|
Grade 5 Language Arts |
|||||
|
Grade: 5 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
Ongoing (Throughout School Year) Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|||
|
Parts of Speech |
Writer’s Express teacher-created packets |
Nouns ~ Common ~ Proper ~ Pronouns ~ Singular ~ Plural ~ Possessive ~ Irregular Verbs ~ Action ~ Linking ~ Helping ~ Irregular Adjectives ~ Comparative ~ Superlative ~ Proper Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions |
|||
|
Grammar Rules/Usage |
Writer’s Express teacher-created packets Daily Oral Language |
Punctuation Sentence Structure ~ subject ~ predicate ~ run-ons ~ fragments ~ simple ~ complex ~ compound (and/but) ~ subject/verb agreement Homophones Homonyms Antonyms |
|||
|
Writing Process |
mini-lessons teacher models student models |
Prewriting (planning, brainstorming) drafting revise edit conference publish |
|||
|
Spelling |
Rebecca Sitton materials ~ weekly spelling packets mini-lessons |
structural analysis root words prefix suffix |
|||
|
W.E.B. (independent reading) |
student-selected books logs |
genre |
|||
|
Responding to literature in writing answering comprehension questions (literal and inferential) in detail supporting evidence from the text restating question in answer |
trade books student response journals teacher-modeling student examples |
|
|||
|
Grade: 5 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
September -October Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|||
|
Genre: Animal Stories/Fiction/Fantasy
Themes: land conservation vs. development, friendship |
Cricket in Times Square (summer reading)
Literature unit: Tucker’s Countryside by George Selden
comparison of settings |
Figurative Language: Personification Comprehension ~ literal and inferential questions Character/Setting Vocabulary Development Topic Sentences Evidence and Supporting Details Journal Responses |
|||
|
Grade: 5 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
November - December Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|||
|
Genres: Realistic Fiction & Autobiography
author’s message & theme
expository writing: compare/contrast essay of story elements (2 novels) writing process
note taking |
Old Yeller ~ Fred Gipson Rascal ~ Sterling North
Models for essay Bear ~ John Schoenherr Little Polar Bear ~ Hans DeBeer |
Compare/Contrast ~ similarities ~ differences Venn Diagrams graphic organizers transitional and linking words problem resolution |
|||
|
(historical fiction integrated with Social Studies unit) reading to answer focus questions
Expository writing: inform, describe, and persuade |
Around the World in One Hundred Years ~ Jean Fritz |
perspective audience purpose |
|||
|
Grade: 5 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
January - March Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|||
|
Genre: Realistic Fiction / Animal Story
|
Literature unit: Where the Red Fern Grows ~Wilson Rawls |
figurative language: similes and metaphors flashback foreshadowing dialect vivid verbs descriptive writing dialogue ~ quotation marks ~ punctuation marks ~ direct quote ~ speaker tag ~ indentation |
|||
|
(literature integration with Social Studies units) |
Shhh! We’re Writing the Constitution ~ Jean FritzMr. Tucket ~ Gary Paulsen Bound for Oregon ~ Jean Van Leeuwan Seaman: The Dog Who Explored with Lewis and Clark ~ Gail Langer Karwoski |
|
|||
|
Grade: 5 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
April - June Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|||
|
Cape Cod Studies
reading of a primary source
(non-fiction and historical fiction literature integration with Social Studies)
Publication of Personal Journal (writing process) word choice paragraphing chronology of events parts of a book (cover, title page, dedication, copyright, table of contents, chapters)
Thank you letter writing ~ proper format for friendly letters and business letters (consideration of audience) |
non-fiction handouts teacher-created packets
The Pilgrims’ Journal
Pilgrim’s Journal Who’s That Standing on Plymouth Rock ~ Jean Fritz Dear America Series~ A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple Kathryn Lasky The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy Ann Rinaldi |
inside address heading salutation body closing signature
|
|||
|
Grade 5 Mathematics |
||
|
Grade: 5 Mathematics Instructional Goals |
September-October Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
Statistics and Graphing |
Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text Investigations Unit–“Data: Kids, Cats, and Ads” |
