As you open the door to our fifth grade English classroom, you can hear the quiet pencil scratches on smooth white lined paper as student thoughtfully ponder their writing topic and enthusiastically write down their thoughts. On other days, you might enter to see and ocean of hands in the air as student excitedly participate in our literary discussion. Whether student are writing, reading, or sharing ideas, we expect them to put forth their best efforts, experience the joy of reading and writing, and learn how to work cooperatively with their peers.

The fifth grade English program’s major focus is to build on skills previously taught as well as to further them in the development of reading and writing. The goal of our comprehensive literature based program is to develop reading comprehension skills, provide student with a variety of genres to read, and critically analyze in both oral and written forums. In addition, our process oriented writing program includes grammar, spelling, the full writing process, and a school-wide writing rubric as an evaluatory tool. We encourage our students to write creatively, persuasively, and analytically for both creative and expository writing.