Mrs. Laura Wagner, 5th Homeroom
Mrs. Wagner began her career in education at Lincoln Middle School, as a Program Assistant
and Substitute Teacher. She developed a love and passion to help students reach their full
potential in their academic growth This inspired her to return to school to earn her teacher
licensure. Mrs. Wagner graduated with her Masters in Middle School Education at McKendree
University in the Spring of 2024. She received the Distinguished Achievement Award
for her academics and dedication to the program.
Mrs. Wagner is married with three children, two currently attend Our Lady Queen of Peace
School. Mrs. Wagner and family have been parishioners since moving to the area in 2015. “God
has always been important in the Wagner family, and we are truly blessed to be community
members of the church,” stated Mrs. Wagner. Mrs. Wagner is excited to start her beginning years as a teacher at Our Lady Queen of Peace.
Overview
5th grade students are introduced to many academic and spiritual areas of growth throughout the year, helping each child grow into a better Christian and fulfill their potential.
Religion
Each student attends Mass every Friday and every third Tuesday. They attend a religion class every day learning more about the Bible, Jesus, Holy days, their prayers, and morality.
ELA (English Language Arts)
This is a comprehensive reading, English, and Spelling program that works with Common Core into helping each student become better readers, spellers, phonics, comprehensive skills, grammar, cause and effect-- all of the elements that make us better thinkers and readers and writers.
Math
Students will focus on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and integers. Percents, geometry, graphs, problem solving are also presented. Word problems are part of every day’s lesson.
Science
We use a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt textbook to guide us through many Science topics. We cover some Physical Science, Earth Science and Life Science. Some topics we explore include Classification of Living Things, Ecosystems, Light and Sound, States of Matter and Newton’s Law’s of Motion.
Social Studies
Students focus on three main countries; Egypt, Rome and Greece. Through interactive notes, technology and projects, students discover the past history of these countries.
Religion
Students have the opportunity to attend mass every Friday and many opportunities throughout the school year to lead all-school prayers. Fifth graders learn about the mass, the Liturgical Year, and the sacraments.
Instructional Methodologies
Students will learn through lecture, small group discussion, individual work and class discussion.