An employee may take up to 12 workweeks of family/medical leave in a 12-month period. He/she may take all 12 weeks at once, or may take leave in shorter increments of hours, days or weeks. An employee may take up to 26 weeks per 12-month period to care for an ill or injured service member under the FMLA.
Quick Answer. Children in the fifth grade in the United States are generally 10 to 11 years old. Fifth graders commonly perform research projects that test their writing skills, read literature of various genres, study physical science and basic chemistry, do more complex math problems with fractions and focus on American history.
Each book is assigned a color coded level. Level 1 (preK-1st grade) is for beginning readers. Level 2 (1st-3rd grade) is reading with help. Level 3 (2nd-4th grade) is for reading alone. Level 4 and the chapter books are for 3rd grade+, and are for advanced readers. These readers contain actual stories that children will enjoy, rather than simple words strung together. They are books that children can, as they claim, read, and that they will read over and over.