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.

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

Focuses on the books of The Bible
- Who wrote them?
- What they are about?
- How we can apply their message to our own lives?
Students learn about other worldviews to better understand what others believe and to better defend their own faith
Students work through the Peacewise program, which focuses on conflict resolution

6th Grade

Focuses on God's promises in the Old and New Testaments
- How are they fulfilled through Christ?
Key concepts such as Law and Gospel, confession, forgiveness, and grace
Students are encouraged to put these concepts into action in their lives
Students work through the Peacewise program, which focuses on conflict resolution.

LANGUAGE ARTS

5th Grade

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
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
To enhance writing, students study spelling patterns, grammatical concepts, and editing

6th Grade

Students work on taking steps to a stronger analysis of texts in a variety of genres
Students practice making connections and comparisons between texts, themselves, and the world around them

MATHEMATICS

5th Grade

Math in 5th grade provides theory, practice, and practical applications of the four processes:
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Students learn how to apply these processes to:
- Whole numbers, decimals, fractions, rations, proportions, integers, and percents.

6th Grade

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.

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

One amazing resource we have is our school forest which can be utilized when studying about our Earth.

As a Lutheran school, we see the nature of God and His almighty power to create such a world that we study.

GRADES 5-6

OUR CURRICULUM

RELIGION

LANGUAGE ARTS

MATHEMATICS

SCIENCE

SOCIAL STUDIES

ART

TECHNOLOGY

Click the links below to learn about our other exciting programs outside the core curriculum

TLO Phys. Ed. Program

TLO Music Program

TLO Outdoor Education