THIS PAGE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

When I ask my students what curriculum means to them, they always indicate that it means the classes they take and the written curriculum. However, the word "curriculum" as it is defined from its early Latin origins means literally "to run a course." If one thinks of a marathon with mile and direction markers, signposts, water stations, and officials and coaches along the route, this beginning definition is a metaphor for what the curriculum has become in the education of our children.

Use the links on the left to take a look at all of the aspects of the fifth grade curriculum as you chart out the course we will take this school year.