Current Topics:

Science: Ecosystems

Social Studies: Colonial Advancements

Science: Earth's Systems

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Late Assignments:

If student was present in class or virtually on the date assigned, OR absent without a doctor’s excuse:

• -25% for 1-5 school days late

• -50% for 6-10 school days late

• grade of 0 if greater than 10 school days late.

If student was absent with a doctor’s excuse on the date assigned: Students will be allowed 1 extra day for each day they were absent and excused. Example: Absent and excused Monday and Tuesday, work is due on Thursday.

• -25% for 1-5 school days late after the extended due date

• -50% for 6-10 school days late after the extended due date

• Grade of 0 if submitted greater than 10 school days after the extended due date

Science topics to be covered this year:

Unit 1 : Matter - August through October

Unit 2: Ecosystems - November through January

Unit 3: Earth Systems - February and March

Unit 4: Orbit and Rotation - April and May

Social Studies Standards for 5th Grade:

5.1.1 Create a timeline of key events in early American history from pre-Columbian civilizations to 1763

5.1.2 Examine primary and secondary sources to research early American colonial history from the Age of Exploration to 1763

5.1.3 Compare and contrast different points of view of key individuals and groups in early colonial American history to 1763

5.1.4 Produce clear and coherent writing for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences through the following tasks: • Conducting historical research • Evaluating a broad variety of primary and secondary sources • Comparing and contrasting varied points of view • Determining the meaning of words and phrases from historical texts • Using technology to research, produce, or publish a written product

5.2.1 Describe the origins, characteristics, and expansion of indigenous cultures and groups that existed in the Americas prior to European exploration

5.2.2 Identify early explorers and their motivations, challenges, and achievements

5.2.3 Describe the Spanish conquests in the Americas, including the impact on the Aztecs, Incas, and other indigenous peoples

5.2.4 Explain the course and consequences of the Columbian Exchange, including its cultural, ecological, economic, and political impact on Europe, the Americas, and West Africa

5.3.1 Compare and contrast the convergence of trade, cultural diffusion, and innovation in the Western Hemisphere after 1492

5.3.2 Describe cooperation and conflict among Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans

5.3.3 Identify the major European powers that colonized North America and explain their goals, challenges, and achievements

5.3.4 Compare and contrast religious groups that settled colonial America and examine the role of religion in colonial communities

5.3.5 Evaluate the motives that led to the establishment of the thirteen colonies

5.3.6 Explain and give examples of how Native Americans, Europeans, and free and enslaved Africans adapted to living in the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies

5.3.7 Describe the impact of key people, ideas, and events that led to the French and Indian War

5.4.1 Differentiate between various types of maps using characteristics, functions, and applications

5.4.2 Analyze a map using a variety of tools

5.4.3 Analyze maps from the Age of Exploration to 1763

5.5.1 Describe ways in which location and environment influenced the settlements and land use in colonial America

5.5.2 Identify natural resources used by people of colonial America and describe the impact of human action on the physical environment

5.6.1 Compare and contrast the different types of government in colonial America that influenced the development of the United States

5.6.2 Summarize the key ideas that influenced the development of colonial governments and their influence on the growth of American democracy

5.7.1 Investigate basic rights and responsibilities of citizens in present-day government

5.8.1 Cite evidence of the economic motivations for European exploration and settlement in the Americas using economic concepts such as supply and demand and scarcity

5.9.1 Describe trade between the Americas, Western Europe, and Western Africa during the colonial period

5.9.2 Analyze the differences in the economies of the New England colonies, Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies

5.10.1 Explain the reasons for the French and Indian War and the economic effects of British policy on colonial America

Science Standards for 5th Grade:

• • • 1. Matter of any type can be subdivided into particles that are too small to see, but even then the matter still exists and can be detected by other means. A model showing that gases are made from matter particles that are too small to see and are moving freely around in space can explain many observations, including boiling water, the inflation and shape of a balloon, and the effects of air on larger particles or objects.

      2. The amount of mass in matter is conserved when it changes form, even in transitions in which it seems to vanish.

      3. When two or more different substances are mixed, a new substance with different properties may be formed.

      4. No matter what reaction or change in properties occurs, the total mass of the substances does not change.

      5. Measurements of a variety of properties can be used to identify materials.

      6. The gravitational force of Earth acting on an object near Earth’s surface pulls that object toward the planet’s center.

      7. The energy released from food was once energy from the sun that was captured by plants in the chemical process that forms plant matter (from air and water)

      8. Food provides animals with the materials they need for body repair and growth and energy they need to maintain body warmth and for motion.

      9. Plants acquire their material for growth chiefly from air and water

      10. The food of almost any kind of animal can be traced back to plants. Organisms are related in food webs in which some animals eat plants for food and other animals eat the animals that eat plants.

      11. Some organisms, such as fungi and bacteria, break down dead organisms and therefore operate as “decomposers.” Decomposition eventually restores (recycles) some materials back to the soil.

      12. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their particular needs are met. A healthy ecosystem is one in which multiple species of different types are each able to meet their needs in a relatively stable web of life.

      13. Newly introduced species can damage the balance of an ecosystem.

      14. Matter cycles between the air and soil and among plants, animals, decomposers, and microbes as these organisms live and die. Organisms obtain gases, and water, from the environment, and release waste matter (gas, liquid, or solid) back into the environment.

      15. The sun is a star that appears larger and brighter than other stars because it is closer. Stars range greatly in their distance from Earth

      16. The orbits of Earth around the sun and of the moon around Earth, together with the rotation of Earth about an axis between its North and South poles, cause observable patterns. These include: day and night, daily changes in the length and direction of shadows, and different positions of the sun, moon, and stars at different times of the day, month, and year.

      17. Earth’s major systems are the geosphere (solid and molten rock, soil, and sediments), the hydrosphere (water and ice), the atmosphere (air), and the biosphere (living things, including humans). These systems interact in multiple ways to affect Earth’s surface materials and processes. The ocean supports a variety of ecosystems and organisms, shapes landforms, and influences climate. Winds and clouds in the atmosphere interact with the landforms to determine patterns of weather.

      18. Nearly all of Earth’s available water is in the ocean. Most fresh water is in glaciers or underground; only a tiny fraction is in streams, lakes, wetlands, and the atmosphere.

      19. Liquid water can become the gas form of water (water vapor) and liquid water can become a solid as ice.

      20. Human activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday life have had major effects on the land, vegetation, streams, ocean and the atmosphere. But individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Earth’s resources and environments