Grade 5

Year-at-a-Glance

2021-2022

** There will be a poem for every month, as well as a Monthly Online Reading Log!**

Students will receive a paper copy of the Reading Log as well as poetry instructions each month. See poetry and reading log pages in drop-down menu for instructions or if hard copy is lost

September

Literacy

  • RE - Read-a-loud with reflection journal entries (Wonder)

  • RE - Independent Reading Program / Monthly Reading Log

  • WR - Writing lessons (how to bump-up your writing with figures of speech)

  • WR - Memoir writing

  • Poem of the month - Autobio Poem

Health

  • Begin “Personal Safety and Injury Prevention" Unit *Bullying

    • Supports – injury prevention, emergencies, bullying, violence

    • Strategies – threats to personal safety

    • "Mental Health Literacy" - How to help others, when to seek help

Science

  • Begin “Human Organ Systems” Unit

October

Literacy/Social Studies

  • Cont. Read-A-Loud (Wonder)

  • Oral communication - Memoir presentation/speeches

  • WR- letter writing (letter to a government leader)

-descriptive writing activities

  • RE-reading comprehension activities

      • demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts by summarizing important ideas and citing supporting details

  • Poem of the month - 5-Senses Poem


Health

  • Complete "Personal Safety and Injury Prevention" Unit *Bullying

Science

  • Complete “Human Organ Systems” Unit

Social Studies

  • The "Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship"

November

Literacy

  • WR - Short Story Writing

  • RE - Short Stories - analyse texts and explain how various elements in them contribute to meaning (e.g., narrative: character development, plot development, mood, theme; report: introduction, body, conclusion)

  • OC - Reading Fluently - read texts with expression and confidence, adjusting reading strategies and reading rate to match the form and purpose

  • Poem of the Month - HAIKU Poems (x2)



Health

  • "Nutrition" Unit

Science

  • "Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms" Unit

December

Literacy

  • WR - Short Story Writing (cont'd)

  • OC - use a variety of appropriate visual aids (present Forces on Structures Project)

  • Poem of the Month -

Science

"Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms" Unit Cont'd.


Health

Nutrition Unit - cont'd

January

Literacy


Science


Social Studies


Health

  • "Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours" unit

February

Literacy


Science

  • "Matter" Unit

Social Studies

Health

  • "Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours" unit (cont'd)

March

Literacy


Science


Social Studies


Health


April

Literacy


Social Studies

Social Studies

May

Literacy


Science


Health


June

Literacy


Health

  • "Growth & Development" Puberty Unit