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5th Grade: Persia
One student's map of ancient Persia.
Category 5th Grade
5th Grade: Mesopotamia
The fifth grade transitioned from studies of ancient Persia to Mesopotamia this week. They explored ancient forms of writing and created their own tablets out of clay. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="167" gal_title="20171208 5th Mesopotamia"]
5th Grade: Form Drawing
The fifth graders have been working throughout the year on their Rangoli skills. This type of form drawing requires great attention to detail and organization. As you can see, they are getting more and more beautiful![Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="165" gal_title="20171201FifthGradeFormDrawing"]
5th Grade - Watercolor Painting
Painting a light in the darkness during this season of Martinmas.
5th Grade - North American Geography
The fifth grade finished up their first geography block of the year! Moving forward from our studies in fourth grade (which focused on Illinois and the Great Lakes), we spent this block looking at the different regions that make up…
1st & 5th Grades - Knitting Buddies
A lovely tradition of Waldorf schools across the world is for the fifth graders to guide the first graders in their pursuit of knitting. On Tuesday, November 7th, Mrs. Griffith's first grade handwork class celebrated this milestone knitting lesson when…
5th Grade - Fun Friday
The fifth grade had a marvelous day on Friday! They started off the day by hearing some Halloween stories by the famous storyteller Jim May. They also all enjoyed wearing pajamas to school for PAJAMA DAY! The fifth grade current…
5th Grade - Handwork
The children watched Mrs. Griffith over dye yarn with indigo that had already been dyed with goldenrod- yielding green yarn! They helped dye the yarn for their sock knitting projects. The fifth grade dye session yielded 2 skeins of green…
5th Grade - North American Geography
The Fifth Grade has just begun their third block of the year- North American Geography. This block will be a survey of the different regions of North America, starting with the Great Lakes. Students were asked to create an illustration…
