A fifth grade student attains a certain ease and grace of physical movement intrinsic to their age. An awareness of self strengthens. The celebration of their unique abilities at this time culminates in their participation in the spring in the Greek Pentathlon, an Olympiad event with other regional Waldorf schools. Cognitively, children approach things in a more realistic and reasoning manner as emergent intellectual faculties are ready to be used more consciously.
Language Arts: Grammar and Composition, Spelling, Reading, Report Writing, Drama Literature and History: Ancient Civilizations (Indian, Persian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek) Mathematics: Decimals, Mixed Numbers, Computation and Problem Solving, Ratios and Percents Botany & Zoology North American Geography & History
Form Drawing: Free Hand Geometric Drawing Spanish and German: Spanish/German Geography, Foods, Subject Pronouns and Verb Conjugation Classics: Egyptian & Greek Language & Culture Physical Education: Greek Olympic Events Handwork: Four Needle Knitting Woodwork Visual Arts: Painting, Drawing, Clay Sculpture Music: Recorder, Singing (Rounds), Music Notation, Orchestra
