5th Grade Curriculum Guide (updated 12/6/16)

Things to ponder..

Taxonomy MCA Vocabulary words notebook, Quarterly Project

Math RTI after Winter Break, review four strands before MCAs
5th Grade GROW??
Mindset
Kahoot: game/review site
Reading RTI = Daily 5

Beginning of Year: (~3 weeks)

Science
Language Arts
Writing
Math

Health
Social Studies
Multi Media Arts
Misc.

Nature Observation Hunt, Scientific Method, Gears, Bridges, Tallest Tower

How to Think Like a Scientists (Cara), Goin Someplace Special 1-1, Shiloh 1-2*
Inventions, Picture Writing (Observations/Inferences)
Graphing of High Temperatures (Mpls vs Warroad) SEA Notebooks,
accuweather.com,
MIF Ch 1 (Whole numbers & Place Value)
5.1.1.3 Estimate solutions to arithmetic problems in order to assess the
reasonableness of results.
Hygiene Mini-Lesson
Chromebook Introduction, Internet Safety
Hidden Worlds Dangers in the Dust Insects: Facts & Fiction United
Streaming

Senses: (~2 weeks)

Science

Language Arts
Writing
Math

5 senses, Brain Info (right/left, visual, tactile, auditory) w/ Mindset Integration

Standards:
5.1.1.1.1 Explain why evidence, clear communication, accurate record keeping,
replication by others, and openness to scrutiny are essential parts of doing
science.
5.1.1.1.3 Understand that different explanations for the same observations
usually lead to making more observations and trying to resolve the differences.
The Body Detectives (Carrie)
Sleds on Boston Common 1-5*, Hidden Worlds 2-1*
Know your Scientist Research (Scientist Cards)
Fast Food Spreadsheets

MIF Ch 2 (Whole Number Mult./Div.)

5.1.1.1 Divide multi-digit numbers, using efficient and generalizable procedures,
based on knowledge of place value, including standard algorithms.
Recognize that quotients can be represented in a variety of ways,
including a whole number with a remainder, a fraction or mixed number,
or a decimal.
5.1.1.2 Consider the context in which a problem is sutuated to select the most
useful form of the quotient for the solution and use the context to interpret
the quotient appropriately.
5.1.1.3 Estimate solutions to arithmetic problems in order to assess the
reasonableness of results.
5.1.1.4 Solve real-world and mathematical problems requiring addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division of multi-digit whole numbers. Use
various strategies, including the inverse relationships between operations,
the use of technology, and the context of the problem to assess the
reasonableness of results.
5.2.1.1 Apply the commutative, associative and distributive properties and order
of operations to generate equivalent numberical expressions and solve
problems involving whole numbers.

Social Studies
Multi Media Arts
Misc.

Google Docs, Wordle, Makey Makey

Know Your Nose

Environments (FOSS Bottle Biology): (~4 Weeks, Oct/Nov)

Science

Project Wet/Wild, Animal Habitats (Oh Deer, Oh Deer w/Human Interaction,

How Many Bears, Bottleneck Genes, Wetlands)
Standards:
5.4.1.1.1 Describe how plant and animal structures and their functions provide
an advantage for survival in a given natural system. For example: Compare the
physical characteristics of plants or animals from widely different
environments, such as desert verses tropical, and explore how each has
adapted to its environment.
5.4.2.1.1 Describe a natural system in Minnesota, such as a wetland, prairie, or
garden, in terms of the relationships among its living and nonliving parts, as
well as inputs and outputs. For example: Design and construct a habitat for a
living organism that meets its need for food, air and water.
5.4.2.1.2 Explain what would happen to a system such as a wetland, prairie or
garden if one of its parts were changed. For example: Investigate how road salt
runoff affects plants, insects and other parts of an ecosystem. Another
example: Investigate how an invasive species changes an ecosystem.
5.4.4.1.1 Give examples of beneficial and harmful human interaction with
natural systems. For example: Recreation, pollution, wildlife management.

Language Arts
Writing

Weslandia 6-4, Rattlers! 2-2, Skunk Scout 4-5*, Tracing the Food Web
MN Animal Habitats/Adaptations

Math

Social Studies
Multi Media Arts
Misc.

