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Fifth grade

By the end of fifth grade, your child should demonstrate advanced keyboarding skills to edit her work.

In a rich art program, your child will learn about visual arts, music, theater and dance.

My son is in the fifth grade and is having problems comprehending things. You tell him something, and he can't remember within the next hour what was said. I spoke with his teacher and his principal about getting him testing, but they don't think he...

Find answers to your questions about academic problems and school-related behavior.

How you can help at home: Try these easy suggestions for encouraging the budding artist in your fifth-grader.

Your fifth-grader explores the history of the United States from Native Americans to the building of a new nation.

My son is fairly immature for a 10-year-old, both socially and academically. He is forgetful, disorganized and childish, which sometimes gets in the way of schoolwork and friendships. He's been tested for ADD, but he didn't meet enough of the criteria. He is smart...

My daughter does very well in school but is not interested in anything anyone else wants to teach her, including myself. In any conversation she disconnects and simply does not listen. She's also very stubborn when I try to help her with homework.

Scientists and inventors have a unique ability to captivate kids with their creations and, more often than not, eccentricities. These books let kids recreate Leonardo da Vinci's inventions, for example, and study the strange lives of scientists who experimented on themselves. Your fifth-grader may be...

My fifth-grader cannot write a complete sentence. He reads at a first-grade level and writes at a second-grade level. I am very concerned with the way grading and placement is being handled. Who should I talk to at the school on these issues and how...