5th – 6th Grade Classes

English / Language Arts 1

Mrs. Esposito

The Language Arts 5/6 course is a fast-paced, academic course emphasizing grammar usage, both written and verbal. Through literary works corresponding with 5/6 History, students will learn summarization skills, creative writing techniques, spelling, memorization, and vocabulary. Finally, by the end of the year, students will be equipped to produce a five-paragraph essay. Detailed Description From The Teacher

 

5/6 Middle Ages

Mrs. Montoya

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5/6 Christian Kids Explore Earth & Space

Mr. Ortega

I look forward to working through the wonders of God’s creation – our Earth and beyond! I believe that God created us with inquiring minds. Studying our incredible planet should leave us in awe and wonder at the majesty of our Creator. My goal in teaching is to both inform and inspire, and I will work very hard to do both this year. Thank you for the opportunity to serve them and you. We will be studying the Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and the Weather patterns of our planet. Then we will talk about our Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, and what little we know about the Universe.

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BJU Math 6

Mrs. Knapp

This course is targeted for 6th and upper 5th-grade level. From the textbook: Build your students’ knowledge of the foundational math skills they’ll need for both everyday life and higher-level math. Units cover adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Equations, plane-figure geometry, measurement, ratios, statistics, probability, and integers are also covered. 

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JH Bible – The Bible & American Cultural Geography 5th-8th

Mrs. Kastle

This class takes your students on a journey of looking at the 66 books of the Bible and how it is connected and how it relates to us. Starting with the OT and making our journey to the NT. Students will not be able to read every single chapter of each book, but will look at each book to have an understanding of how to read the Scripture, study the context, and apply it.

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Creative Art

Mrs. Fong

Creative Arts will be a mixed media class, including projects in paper, clay, metal, and textiles. If at all possible we will make opportunities for students to do projects that can be used in Vine history, English or science classes.  This year some study of master artists will be included. 

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Latina Christiana – Intro to Latin – 5th – 8th

Mrs. Miller

Latina Christiana I is a great first foray into Latin for younger students! Early introduction to Latin roots aids in reading, deciphering vocabulary, and 
understanding root meanings of romance (or Latin) languages such as Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish and many others. 
This student book includes 25 lessons and 5 review lessons; each includes a grammar form, 10 vocabulary words per lesson with corresponding English derivatives and Latin sayings. Students will learn to translate phrases, learn about grammar, complete sentences with the appropriate derivative, conjugate verbs, decline nouns, and more. 
An optional history component (drill questions and a history test) is designed to be used with the Famous Men of Rome reading selections (not included).
Mrs. Miller returns to Vine with years of experience teaching Intro to Latin.
 

Cultural Geography

Mrs. Kastle

The American Culture and Geography class will be a combination of The 50 States and Capitals and Cultural Regions of America. 

This class will include: Cooking, Field Trips (Hopefully).
Knowledge of The United States that will be fixed on their minds. A teacher that truly finds joy in the classroom. Isn’t He good.

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Guitar 1

Mr. Ortega

Students will need to be able to play all major and minor chords in both the open and barred position. It would be helpful to have done work on the pentatonic scale, but not required.

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