MIF Ch 3 (Fractions & Mixed Numbers)

5.1.3.1 Add and subtract decimals and fractions, using efficient and generalizable
procedures, including standard algorithms.
5.1.3.2 Model addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals using a variety
of representations.
5.1.3.3 Estimate the sums and differences of decimals and fractions to assess the
reasonableness of results.
5.1.3.4 Solve real-world and mathematical problems requiring addition and
subtraction of decimals, fractions and mixed numbers, including those
involving measurement, geometry and data.

MCA Math/Science Vocabulary Quarterly Project, 3D Pens

Richardson Nature Center, Exploradome, Math @ MN Zoo, United Streaming:
"Biomes: Our Earth's Major Life Zones" Real World Science: Ecosystems and
Biomes

Renewable vs Nonrenewable Resources: (Dec/Jan)

Science

Simple Machines (BrainPOP Videos)

Standards:
5.2.2.1.1 Give examples of simple machines and demonstrate how they change
the input and output of forces and motion.
5.2.2.1.2 Identify the force that starts something moving or changes its speed
or direction of motion. For example: Friction slows down a moving skateboard.
5.2.2.1.3 Demonstrate that a greater force on an object can produce a greater
change in motion.
5.3.4.1.1 Identify renewable and non-renewable energy and material resources
that are found in Minnesota and describe how they are used. For example:
Water, iron ore, granite, sand and gravel, wind, and forests.
5.3.4.1.3 Compare the impact of individual decisions on natural systems. For
example: Choosing paper or plastic bags impacts landfills as well as ocean life
cycles.
5.4.4.1.1 Give examples of beneficial and harmful human interaction with
natural systems. For example: Recreation, pollution, wildlife management.

Language Arts
Writing
Math

4-2 Ultimate Field Trip*, 4-2 Leveled Reader Environmental Heroes, SS Ch 1.1,
Review Map Skills 1.2
Identifying resources and writing ways to conserve energy (Google docs)
New Discoveries (Google Docs)
MIF Ch 5 (Algebra)
5.2.2.1 Apply the commutative, associative and distributive properties and order
of operations to generate equivalent numberical expressions and solve
problems involving whole numbers.
5.2.3.1 Determine whether an equation or inequality involving a variable is true or
false for a given value of the variable.

Social Studies

Multi Media Arts

Misc.

5.2.3.2 Represent real-world situations using equations and inequalities involving

variables. Create real-world situations corresponding to equations and
inequalities.
5.2.3.3 Evaluate expressions and solve equations involving variables when values
for the variables are given.
Ch 1.1
Review Map Skills (p.12): title, legend/key, symbols, scale, compass rose
(orientation)
Ch 1.2 Our Nations Resources
Using a map to pick best spot their possible sources of energy
Animal Web Page
Rube Goldberg sketch/video

Soils, Rocks, and Landforms (FOSS) or Electricity & Magnetism: (~4

Weeks, Jan/Feb)
Science

Language Arts
Writing
Math

Combo w/ 4th grade (every other year) (2 day rotations, assess with teacher?),
Windmills (add economics/$ to project), Catapults (distance, accuracy, force)
Standards:
5.3.1.2.1 Explain how, over time, rocks weather and combine with organic
matter to form soil.
5.3.1.2.2 Explain how slow processes, such as water erosion, and rapid
processes, such as landslides and volcanic eruptions, form features of the
Earth's surface.
SS 1.3, 1.4, 5-3 Historic Journey (Lewis and Clark)*, 6-2 Bravo Tavo & Water A
Portable Potable*, 5-1 Valley of the Moon, 1-3 Maya Lin
What is an Engineer, Winter Adjectives, 1st Semester Self-Evaluation
MIF Ch 6 (Area of a Triangle) Review area/ perimeter of rectangles
5.3.2.1 Develop and use formulas to determine the area of triangles,
parallelograms and figures that can be decomposed into triangles.
MIF Ch 7 (Ratios) (7.1/7.2),
Review of Ch 3
5.1.3.4 Solve real-world and mathematical problems requiring addition and
subtraction of decimals, fractions and mixed numbers, including those
involving measurement, geometry and data.
MIF Ch 8 (Decimals) Review add/subtract fractions Ch 8 4th grade MIF
5.1.3.1 Add and subtract decimals and fractions, using efficient and generalizable
procedures, including standard algorithms.
5.1.3.2 Model addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals using a variety
of representations.
5.1.3.3 Estimate the sums and differences of decimals and fractions to assess the
reasonableness of results.
5.1.3.4 Solve real-world and mathematical problems requiring addition and
subtraction of decimals, fractions and mixed numbers, including those
involving measurement, geometry and data
5.1.2.2 Find 0.1 more than a number and 0.1 less than a number. Find 0.01 more
than a number and 0.01 less than a number. Find 0.001 more than a
number and 0.001 less than a number.