mode, median, range, scale, interval, outliers, trend, x axis, y axis, horizontal axis, vertical axis, co-ordinate plane, bar graph, line graph, line plot, |
|
Order of Operations |
“24” cards |
exponent, base, constant, variable, square number, perfect square, square root |
|
Patterns and Functions |
Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text NCTM Addenda –“Patterns And Functions” Groundworks Algebra series |
input, output, function |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Place value-whole numbers and decimals
Rounding whole numbers through billions |
Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text Investigations Units-“What’s That Portion” and “Mathematical Thinking At Grade 5” |
expanded form standard form |
|
|
|
tenths |
|
Ordering and comparing decimals |
Decimal Logic Problems |
hundredths thousandths
|
|
|
NCTM Addenda – “Number Sense” |
|
|
Rounding to the nearest tenth, hundredth, thousandth |
decimal squares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Problem Solving emphasis – Draw a Picture |
Problem Solver 5&6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grade: 5 Mathematics Instructional Goals |
November - December Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
Estimating sums and differences |
Scott Foreman Addison Wesley text NCTM Addenda – “Number Sense” Calculators Investigations Unit – “Patterns of Change” |
rounding , front end estimation, compatible numbers |
|
Addition and Subtraction of decimals and mixed decimals |
Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text Decimal squares |
sum, difference, addends |
|
Review whole number multiplication Multiplication properties |
Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text Investigations Unit –“Mathematical Thinking at Grade 5” |
associative and commutative properties; distributive property |
|
Estimating products |
|
rounding, benchmark numbers |
|
Factors and Multiples |
Factors and Multiples –Middle School Math Project |
factor, multiple, common multiple, least common multiple, greatest common factor |
|
Multiplication of decimals |
Calculators Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text Decimal squares |
|
|
Problem Solving Strategy – “Guess and Check” |
Problem Solver 5 & 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grade: 5 Mathematics Instructional Goals |
January - February Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
Division of whole numbers and decimals |
Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text |
quotient, divisor, dividend, remainder |
|
Estimating quotients |
Investigations Units – “Mathematical Thinking at Grade 5” and “Patterns of Change” |
compatible numbers, benchmark numbers, rounding |
|
Interpreting remainders
|
Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text |
|
|
Finding the mean (average) |
|
|
|
Divisibility rules |
|
|
|
Mean (average) |
|
|
|
Prime factorization
Problem Solving Strategy – “Working Backwards”
Geometry – attributes of various polygons, particularly triangles and quadrilaterals (This is taught on Fridays from this point forward.) |
Factors and Multiples
Problem Solver 5 & 6
Investigations Unit – “Picturing Polygons” power polygons protractors Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text |
factor tree
Vocabulary associated with geometry unit |
|
Grade: 5 Mathematics Topics, Concepts or Goals |
March - April Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
Algebraic expressions
Find value of variables
Problem Solving Strategy – Act It Out
Fractions – equivalence concepts |
Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley text Math at Hand Resource Book Groundworks In the Balance
Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text snap cubes
Fraction bar materials Scott Foreman Addison Wesley text
Fraction bar materials Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley text
|
variable, constant
numerator, denominator, mixed number, improper fraction, simplest form, equivalent fractions, equivalent decimals, |
|
Grade: 5 Mathematics Topics, Concepts or Goals |
May-June Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
Volume of a rectangular prism
Addition and Subtraction of fractions and mixed fractions
Multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers
Division of fractions and mixed numbers (introductory) |
Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text snap cubes
Fraction Bar materials Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text
Fraction Bar materials Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text
Fraction Bar materials Scott Foresman Addison Wesley text
