Fifth Grade

Mrs. Sarah Martin

Welcome to Fifth Grade! This is an exciting and challenging year for our students as they begin to transition from elementary school to middle school. Students are given more responsibility with their studies and homework as they prepare for Sixth Grade.

We have a comprehensive curriculum where our subjects intertwine. For example, we have a science lesson on oceans and waves while at the same time our history lesson discusses how Magellan circumnavigated the Earth. Our history curriculum covers the early explorers through 1815. Science, my favorite subject, covers a variety of topics, not the least of which include: fossils,oOceans, the body, and flight. We use the Shurley Method for English grammar. This year we will expand our practice of the different parts of speech and work on many different types of sentence combinations. I encourage all our students to be good readers. This year we will cover four novels in class and will also discuss poetry, fairy tales and mythology. Outside of class our students are required to complete four book reports, one each quarter.

As a former Assistant Scoutmaster with a Boy Scout troop, I feel it is necessary to "Be Prepared." We try to help our students become more organized and ready for what lies ahead. It is my goal that our students begin to take the initiative with their study time and habits so that they are ready for sixth grade.