Fifth Grade

 

          I have served over 36 years in Catholic education; about fifteen years in the classrooms of first, second, fourth, fifth and seventh grades in the Dioceses of Philadelphia, Metuchen, NJ, Allentown, PA and Wilmington, DE. The other fifteen years were spent as Principal in the Dioceses of PA, NJ and DE. I graduated from Chestnut Hill College with an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from Boston College with a Master’s in Catholic School Leadership and Administration.

          I believe Conshohocken Catholic School provides an atmosphere instilled with the Gospel values of charity and good works. It enables our children to develop their own personality, and yet grow in Christian values that are put into practice on a regular basis. We live in an age of technological progress and educational accuracy and CCS prepares our children to meet that challenge, to work for the good of our world through practicing their faith and contributing productively to the world around them.

          Our two field trips this year in grade five will be to the Keswick Theater to see “Math Magic” & “Teaching Peace” and to Lancaster.

Sr. Sharon McCarthy

Email: srsharon@conshohockencatholic.org

 Conshohocken Catholic School follows the curriculum guidelines of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education.

Fifth Grade Curriculum
Language Arts Spelling,Vocabulary, Critical Reading Skills, Listening Activities, Study Skills, Literary Genres, Composition of Various Forms of Writing, Correct Usage, Study of the Parts of  Speech, Rules of Punctuation, Proper Syntax
Math Four Operations of Whole Numbers and Fractions, Probability and Statistics, Geometric Concepts, Measurement in Customary Units and Metric, Problem Solving Skills: Logical Reasoning, Guess and Reasoning, Test, Hidden Information, Make a Table/Find a Pattern, Organized List, Working Backwards, Use Formulas, Multi-Step, Draw a Picture
Religion Sacraments of Initiation, Sacraments of Healing, Sacraments of Service, Major Beliefs about Mary, Mary and Christian Devotion,  Days in Honor of Mary, Prayers, Titles of Mary, Shrines to Our Lady, Symbols of Mary
Social Studies United States History, Latin America, West Indies, South America
 
Science Environmental Science, Animals, Sound and Light

 

5th Grade 2010 State Projects