Fifth Grade

The Ten Year Old...

• Handwriting may get sloppy
• Fairness issues peak
• Quick to anger, quick to forgive
• Develops more mature sense of right and wrong
• Expressive, talkative
• Coorperative and competitive
• Friendly
• Proud of academic products
• Require a great deal of physical activity
• Independent reading a favorite activity
• Enjoy reading to younger students

Some Favorite Books...

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O'Brien
• Pippi Goes on Board by Astrid Lindgrin
• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements