On one recent afternoon, fifth - graders reflected on passages from the book «How to Eat Fried Worms,» fourth - graders learned about topography in preparation for a field trip to the Museum of Science, and some students in
other grades slid bows across cellos and violins to the tune of «Carnival.»
The
other type of vocabulary important for learning in the middle
grades is terms specific to particular disciplines (e.g., onomatopoeia,
sliding friction).