By Grade Five, children are ready for new challenges! They’re thinking more independently, asking bigger questions, and making connections between the things they learn. Their reading and writing skills continue to grow, and math becomes more about solving problems than learning steps. It’s such a fun stage of learning! But finding homeschool resources that grow with your child can still be a challenge.
That’s where the Grade Five Complete Curriculum comes in!
Instead of piecing together multiple programs, this complete bundle gives you everything you need for a full year of homeschooling. It includes a 36-week Grade Five Math Curriculum, a 36-week Grade Five Language Arts Curriculum, and 10 hands-on Family Unit Studies. Together, these resources create a balanced homeschool experience.
I’ve always believed children learn best when they aren’t rushed. That’s why we keep lessons short and focused. One page a day is enough to introduce a new skill while still leaving time for hands-on projects, nature walks, great conversations, and all of the little moments that make homeschooling so special.
Today, I’ll take you inside the complete Grade Five curriculum and show you exactly what your child will learn throughout the year,
What’s Included in the Grade Five Complete Curriculum?
The Grade Five Complete Curriculum includes everything you need for a full year of homeschool learning. Each resource is created to work together while keeping lessons simple, enjoyable, and easy to teach.
How Wee Learn’s Grade Five Complete Curriculum includes:
- ✅ 36-Week Grade Five Math Curriculum – A one-page-a-day program covering Number Sense, Algebra, Data, Spatial Sense, and Financial Literacy. Children work with larger numbers, fractions, decimals, multiplication and division, algebraic thinking, geometry, measurement, graphing, probability, and money concepts.
- ✅ 36-Week Grade Five Language Arts Curriculum – Build strong reading and writing skills through nine themes that explore fiction and non-fiction reading and writing. Children develop reading comprehension, critical thinking, vocabulary, grammar, writing organization, research skills, media literacy, and written expression. Along the way, they learn to analyze texts, communicate ideas clearly, and write for different audiences.
- ✅ 10 Hands-On Family Unit Studies – Discover exciting cross-curricular topics like Sunshine Scientists, Rainforest Expedition, Powerful Pollinators, and Meet the Mammals. Each unit blends science, history, geography, art, music, health, literacy, and math through creative hands-on activities.
The best part? Everything is centered around our quality-over-quantity philosophy.
Spend less time planning and more time enjoying learning together.
Let’s take a closer look at each part of the curriculum.
Grade Five Math Curriculum
Math in Grade Five builds on the skills children have been developing for years. They work with larger numbers, fractions, geometry, data, algebraic thinking, and financial literacy as they learn to solve more complex problems. Along the way, they explain their thinking, look for patterns, and discover how math connects to everyday life.
What makes the How Wee Learn Grade Five Math Curriculum different?
Our Grade Five Math Curriculum was designed to help children think mathematically—not simply memorize procedures. Using our one-page-a-day, quality-over-quantity approach, each lesson is short, focused, and easy to fit into your homeschool day.
One of the features parents love most is our cyclical approach to learning. Instead of teaching a concept once and moving on, important skills are revisited throughout the year. This gives children multiple opportunities to practice, strengthen, and apply math concepts, helping new skills stick.
Beyond the daily lessons, each math strand includes optional hands-on activities that bring new concepts to life. Children might practice fractions while baking, investigate probability through games, create simple graphs, build models, or explore money skills through everyday activities. They’re an easy way to reinforce new learning while making math part of everyday life.
Best of all, the Grade Five Math Curriculum meets or exceeds all core standards for both Canadian and U.S. Grade Five homeschool families, giving you peace of mind that your child is building the skills they need.
What skills are covered in the Grade Five Math Curriculum?
Throughout the 36-week curriculum, children build skills across all five essential strands of mathematics:
- ✅ Number Sense: Work with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, multiplication and division, mental math, estimation, and multi-step problem solving while developing flexible strategies for working with numbers.
- ✅ Algebra: Recognize growing and shrinking patterns, algebraic expressions, equations, inequalities, variables, and introductory coding while building logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- ✅ Data: Collect, organize, display, and interpret data using graphs while learning about sampling, probability, mean, median, and making informed predictions from real-world information.
- ✅ Spatial Sense: Investigate geometry through angles, triangles, coordinate grids, transformations, measurement, area, perimeter, and spatial reasoning.
- ✅ Financial Literacy: Develop practical money skills by creating budgets, calculating costs and sales tax, comparing unit rates, and learning about credit and debt.
The curriculum also includes printable math tools, extra practice activities, an answer key, and a course completion certificate to support your child throughout the year.
Grade Five Language Arts Curriculum
By Grade Five, children are becoming skilled readers and writers. They look more closely at an author’s purpose, compare different points of view, and support their ideas with evidence from the text. As writers, they learn to organize their thoughts, write for a variety of audiences, and communicate their ideas with greater clarity.
