West Chester Friends School

The development of excellent work habits and effective study skills is a central task of students in third, fourth and fifth grades as they move toward middle school and beyond.  As students continue their intellectual and social development, academic expectations progressively increase, from homework that begins in earnest in the third grade, through the monthly book reports of fourth grade, to the full research assignments in fifth grade.  Students are guided by their teachers to become confident, independent learners.

Thematic units of study in third, fourth and fifth grade include

Immigration * Underground Railroad * Law * Geographic Exploration * Oceanography * Pennsylvania * Colonial America * Government * Ecology