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Fifth Grade: miss suzanne tiesma
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Our Program
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Our Classroom |
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Bible:
Bob Jones University curriculum We do a weekly memory verse. We learn about God's judgment and grace, building Godly character, Christmas unit of God being with us, obedience, Being holy, my body, God's temple, evangelism and missions, Easter: Christ's saving work, growing in grace and knowledge, and foundations for living. English/Language Arts/Writing: Bob Jones University curriculum In grammar we focus on sentences, nouns, verbs, study and reference skills, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, phrases and clauses. In writing we explore personal narratives; write persuasive business letters; compare and contrast essays; and write book reviews, research papers, poems and a play. Reading: We explore vocabulary, comprehension questions, summaries, character studies, and graphic organizers with our literature units. We also use the Accelerated Reading program. Literature Units: Caddie Woodlawn, Derwood, The Wednesday Wars, Pictures of Hollis Woods, The Westing Game Spelling: A Reason to Spell curriculum for the spelling words. We use a variety of teacher-created spelling activities to learn 25 spelling words every week. Mathematics: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt In math we learn about place value, multiplication, and expressions; dividing whole numbers; add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals; work with equivalent fractions, lowest common multiple, lowest common factor; add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators; multiply and divide fractions; explore algebra patterns and graphing; convert units of measure; and explore geometry and volume. Science: ABeka curriculum expanded by teacher by several hands-on activities. We explore God's creation by studying insects, light, layers of the earth, oceans, matter and energy, space and atmosphere, the muscular system, and the circulatory system. Social Studies: Bob Jones University curriculum We study history from the early 1900's to present day. We talk about transportation, World War I, nations of the earth, a spotlight on regions of the United States, The Roaring Twenties, The Depression, rulers who ruled with iron fists, World War II, recovery from war, The Cold War, 1940's-present day. We also have chapters on the economy and the students participate in a week long stock market activity. Specials: Art, Computers (twice a week), Music, PE (twice a week), Spanish, Library, and Chapel Field Trips: We go to DeVos Hall to listen to the Grand Rapids Symphony. Fifth Grade Extras: The fifth graders participate in the Christmas play; band (optional); the Academic Fair; safeties; the speech meet, and the spelling bee. |
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