GRADES 5-6
Grades 5-8 at Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran School are departmentalized. This means that students have several teachers during their school day that are specialists in a particular field of study. In order to maintain a family-like atmosphere, each class also has a home-room teacher who monitors the overall academic, social, and spiritual progress of individual students as well as the class as a whole.
Grade 5 is the transition year into middle school. Grade 5 students are challenged both academically and personally, as they continue to develop independence and responsibility for their work.
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​Grade 6 looks to encourage more responsibility for their work and actions and to establish a heart for helping others. Students participate in many acts of service throughout the year.
OUR CURRICULUM
RELIGION
5th Grade
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Focuses on the books of The Bible
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Who wrote them?
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What they are about?
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How we can apply their message to our own lives?
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Students learn about other worldviews to better understand what others believe and to better defend their own faith
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Students work through the Peacewise program, which focuses on conflict resolution
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6th Grade
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​Focuses on God's promises in the Old and New Testaments
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How are they fulfilled through Christ?
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Key concepts such as Law and Gospel, confession, forgiveness, and grace
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Students are encouraged to put these concepts into action in their lives
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Students work through the Peacewise program, which focuses on conflict resolution.
LANGUAGE ARTS
5th Grade
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​In this grade students study a variety of language concepts with an emphasis on comprehension and fluency skills. Students read a wide range of fiction and nonfiction.
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Students will study the mechanics of writing by studying the parts of parts of speech and a variety of sentence structures. Throughout the year, students will gain skills in writing strong paragraphs which leads to writing several types of five paragraph essays.
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To enhance writing, students study spelling patterns, grammatical concepts, and editing
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6th Grade
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​Students work on taking steps to a stronger analysis of texts in a variety of genres.
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Students practice making connections and comparisons between texts, themselves, and the world around them.
MATHEMATICS
5th Grade
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Math in 5th grade provides theory, practice, and practical applications of the four processes:
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Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
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Students learn how to apply these processes to:
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Whole numbers, decimals, fractions, rations, proportions, integers, and percents.
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6th Grade
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Going into 6th grade students continue to work on the concepts learned the previous year and are also introduced to more algebraic theories and methods.
SCIENCE
5th & 6th grade study science together, rotating Earth/space science one year with psychical science the next year.
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A key element to our science curriculum is hands on experiments and teacher demonstrations. Our teachers believe a key element to helping students learn is to get them excited and engaged in the subject
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One amazing resource we have is our school forest which can be utilized when studying about our Earth.
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As a Lutheran school, we see the nature of God and His almighty power to create such a world that we study.
SOCIAL STUDIES
5th and 6th grades take this class together. U.S. History and MN History are studied every other year.
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Students have opportunities to work independently and in groups
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As we study the course of humanity and all its endeavors, our focus is on identifying God’s hand in all human events. We view the scope of humanity through biblical glasses.
ART
5th & 6th grade take art together, exploring their creativity through a variety of art forms, including painting, drawing, sculpture, and design. Each project builds artistic skills and confidence. Along the way, they learn about famous artists and techniques from around the world
TECHNOLOGY
In today's world students are introduced to a variety of technology at young ages. Internet safety and media literacy are key objectives at TLO. Students use a few different Google programs with the goal always to be an enhancement to learning, projects, or writing.