Hamlet, etc., in addition to Reading About Our World by Educational Insights, which is used in the reading center. Reading board games, as well as Hooked on Phonics is also used in the reading center.