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.
Definition of grade for Students. 1 : a division of a school course representing a year's work He's in the fourth grade. 2 : the group of pupils in a school grade Fifth grade is holding a bake sale. 3 : a mark or rating especially in school I got a grade of A on the test.