Freedom Hill Elementary School

1945 Lord Fairfax Rd, Vienna, VA 22182
Main Office 703-506-7800 | Fax 703-506-7897
Attendance Line 703-506-7878 | Clinic 703-506-7810

Principal: Tim Stanley
Assistant Principal: Jessica Lewis

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Charlene Blake
Keith Hirsch
Misty Mukherjee (not pictured)

Language Arts Program Overview
The language arts curriculum includes objectives that support students’ development in the skills of reading, writing, and oral language. These skills are developed through direct instruction, modeling by teachers, and guided practice. Teachers plan a balance of learning experiences which build upon oral language and include fiction, informational text, and use of language arts skills in other content areas.

Mathematics Program Overview
Fifth grade students extend their understanding of number to billions, including the use of exponential notation; relate number theory concepts to operations on rational numbers; compare, contrast, and define the intent and characteristics of the four operations, including properties; and become proficient in using multiplication and division procedures. They estimate and measure length, volume, and capacity; use measuring tools; investigate circle measures; continue transformational geometry; and identify attributes of solids. Fifth graders also collect, display, and analyze data and make predictions. They organize, record, and interpret results of simple probability experiments; identify and extend growth patterns; and solve equations with one variable.

Science Program Overview
The Fairfax County Public Schools Elementary Science Program consists of grade level units that are composed of inquiry-based, hands-on science lessons.  Science Process Skills, embedded in the lessons, develop student’s ability to think and perform like a scientist.  In addition to science trade books and these hands-on kits, FCPS offers the Windows on Science visual textbook videodisk program, the Fresh Science DVD supplemental visuals, and United Streaming video library.  Interactive technologies used by students in the elementary science program include Weatherbug Achieve, and Easy Sense Q5 Probeware.  The Elementary Science Program follows the Virginia State Science Standards of Learning.

In fifth grade Science, students learn concepts based on the following strands:

• Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic
• Force, Motion,  and Energy
• Matter
• Living Systems
• Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems
• Earth Patterns, Cycles, and Changes

Social Studies Program Overview
Social studies instruction incorporates the four strands of history, geography, civics, and economics while students learn about world civilizations. Students study the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt, the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and a contemporary African, Asian, or Latin American society.