5th Grade Curriculum

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5th Grade Curriculum

*English – Houghton Mifflin

*Reading – Bob Jones University

*Spelling – Zaner Bloser Spelling

*Penmanship – Zaner Bloser Handwriting

*Math – Sadlier-Oxford

*Social Studies – Houghton Mifflin

*Science – Houghton Mifflin

*Bible – ACSI Purposeful Design

5th Grade Daily Routine

8:10-10:00 Morning Work/Review, Reading, Chapel, & Library/Computers

10:30-12:00 English & Math

12:35 – 2:00 Social Studies, Science, Bible, Drama, & Art

2:00-3:00 Velocity, Spanish, & PE

5th Grade Field Trips & Special Events

*Astrocamp - 3 days, 2 nights experience

*Children’s Hunger Fund & Local Park Lunch

*Walk Through California Interactive Program

*Field Day at the end of the year

*End of the year Field/Party

*Graduation

Excellence Initiatives	Fifth Grade Program	Goals for the Future
Academics	Student Writing Portfolios Astrocamp-3 day space camp Walk Through the American Revolution Interactive Presentation/Play Historical Fiction Project Explorer PowerPoint creation and presentation Presidential Project Edible System Project/Artwork Project/Speech Book Report Sandwich Monthly 5 Paragraph Essays Creative Writing Prompts Monthly Oral Presentations in class and in chapel Math and Language IXL online skills practice Spelling City online vocabulary Speech Meet Math Olympics Spanish classes twice every week *Spanish skits
Arts	Art class every week Art Festival Performing Arts classes twice every week Christmas Musical 5th Grade Chapel skit Special Crafts i.e. Christmas parent present, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day presents, and various crafts and art projects that go with a theme we are working on in class Enrichment Summer Camp Performing Arts Camp
Athletics	Elite Basketball Velocity Sports Performance Training Enrichment Boys and girls sports teams Physical Education classes twice every week Presidential Fitness practice Field Day end of the year event *After school sports programs
Servant Leadership	Kids With Character program Student Council organization Reading Buddy Program with K Community Service at Children’s Hunger Fund Easter egg stuffing and donation to the church Encouragement cards to deployed US Soldiers Student participation in Veteran’s Chapel with special activities to honor US Veterans. Buddy Bench Classroom jobs and responsibilities Cafeteria and campus clean up *Peer tutoring in the classroom
Spiritual Development	Field trip to Joni & Friends Ministry Daily Prayer Journals Use of Devotional books and Study Bibles Chapel skits Student Chaplain Prayer leaders in classroom Weekly scripture memorization and tests Participation in middle school chapels *Prayer throughout the day
Technology	Interactive classroom board iPad with Apple TV * One to one tablet/devices in the classroom Library Media room with access to 25+ computers IXL, Eduplace.com, and Spelling City online interactive homework Student provided tablets for educational practice Acuity assessment program Library/Keyboarding classes every week Video Project PowerPoint Project Creation of iMovies Research Projects Document Camera