Fifth Grade is a very exciting and busy year for students at Marshall.  From the very beginning, the focus is on mastery of all four basic mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), and deeper exploration into the world of fractions, decimals, percentages, and algebraic functions! 

 Reading skills acquired in the previous grades are strengthened, with extended emphasis on comprehension and fluency.  Vocabulary studies reach back to the Greek and Latin “word roots” common to many modern English words.  Writing skills are reinforced and practiced regularly as the students prepare for the midwinter State Writing Test.

Through our Social Studies activities, our fifth graders journey back in time as we investigate the Early Native American cultures, examine the exploration and colonization of the “New World”, and experience the birth of our nation through the American Revolutionary period.

Fifth grade students gain first hand experience with government through Student Council, which meets bi-weekly to discuss a variety of issues, and initiate student-driven service projects.

A good deal of attention is placed on “what’s next” as the students prepare to promote from elementary school to middle school.  During the first semester, several “magnet” middle schools send representatives to visit with the 5th graders to inform them of the various alternatives available to them for the coming years with Tulsa Public Schools.

Our primary motto in 5^th grade is that “we are so much smarter than we thought we were”, a realization that comes to fruition as the students grow, achieve, and, finally, promote on to the greater challenges that await them in the coming years.

Oklahoma State Department of Education Test Blueprints