Social Studies
Multi Media Arts
Misc.

5.1.2.3 Order fractions and decimals, including mixed numbers and improper
fractions, and locate on a number line.
Ch 1.3/1.4
TinkerCAD (3D printers), Makey Makey
Counter Act, Energy and U 2015, Physics Circus 2016

MCA Prep/Gr 3 & 4 Science Review: (Mar/Apr)

Science

Language Arts
Writing
Math

Disney Imagineering Videos, MCA Pre-Test, Water Cycle, Animal Adaptations,

Solid/Liquid/Gas
Standards:
5.2.2.1.1 Give examples of simple machines and demonstrate how they change
the input and output of forces and motion.
5.2.2.1.2 Identify the force that starts something moving or changes its speed
or direction of motion. For example: Friction slows down a moving skateboard.
5.2.2.1.3 Demonstrate that a greater force on an object can produce a greater
change in motion.
5.4.1.1.1 Describe how plant and animal structures and their functions provide
an advantage for survival in a given natural system. For example: Compare the
physical characteristics of plants or animals from widely different
environments, such as desert verses tropical, and explore how each has
adapted to its environment.
3-1 Catch of the Day*, 3-5 Unbreakable Code*, 2-5 Hurricanes, 4-3 Heroes in
the Time of Need
Play
MIF (4th grade) Ch 5
5.2.2.1 Apply the commutative, associative and distributive properties and order
of operations to generate equivalent numberical expressions and solve
problems involving whole numbers.
5.2.3.1 Determine whether an equation or inequality involving a variable is true
or false for a given value of the variable.
5.2.3.2 Represent real-world situations using equations and inequalities involving
variables. Create real-world situations corresponding to equations and
inequalities.
5.2.3.3 Evaluate expressions and solve equations involving variables when values
for the variables are given.
MIF Ch 9 (Mult./Div. Decimals)
5.1.1.1 Divide multi-digit numbers, using efficient and generalizable procedures,
based on knowledge of place value, including standard algorithms.
Recognize that quotients can be represented in a variety of ways,
including a whole number with a remainder, a fraction or mixed number,
or a decimal.
5.1.1.2 Consider the context in which a problem is sutuated to select the most
useful form of the quotient for the solution and use the context to interpret
the quotient appropriately.

Social Studies
Multi Media Arts
Misc.

5.1.1.3 Estimate solutions to arithmetic problems in order to assess the

reasonableness of results.
5.1.1.4 Solve real-world and mathematical problems requiring addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division of multi-digit whole numbers. Use
various strategies, including the inverse relationships between operations,
the use of technology, and the context of the problem to assess the
reasonableness of results.
5.2.2.1 Apply the commutative, associative and distributive properties and order
of operations to generate equivalent numberical expressions and solve
problems involving whole numbers.
MIF Ch 10 (Percents)
6.1.1.3 Understand that percent represents parts out of 100 and ratios to 100.
6.1.1.4 Determine equivalences among fractions, decimals and percents; select
among these representations to solve problems.
6.1.3.3 Calculate the percent of a number and determine what percent one
number is of another number to solve problems in various contexts.
MIF Ch 14 (3 Dimensional Shapes)
5.3.1.1 Describe and classify three-dimensional figures including cubes, prisms
and pyramids by the number of edges, faces or vertices as well as the
types of faces.
5.3.1.2 Recognize and draw a net for a three-dimesional figure.
Ch 2 (Ch 4-6) Explorers, Colonial America New England, Middle, Southern
Colonies
Google Sites: Travel Site, Makey Makey
Counter Act, Discovery Ed Natural Phenomena: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and
Other Weather

Science Showcase: (Apr/May)

