Grade Five Main Lesson Blocks

I'm really excited to share my planning for next school year! For 2026-2027, we will do the classic Waldorf Fifth Grade blocks. This includes

Sep - Orienteering

Oct - Botany I

Nov - Ancient India, Persia, Mesopotamia

Dec - Fractions

Jan - U.S. Geography

Feb - Ancient Egypt

Mar - Decimals

Apr - Botany II

May - Greek Mythology

Our Botany focus will be on Foraging for herbal medicines and wild edible plants. I think that this will make plant identification much more interesting!

I will continue to offer Friendly Letters as a Special subject. Because of the U.S. Geography focus, this is the perfect year for children to have a pen pal.

I'd also like to do a field trip series where we visit Local Artists. The children will really enjoy seeing their studio spaces and hearing about their process!

If you know about our school year flow, you'll know that this means that the Class Play theme will be Fractions (that will be so fun for the children to write!) and the History Fair will be Ancient Egypt. Our final collaborative tapestry will be Greek Mythology. The topic will be the story of Persephone.

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