5th Grade

5th graders dancing during 2 minute dance break in classroom
two 5th graders conducting an experiment wearing safety glasses in science
5th grade teacher zach bloom chatting with seated students at round table
5th grade teacher jordan heintz standing at lectern speaking with students in classroom

In the fifth grade, students practice and understand their responsibility for leadership. This new social stage has a direct connection to the year’s curricular focus on change, advocacy, and responsible action.

Having developed a concrete sense of the world, they are ready to enter the realms of abstraction, perspective-taking, and inferential reasoning. While 5th grade students expand their skills and knowledge base in homeroom-based literacy, mathematics, and social studies classes, they are also advancing in specialist-taught areas and have access to curricular content and creative digital tools on their Ipads. Pre-assessments and formative assessments are used to track student progress and to guide teaching in every subject area. 

Fifth graders are ready to move on to Middle School with a sense of their strengths, areas for growth, resilience, and learning tools that serve them well, and the ability to self-advocate when necessary.

5th Grade Academic Overview