Science

Career Critters (small groups), Checks and Balances (whole group)

Standards:
5.1.1.2.1 Generate a scientific question and plan an appropriate scientific
investigation, such as systematic observations, field studies, open-ended
exploration or controlled experiments to answer the question.
5.1.1.2.2 Identify and collect relevant evidence, make systematic observations
and accurate measurements, and identify variables in a scientific investigation.
5.1.1.2.3 Conduct or critique an experiment, noting when the experiment
might not be fair because some of the things that might change the outcome
are not kept the same, or that the experiment isn't repeated enough times to
provide valid results.
5.1.3.4.1 Use appropriate tools and techniques in gathering, analyzing and
interpreting data. For example: Spring scale, metric measurements, tables,
mean/median/range, spreadsheets, and appropriate graphs,
5.1.1.1.1 Explain why evidence, clear communication, accurate record keeping,
replication by others, and openness to scrutiny are essential parts of doing

Language Arts
Writing
Math

Social Studies
Multi Media Arts
Misc.

science.
5.1.1.1.2 Recognize that when scientific investigations are replicated they
generally produce the same results, and when results differ significantly, it is
important to investigate what may have caused such differences. For example:
Measurement errors, equipment failures, or uncontrolled variables.
5-5 When Esther Morris Heads West*, 5-4 Davy Crockett Saves the World*, 5-2
Black Cowboys Wild Horses, Cinderella Stories
Counter Act Essay, 5th Grade Essay
11.1/11.2 (Graphing)
5.2.1.1 Create and use rules, tables, spreadsheets and graphs to describe patterns
of change and solve problems.
5.2.1.2 Use a rule or table to represent ordered pairs of positive integers and
graph these ordered pairs on a coordinate system.
5.4.1.1 Know and use the definitions of the mean, median and range of a set of
data. Know how to use a spreadsheet to find the mean, median and range
of a data set. Understand that the mean is a "leveling out" of data.
5.4.1.2 Create and analyze double-bar graphs and line graphs by applying
understanding of whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Know how to
create spreadsheet tables and graphs to display data.
12.1/12.2 (Angles)
15.1/15.2/15.3 (Surface Area & Volume)
5.3.1.2 Recognize and draw a net for a three-dimesional figure.
5.3.2.1 Develop and use formulas to determine the area of triangles,
parallelograms and figures that can be decomposed into triangles.
5.3.2.2 Use various tools and strategies to measure the volume and surface area of
objects that are shaped like rectangular prisms.
5.3.2.3 Understand that the volume of a three-dimensional figure can be found by
counting the total number of same-sized cubic units that fill a shape
without gaps or overlaps. Use cubic units to label volume measurements.
5.3.2.4 Develop and use the formulas V = wh and V = Bh to determine the
volume of rectangular prisms. Justify why base area B and height h are
multiplied to find the volume of a rectangular prism by breaking the prism
into layers of unit cubes.
Ch 7, Ch 8 A-Z books: American Revolution mini-books
PerL Research/Report
Science Showcase Project - 5/25 & 5/26

Lego NXT Robotics: (May/Jun)

Science
Language Arts
Writing
Math

Social Studies

**Presenter Steve Gigl

These Robots are Wild 2-3, Zathura 4-4, 6-3 A Dream Come True
Following directions/procedures
1:1 Ratios Lego Robotics
MIF Ch 4 (Mult./Div. Fractions)
Ch 13 (Properties of Triangles & 4 sided figures)

Multi Media Arts

Misc.
Health

Fishing
Human Growth/Hygiene

Missing Science Standards: 5.1.1.1.4; 5.1.3.2.1; 5.1.3.4.2; 5.3.4.1.2

Language Arts Stories (Treasures)

*Common Assessment
Title

Skill

Standards/Benchmark

Character and Setting

5.2.6.6 Analyze multiple accounts by

various cultures of the same event or
topic, noting important similarities
and differences in the point of view
they represent.

Unit-Lesso
n
1-1

Goin Someplace
Special
Literature

5.2.8.8 Explain how an author uses

reasons and evidence to support
particular points in a text, identifying
which reasons and evidence support
which point(s).
1-2*

Shiloh

Inferences

5.1.1.1 Quote accurately from a text

when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text.
5.2.7.7 Draw on information from
multiple print or digital sources,
demonstrating the ability to locate an
answer to a question quickly or to
solve a problem efficiently.

