How can you not love 5th grade?  Students are immersed in the founding of this young republic and the founding fathers who established it.  Students travel down the Erie Canal and even visit the hallowed ground of the Alamo and Gettysburg.  In science, students soar with the eagles and learn about the beautiful design of God’s flying creatures.  Proper grammar and writing skills are emphasized as students write reports, journal entries and biographical reports.

Memory Work: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman and
Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

Reading: The Hiding Place, The Children of Odin, Penrod, Anne of Green Gables, The Magician’s Nephew, Madeline Takes Command and Little Britches

Special Event:  Veteran’s Fieldtrip and Disputatio

Writing: Various Styles

Math: Saxon 7/6

Science: Zoology

History: 1815 to Present

Latin: students are placed in the appropriate latin level