|
length, width, height, cubic |
|
Grade 5 Science |
||
|
Grade: 5 Science Instructional Goals |
September-October Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
Scientific Method |
Labs to reinforce steps of Scientific Method |
Scientific Method Experiment Hypothesis Interpret |
|
“Sinking & Floating” |
McGraw Hill text STC unit SCUBA demonstration Various handouts Labs |
Mass Matter Density Volume Buoyancy |
|
Grade: 5 Science Instructional Goals |
November - December Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
Ecosystems
|
McGraw-Hill text Lab Nature Walk
|
Biotic Factor; Abiotic Factor Ecology Population Community Habitat Niche |
|
Animal Adaptations |
“Homemaking” video “Animal Adaptations” video |
Physical Adaptations Behavioral adaptations |
|
Biomes |
McGraw-Hill Library Internet research |
Biomes Desert Tundra Grassland Deciduous Forest Taiga Tropical Rain Forest |
|
Grade: 5 Science Instructional Goals |
January - February Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
“Animal Books” |
McGraw-Hill Internet Research Library |
Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Bibliography |
|
Energy Light and Sound Electricity and Magnetism |
McGraw-Hill STC Materials Tom Snyder Unit “Magnetism” video Lab: Make a magnet |
Electricity Magnetism Electromagnetism Current Magnetic Domain Electrons |
|
Grade: 5 Science Thematic Unit: Cape Cod Instructional Goals |
March – May Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
Glacial action Cape Cod Organisms Hydrology: salt and fresh Oceanography Water Cycle
|
Cape Cod “The Guide’s Guide to Cape Cod National Seashore” Videos Handouts McGraw-Hill text Labs Salt Marshes |
Erosion/deposition Kettle hole Currents Tides Waves Environment factors Climate Modifications Pollution Adaptation |
|
Grade: 5 Science Instructional Goals |
May - June Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
Cells |
McGraw-Hill text Videos Lab Materials |
Structure DNA Nucleus Mitochondria |
|
Human Growth and Development
|
McGraw-Hill text Lab materials Videos |
Maturation Adolescence Puberty Hormones Menstruation |
|
Grade 5 Social Studies |
||
|
Grade: 5 Social Studies Instructional Goals |
September-October Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
Map and Globe Skills Unit
(including the 5 Themes of Geography: place, location, region, movement, human/environment interaction & review/reinforcement of landforms) |
· America Will Be text · Rand McNally United States Map Activity Program write-on/wipe-off student desk maps & teacher resource activities · atlases · inflatable globes · teacher collected materials · map & globe skills, geography, & extended challenges learning contracts · “Create Your Own Island” project (application of learned skills and parts of maps) |
· Hemisphere · Geography · Longitude/Meridian · Latitude/Parallel · Projection · Equator · Prime Meridian · Compass Rose · Cardinal & Intermediate Directions · Scale · Legend/Key · Inset · Types of Maps: physical, political, special/thematic, road, etc. |
|
Clues to Our Past (1-2 week mini-unit) · What is History · What Does a Historian Do · Why Study History |
America Will Be text (Chapter 3) |
· History · Historian · Chronology · Evidence · Interpret · Primary Sources · Archives · Oral History · Artifacts |
|
Grade: 5 Social Studies Instructional Goals |
November - January Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
|
Age of Exploration & Discovery · Early European Explorers · Spanish Conquistadors · French, English, and Dutch Explorers Essential Questions: · Why leave home · Do the benefits outweigh the risks Unit Focus Questions: · Why were Europeans interested in exploration (reasons, motivation) · What enabled European Explorers to be successful in exploring and conquering lands (advances in maps and navigational tools, technology, weapons, armor, etc.) · What effects did European Exploration have on other civilizations around the world (How did people change or how were they influenced) Early European Settlement & Colonization |
· America Will Be text · Around the World in A Hundred Years – Jean Fritz · Explorers of the New World CD-Rom · collection of videos · handouts from teacher collected materials · posters · Explorer BINGO · Learning Center Activity Menus and/or Explorer Research Project · Internet Research – supported through website collections linked to school homepage
|
· technology · navigate · monarchy · Crusades · Christianity · expedition/voyage · colony · scurvy · vessel/ship · Caravel · provisions · route · Northwest Passage · contagious disease · |