Typical Course of Study

Annotated links for the typical course of study for to help you cover each topic and check mastery of that skill. This is a work in progress that I assume will take a while to complete. I will be adding links and pages periodically.

• Silent and oral reading
• Types of literature
• Presenting original plays
• Listening skills
• Dictionary use for word meaning,
  analysis, 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, maps, graphs, charts, legends, library catalogs, index, table of contents, reference materials

5th Grade Course of Study

• Social Studies
• Science
• Language Arts
• Health/Safety
• Mathematics

Used by permission of World Book