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RELIGION 5
The foundational text for this course is The Saint Joseph Baltimore Catechism #2. The Baltimore Catechism was chosen for its simple question and answer format, which facilitates memorization and helps in understanding the truths of the Catholic faith. The course covers the first half of the text, "The Creed" and "The Commandments." Lesson plans include catechism assignments, Bible history readings, weekly postings, and reading the lives of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Catherine Laboure. There are weekly auto-scored assessments for Bible history and catechism as well as audio-visual material to augment the assigned lesson content.
MATH 5
Grade Five math will focus on five main skills sets.Addition and Subtraction: topics include addition & subtraction review, adding and subtracting decimal numbers, adding and subtracting fractions, five-digit addition and subtraction, regrouping (borrowing), patterns & sequencing.
Multiplication: multiplication facts, the inverse relationship of multiplication and division, the commutative, identity and zero properties of multiplication, multiplication through 3 digits by 3
digits, multiplying decimal numbers, multiplying fractions.
Division: topics include division of 2- and 3-digit numbers by 1 and 2 digit divisors, division of 4 digits by 2 digits, division of large numbers with remainders, mixed calculations, dividing fractions and dividing decimal numbers by a decimal divisor.
Geometry and Measurement: topics include writing fractions on a number line, working with 2 and 3 dimensional figures, determining area and perimeter of geometric figures, working with length, area, weight, capacity, time, temperature and money.
Word Problems: topics include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, estimation (round numbers) and work with bar graphs and pictographs.
Working through a series of 3 Kumon workbooks, students will master one skill at a time before moving on to the next. Each skill will be taught in a step-by-step manner with a logical progression and plenty of repetition.
Students will begin each week by watching a recorded video focusing on the skill for the week, taught by our Queen of Heaven Academy teacher. Each day students will work on the skill through IXL online practice and practice pages in the workbook (parents can check the work with the key at the back of the workbook). At the end of each week students will have a short quiz on the weekly material with a few
review questions from concepts studied in previous weeks.
Note on Common Core: The workbooks do not include much instruction but are designed for practice. In this way, our teacher is able to teach concepts without being guided by the Common Core standards.
LANGUAGE ARTS 5
This course addresses grammar, spelling, and vocabulary. We provide daily lesson plans and weekly online quizzes. Because spelling and vocabulary are individualized subjects, they are presented in a separate lesson plan for flexibility.
The Easy Grammar approach is a "divide and conquer" strategy that has proven to be very successful for many beginners. Students learn to identify prepositions first, thereby making it easier to identify other parts of speech.
READING COMPREHENSION 5
This first reading comprehension course provides short daily reading assignments, three to five online quizzes each week and suggested composition topics. A classical approach using Catholic stories and wholesome books. Each quarter the students share in a monitored discussion forum, provide a written response to a topic from the assigned readings, and comment on fellow students’ perspective.
HISTORY 5
This course explores the history of North America beginning with the Indian nations through the European colonization. It looks at the events that led to the founding of the United States and its history up to the 20th century. Weekly lesson plans, online chapter tests, and workbook activities are provided. The material is reviewed and reinforced through a variety of activities such as crosswords, map labeling, drawing, and online discussions. Optional literature suggestions will be provided for each time period as it is studied. These readers reinforce the course work and give the student a broader understanding, but are not be required.