What makes the How Wee Learn Grade Five Language Arts Curriculum different?
Our Grade Five Language Arts Curriculum helps children grow as readers and writers through short, one-page-a-day lessons that fit naturally into your homeschool routine. Rather than assigning lengthy activities, each lesson focuses on one skill at a time. This gives children the opportunity to practice, reflect, and make steady progress throughout the year.
Like all of our curricula, Grade Five Language Arts follows our quality-over-quantity philosophy. Skills are introduced gradually and revisited throughout the year, giving children plenty of opportunities to practice, revisit, and apply what they’ve learned without feeling rushed.
One feature families especially appreciate is the curriculum’s predictable four-week rhythm. The course is divided into nine interesting themes, with each theme spanning four weeks:
- Week One: Fiction Reading
- Week Two: Non-Fiction Reading
- Week Three: Fiction Writing
- Week Four: Non-Fiction Writing
This simple routine helps children develop reading and writing skills while working with a wide variety of texts and writing styles throughout the year.
What skills are covered in the Grade Five Language Arts Curriculum?
Throughout the 36-week curriculum, children continue building literacy skills they’ll use for years to come, including:
- ✅ Reading: Fiction and non-fiction comprehension, vocabulary development, making connections, identifying an author’s purpose, analyzing different perspectives, reflecting on texts, and using evidence to support their thinking.
- ✅ Writing: Grammar, sentence and paragraph organization, planning, researching, note-taking, proofreading, editing, creating fiction and non-fiction texts, and writing for different audiences and purposes.
- ✅ Media Literacy: Locating information from digital sources, deciding whether information is reliable, recognizing different perspectives, using online resources responsibly, and creating digital content for a variety of purposes.
- ✅ And more! Graphic organizers, brainstorming activities, journaling, editing practice, research tasks, and reflection activities give children regular opportunities to develop their literacy skills while keeping each lesson fresh and enjoyable.
Curriculum expectations are also included, showing how the program meets or exceeds all core standards for Grade Five, along with an answer key and a course completion certificate.
10 Hands-On Family Unit Studies
The Grade Five Complete Curriculum doesn’t stop with math and language arts! It also includes 10 hands-on Family Unit Studies that bring learning to life through fun themes and hands-on activities.
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But first… what exactly is a Family Unit Study?
Each Unit Study explores one theme through 10 bite-sized learning topics. Each topic is designed to take about 1-2 hours, giving your family the flexibility to learn at a pace that works for you. Whether you enjoy completing one topic each day or spreading them throughout the week, the choice is yours.
Inside each topic, you’ll find:
- An interesting fact
- A thought-provoking discussion question
- Informative, kid-friendly reading
- A carefully selected YouTube video
- A recommended children’s book
- A math or literacy enrichment activity with three difficulty levels
- An unforgettable hands-on activity that brings the topic to life!
Across the 10 topics, children naturally explore all subjects, including: Science, Social Studies, History, Geography, Art, Music, Health, Literacy, and Math.
When everything connects across subjects, learning simply makes more sense. Children make connections, remember more, and stay engaged because they’re immersed in one exciting topic from start to finish. It’s the kind of learning that sticks long after the lesson is over.
What unit studies are included with the Grade Five Complete Bundle?
The Grade Five Complete Curriculum includes the following Family Unit Studies, organized into two engaging bundles:
- Animal Enthusiasts Bundle
🐻 Meet the Mammals
🦎 Remarkable Reptiles
🐋 An Ocean Exploration
🦜 Rainforest Expedition
🦕 A Prehistoric Journey
- Nature’s Child Bundle
🐝 Powerful Pollinators
🌤️ Sunshine Scientists
🌳 Backyard Naturalists
🎶 Exploring the Orchestra
🧶 Handwork Art Projects
While these particular unit studies are included in the Grade Five Complete Curriculum, they are perfect for all ages. If you’re homeschooling multiple children, everyone can enjoy the same unit studies!
A Complete Year of Learning for Grade Five
Choosing a Grade Five homeschool curriculum doesn’t have to mean piecing together multiple programs or spending hours planning lessons. The Grade Five Complete Curriculum gives families everything they need for a full year of homeschool learning—all in one place.
With a complete Math and Language Arts Curriculum plus 10 hands-on Family Unit Studies, you’ll have a full year of lessons that work together naturally. Children build strong academic skills while developing critical thinking, communication, creativity, and problem-solving through a wide variety of learning experiences.
I hope this look inside our Grade Five Homeschool Curriculum has given you a clear picture of what your homeschool year can look like. More importantly, I hope you’ve seen how simple it can be to give your child a well-rounded education that’s enjoyable for the whole family.
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Thanks so much for reading, friend!
xo
Sarah
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