Fifth grade at Calvary Murrieta is exciting. Students to begin to grow and discover new abilities. Our Bible curriculum focuses on living a godly life by exploring the Scriptures and learning God’s Word with many opportunities to reflect and discuss how to apply Biblical truth in the students’ lives. The English program is multi-faceted with the focus in writing various types of essays and culminating with each student writing a report about one of our fifty states. Other areas that support our English curriculum include grammar and spelling. The focus of math is number value and number sense, which focuses on operations with decimals and fractions. Our history curriculum is an overview of American history. Students also learn the fifty states and capitals of the United States. In science the students learn about various cycles that God has created in our world. They also study physical science and earth’s processes.

There are a few different books that we teach through over the course of the year. Our Reading curriculum is filled with short stories and poems that we read weekly. Along with that we work through a couple of novels throughout the year. The novels are read together in class so that we can discuss and dive into each chapter.

Throughout the year students work on a variety of different writing strategies. Each quarter they are introduced to one or two new essay strategies. These essays cover skills like compare-contrast writing, persuasive writing, personal narratives, research reports, book reviews, and imaginative instructions. Along with the essay writing students work on a weekly paragraph. The paragraphs cover a variety of topics from opinion writing to creative writing. As part of the writing process, students often pair up in class for peer editing to review each other’s work.