Concord Christian School endeavors to give a completely God-centered orientation of life to each student. We strive to help produce the mind of Christ in our students and establish a well-grounded biblical world view.
Academic concepts taught in the Fifth Grade include:
Bible
- Sin – the beginning (Adam and Eve)
- Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ
- Spiritual growth
- The Life of Moses; Egypt, Sinai, and journey through the wilderness
- The Life of Joshua
- Study of the book of Judges
- The Life of Ruth
- The Life of Samuel
- The Life of David
- Missions Focus Areas
- Local – The Poor and Hungry (Western Heights Ministry)
- International – Israel
Language
- Review and correct use of grammar (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, etc…)
- Identify the simple subject and predicate of a sentence
- Draft, revise, proofread, publish and illustrate
- Use of thesaurus in poetry writing
- Poetry writing; diamante and sense poems
- Diagram and label sentence patterns
- Subject- Verb agreement
- Pronouns; singular, plural, subject, object and reflexive
- Practice listening skills
- Recognize and use prefixes and suffixes
- Write a research paper using revision and proofreading; include bibliography format for recording references
- Prepositions and prepositional phrases
- Write a persuasive business letter using proper form, including correct addressing of envelope
Reading
- Recognize authors use of idioms and hyperbole
- Recognize and interpret dialect as part of the setting
- Fables and folktales
- Compare and contrast information from a story
- Identify metaphors
- Predict outcomes
- Dramatize a play
- Identify elements of a story
- Arrange events in sequence
- Recognize plot in a story
- Infer cause and effect relationships; hypothesize a character’s motives
- Read orally with voice expression to convey emotion
- Determine important information for note-taking
- Complete research and writing process
- Participate in numerous novel studies
Math
- Expanded skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- Solve story problems with multiple steps
- Addition and subtraction of fractions with or without a common denominator
- Proper and improper fractions
- Remainders as fractions
- Algebraic equations
- Decimals; addition, subtraction multiplication, division
- More decimals; terminating and repeating decimals, rounding decimals to the nearest tenth, hundredth, and cent
- Graphs; pictographs and bar graphs
- Conversion of Fahrenheit to Celsius scale
- Dividing fractions
- Geometry; shapes, angles, triangles, perimeter, area
- Square and square-root of numbers
- Balancing a bank account
History
- Study of Old World Continents
- Understand the development of the Mesopotamian culture of Sumer and Ur
- Study of different civilizations: Phoenicians, Hittites, Lydians, Israelites, Canaanites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, etc…
- In-depth look at Central and Southern Asia
- Identify Chinese inventions and discoveries
- Compare and contrast communist vs republican governments
- In-depth look at Egypt, their dynasties, and influence on the world today
- In-depth look at Africa
- The study of Ancient Greece
- In-depth look at Rome and the influences of the Roman Empire on the world today
- Christianity – the greatest force in history; identify Christian martyrs, analyze the Middle Ages and the role of Christianity
- Great Britain; its rulers and their accomplishments
- Western Europe and the Renaissance period
Science
- Earth – Minerals and Rocks
- Fossils and Dinosaurs
- Energy and Heat
- Climate – Weather and Biomes
- Interactions and changes in the ecosystem
- Energy – Sound and Light
- Our body – respiratory and circulatory systems
- Participation in the regional science fair
- Field Trip to the Chattanooga Aquarium and I-Max Theater
- Class Trip – 3-day trip to Tremont in the Great Smoky Mountains
Fifth-grade students participate in weekly enrichment classes including art, band, chorus, computer, Spanish, P.E., and library.