Wildfire Prevention Conducting School Programs Guide - National ...

Intermediate grades (Third through sixth grade)
What you should know
Intermediate-grade children have perhaps the greatest range in mental
and physical growth than any other age group.
• Some third-grade and most fourth-grade students have
begun the systematic study of grammar. They are learning to
use telephones, write letters, and use dictionaries. Their
vocabularies are increasing, and they have begun to
calculate fractions and geometry.
• Ten-year-old fifth graders can be eager, receptive, happy
scholars who are willing to accept any doctrine and who will
be influenced by it in the future.
• Fifth graders are gaining control of their limbs, so they are
less awkward. Their vocabulary is steadily increasing. They
are starting to use graphs, decimals, geometric figures, and
they solve problems in many ways. Their enthusiasm makes
them uninhibited singers with generally good rhythm.
• Fifth-grade students have progressed rapidly in their
scientific knowledge and development. They have expanded
their understanding of the world far beyond their own area
to regional and ethnic groups in the United States who
contributed to the culture and wealth of our nation. They are
learning the part individuals and government play in
conserving natural resources.
• Fifth graders are beginning to comprehend science and can
assimilate the fundamentals of ecology, land management
and combustion. They now can relate watershed fires to loss
of water and distinguish between renewable and
nonrenewable resources.
• Eleven-year -old sixth graders are applying the basic skills
developed in grades four and five. They are being
introduced to global geography; relationships that exist
among peoples of the world; and the basic facts of the
physical world: land, water, air and the interdependence of
natural resources.
10 – Intermediate Grades CONDUCTING SCHOOL PROGRAMS –GUIDE