Drawing Conclusions

5.1.6.6 Describe how a

narrators or speakers point of
view influences how events are
described
5.2.3.3 Explain the relationships or
interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.

Sequencing Summarize

5.1.2.2 Determine a theme of a

story, drama, or poem from details in
the text, including how characters in
a story or drama respond to
challenges or how the speaker in a
poem reflects upon a topic;
summarize the text.

Literature

1-5*

Sleds on Boston
Common
Literature

2-1*

Hidden Worlds
Informational

5.2.2.2 Determine two or more main

ideas of a text and explain how they
are supported by key details;
summarize the text.
5.2.3.3. Explain the relationships or
interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.
6-4

Westlandia

Theme

5.1.2.2 Determine a theme of a

story, drama, or poem from details in
the text, including how characters in
a story or drama respond to
challenges or how the speaker in a
poem reflects upon a topic;
summarize the text.

Main Idea/Details &

Summarize

5.2.2.2 Determine two or more main

ideas of a text and explain how they
are supported by key details;
summarize the text.
5.2.3.3 Explain the relationships or
interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.

Character and Setting

5.2.5.5 Compare and contrast the

overall structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of events, ideas,
concepts, or information in two or
more texts.

Main Idea/Details
Generate Questions

5.2.2.2 Explain the relationships or

interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.

Main/Details NUA Key

5.2.2.2 Explain the relationships or

Literature

2-2*

Rattlers!
Informational

4-5*

Skunk Scout
Literature

4-2*

Ultimate Field trip

Informational

4-2

(leveled reader)

Environmental
Heroes

Words

Informational

SS

5.2.3.3 Explain the relationships or

interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.

Ch 1.1 & 1.2

Informational

SS

5.2.3.3 Explain the relationships or

interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.

Ch 1.3 & 1.4

Informational

5-3*

Historic Journey

Cause/Effect

5.2.3.3 Explain the relationships or

interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.
5.2.5.5 Compare and contrast the
overall structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of events, ideas,
concepts, or information in two or
more texts.

Problem/Solution

5.2.5.5 Compare and contrast the

overall structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of events, ideas,
concepts, or information in two or
more texts.

Cause/Effect

5.2.5.5 Compare and contrast the

overall structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of events, ideas,
concepts, or information in two or
more texts.

Informational

6-2*

Bravo Tavo
Literature

5-1

Valley of the Moon

Literature

interactions between two or more

individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.

3-1*

Catch of the Day

Theme

5.1.2.2 Determine a theme of a

story, drama, or poem from details in
the text, including how characters in
a story or drama respond to
challenges or how the speaker in a
poem reflects upon a topic;
summarize the text.
5.1.5.5 Explain how a series of
chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits
together to provide the overall
structure of a particular story, drama,
or poem.
5.1.7.7 Analyze how visual and
multimedia elements contribute to
the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text
(e.g., graphic novel, multimedia
presentation of fiction, folktale,
myth, poem).

Authors
Purpose/Perspective

5.2.3.3 Explain the relationships or

interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.

Text Structure and

Description

5.2.1.1 Quote accurately from a text

when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text.

Fact/Opinion

5.2.3.3 Explain the relationships or

interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.

Fact/Opinion

5.2.6.6 Analyze multiple accounts by

various cultures of the same event or
topic, noting important similarities
and differences in the point of view
they represent.

Plot and Setting

5.1.7.7 Analyze how visual and

multimedia elements contribute to

Literature

3-5*

Unbreakable Code
Literature

2-5

Hurricanes
Informational

4-3

Heroes in Time of
Need
Informational

5-5*

When Esther Morris

Heads West
Informational

5-4*

Davy Crockett Saves

the World

the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text

(e.g., graphic novel, multimedia
presentation of fiction, folktale,
myth, poem).

Literature

5-2

Black Cowboys Wild

Horses

Inferences

5.1.1.1 Quote accurately from a text

when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text.
5.2.1.1 Quote accurately from a text
when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text.

