5th
(This information taken from The Home School Manual by Theodore E. Wade, Jr. and Others)

SOCIAL STUDIES

● American exploration and discovery
● Establishment and settlements in the New World
● Colonial life in America
● Pioneer life in America
● Revolutionary War in America
● Westward movement
● Industrial and cultural growth
● Democracy's principles and documents
● Life in the US and its possessions
● Geography of the US
● Natural resources of the US
● Canada and Mexico
● Relationship of the US with Canada
● Comparative cultures of Canada
● Countries and cultures of the Western Hemisphere: Central America, West Indies, South America
● Map and globe skills

SCIENCE

● Biological adaptations
● Biotic communities
● Animal and plant classification
● Fish
● Reptiles
● Bacteria
● Molds
● Trees
● Plants and their food
● Conservation
● Cells
● Human body
● Landforms
● Properties of air and water
● Time and seasons
● Temperature and thermometers
● Magnetic fields
● Use and control of electricity
● Conduction and convection
● Light and optics
● Force systems
● Chemical systems
● Sun and solar system
● Space and space exploration

LANGUAGE ARTS

● Silent and oral reading
● Types of literature
● Presenting original plays
● Listening skills
● Dictionary use for word meaning, analysis, and spelling
● Common homonyms
● Homophones and homographs
● Synonyms and antonyms
● Using a thesaurus
● Spelling
● Plurals and possessives
● Kinds of sentences
● Parts of sentences
● Cursive handwriting
● Outlining
● Paragraph writing
● Writing letters, stories, reports, poems, plays
● Preparing a simple bibliography
● Proofreading skills
● Parts of a newspaper
● Using study materials: keys, tables, graphs, charts, legends, library file cards, index, table of contents, reference materials, maps

HEALTH AND SAFETY

● Dental hygiene
● Our water supply
● Sewage disposal
● Care of the eyes
● Nutrition and diet
● Diseases
● Germ-bearing insects and pests
● Community health resources
● Elementary first aid
● Bicycle and water safety

MATHEMATICS

● Reading and writing numbers to 10 places
● Mixed numbers
● Set of the integers
● Numeration systems
● Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers
● Fundamental processes: whole numbers and common fractions
● Common and decimal fractions
● Decimals to thousandths
● Ratio and per cent
● Exponents
● Customary and metric measurement
● Extension of geometric concepts
● Word problems in daily life
● Charts and graphs (picture, bar, line and circle graphs)
● Concept of sampling

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