Greensboro
Montessori School
Upper Elementary Curriculum
Fourth and fifth grade.
 The Upper Elementary Curriculum builds upon
and extends that of the Lower Elementary Curriculum.
Children, are developmentally still inquisitive,
community oriented, and universally aware. They continue to question
all aspects of the world in which they live, and use their minds
to reason and to conduct research, yet, their reasoning may also
become more abstract and their research more specific. In accordance,
the curriculum does, too. Lessons may range from the history of mathematics
to the physics of flight, mineralogy, chemistry, algebra, geometry,
and literature, to name a few.
The Language Curriculum consists of three main components: grammar,
writing,
and reading. The children complete an in-depth course in narrative and research
writing and are exposed to a variety of novels, short stories, poems
and essays.
Math is taught using a variety of didactic
materials
and presented to small groups of children or individuals, depending on the individual
student's need.
The Montessori Timeline of Life, with specific attention to the
Timeline of the Middle Ages, Age of Exploration and early American Revolution,
comprises the Upper
Elementary History Curriculum.
Integrated with these timelines, students study the five kingdoms of living things
as well as Physical Science
and an introduction to Chemistry in their Science Curriculum.
The students also
receive regular lessons in Spanish, Geography, Music, Art, and Physical Education.
Click
here to access the Upper Elementary Homework System.
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