Cinderella Stories

NUA Double Bubble

5.1.9.9 Compare and contrast stories

in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and
adventure stories) on their
approaches to similar themes and
topics.
5.2.5.5 Compare and contrast the
overall structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of events, ideas,
concepts, or information in two or
more texts.

Literature

2-3

These Robots are

Wild

Authors
Purpose/Perspective

5.2.3.3 Explain the relationships or

interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.

4-4

Zathura

Drawing Conclusions

5.1.6.6 Describe how a

narrators or speakers point of
view influences how events are
described
5.2.3.3 Explain the relationships or
interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.

Literature

6-3

A Dream Come True

Persuasion

Informational

5.6.9.9 Draw evidence from literary

or informational texts to support
analysis, reflection, and research.
5.2.8.8 Explain how an author uses
reasons and evidence to support
particular points in a text, identifying
which reasons and evidence support
which point(s).
5.6.2.2 Write informative/
explanatory texts to examine a topic
and convey ideas and information
clearly.

1-3

Maya Lin (Extra as

Needed)

Main Idea/ Details

5.2.2.2 Determine two or more

main ideas of a text and explain how
they are supported by key details;
summarize the text.
5.2.3.3 Explain the relationships or
interactions between two or more
individuals, events, ideas, or
concepts in a historical, scientific, or
technical text based on specific
information in the text.

Read to self, Read to

Others, Word Work,

5.1.10.10 By the end of the year,

read and comprehend literature and
other texts including stories, dramas,
and poetry at the high end of the
grades 45 text complexity band
proficiently and independently.
5.2.10.10 By the end of the year, read
and comprehend informational texts,
including history/social studies,
science, and technical texts, at the
high end of the grades 45 text
complexity band independently and
proficiently.

Informational

Daily 5 Cafe
Literature/Information
al

5.3.0.3 Know and apply grade-level

phonics and word analysis skills in
decoding words.
5.3.0.4 Read with sufficient accuracy
and fluency to support
comprehension

5.2.4.4 Determine the meaning of

general academic and
domain-specific words and phrases
in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or
subject area.

Science MCA Review Topics:

**Electricity (Final project DDR boards with Makey Makeys)
**Water Cycle
**A run through of a formal science experiment with all components (we can do this together as a
class) (also including creating questions, comparing results, analysis and evaluation) **This can
probably cover some of the topics in this list too.
**Measurements (metric units, rulers, simple balances, thermometers, celsius and fahrenheit)
**States of matter and changes between S, L and G (vocab: water vapor, steam, phase change)
**Light/shadows (vocabulary: absorption, redirect, reflect)
**Energy - conduction, insulation, heat transfer
**Earth Science - Rotation vs. Revolve, Moon phases (patterns of change)
**Plant and animal structures - functions of growth, survival and reproduction, adaptation advantages
**Animal characteristics (sex, color, size, shape, coverings, appendages, eyes, ears, mouths and beaks,
tails, teeth)
**Plant characteristics (roots, stems, leaves/needles/scales, flowers, fruit, seeds and fxn of plants
(vegetables))
** Food Chain/Food Web

Grading Period

Q2

Q3

Q4

Citizenship and
Government

Y (same grade as History)

Economics

Y Ch 1

Geography

Y Ch 1

History

Y (same grade as Citz &

Social Studies:
Ch 2, American
Revolution

Gov)

Science:

Engineering and
Design Process

X Worked on but not assessed

X Worked on but not assessed

Y Windmills &
Legos

Earth Science

X Assessed in 4th grade

Reviewed in 5th (odd years)

X Assessed in 4th grade

Reviewed in 5th (odd years)

X Assessed in 4th grade

Reviewed in 5th (odd years)

X (even years)

Y Earth Materials (even

X (even years)

Physical Science

Y Simple
Machines/Rube
Goldberg

Y Electricity (odd years)

X (even years)

Y Science
Showcase

Life Science

Y Habitats/Biomes

Y Ch 1,2,3

Y Ch 7,8,9

Y Ch 10

years)

Math:

Number and
Operation

Algebra

Y Ch 5

Geometry and
Measurement

Y Ch 6

Y Ch 12, Ch 14

Data Analysis

Y Ch 5 (4th gr)

Y Ch 11

Health:

Y CounterAct

Y = Graded
X = Not Graded