Project Plans

Reading

5.1.4.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is developed or conveyed through specific details. 

Writing

5.6.2.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and  convey ideas and information clearly.

5.6.4.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and  organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

5.6.8.8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant  information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase  information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.

5.6.9.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support  analysis, reflection, and research.

Science

5L.1.2.1.4 Plan and conduct an investigation to obtain evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water

5P.3.1.1.2 Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

5L.3.1.1.3 Create an electronic visualization  of the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.** (P: 2, CC: 4, CI: LS2)  

5L.4.1.2.1 Evaluate the merit of a solution to a problem caused by changes in plant and animal populations as a result of environmental changes.* (P: 7, CC: 4, CI: LS4, ETS1) 

Value-Added

Questioner:  Generate questions using the Question Formulation Technique

Creator:  Use technology or physical materials to create a representation of an idea

Creator:  Use Thinking Maps to represent ideas.

Music

Create original artistic work

Physical Education

 Apply the F.I.T.T. principle for cardiorespiratory fitness to personal behaviors and identify the need for warm-up and cool-down when participating in these types of activities.

Multilingual Learners

Interpret scientific explanations

Construct scientific arguments

Construct scientific explanations