What Are We Learning?

Vocabulary

• 5.L.V.1.a Acquire a range of general, academic, and specialized vocabulary words and phrases through grade-level texts and content.   

• 5.L.V.2.b Explain the connection between roots, root words, affixes, and parts of speech to determine the meaning of words (e.g. discuss as a verb v. discussion as a noun).  

• 5.L.V.3.a Use context (e.g. cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.  

• 5.L.V.3.b Identify analogies and use synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and homographs to clarify intended meaning.  

• 5.L.V.3.c Distinguish shades of meaning among related words, including verbs, adjectives and/or adverbs, to clarify intended meaning.  

Grammar

• K-12.L.GC.1.21 Use coordinating conjunctions to join words, phrases or clauses. 

• K-12.L.GC.1.25 Use commas with coordinating conjunctions to join independent clauses. 

• 5.L.GC.2.b Use a variety of simple, compound, and complex sentences to strengthen clarity and coherence, maintaining consistent verb tense throughout the entire text.   

Handwriting

• 5.F.H.4.a Produce texts using cursive writing legibly and efficiently.   

Structures and Style

• 5.T.SS.1.a  Describe how text features (e.g. chapter titles, diagrams) and text structure (e.g. chapter, problem/solution) function in conjunction to represent ideas and information coherently in texts.   

Techniques

• 5.T.T.2a Discuss and evaluate techniques used to present and design expository texts, including multiple main ideas, facts, and key details used to support the main idea. 

• 5.T.T.2.b 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 from the text. 

• 5.T.T.2.c Compare and contrast first and secondhand accounts of the same event or topic using primary and /or secondary sources.  

Unit 1 - Investigating Volume of Solid Figures

• 5.GSR.8: Examine properties of polygons and rectangular prisms, classify polygons by their properties, and discover volume of right rectangular prisms. 

• 5.GSR.8.3: Investigate volume of right rectangular prisms by packing them with unit cubes without gaps or overlaps. Then, determine the total volume to solve problems. 

• 5.GSR.8.4: Discover and explain how the volume of a right rectangular prism can be found by multiplying the area of the base times the height to solve authentic, mathematical problems. 

Unit 2 - Building Conceptual Understanding of Place Value Using Measurement and Data Reasoning 

• 5.NR.1: Use place value understanding to solve real-life, mathematical problems. 

• 5.MDR.7: Solve problems involving customary measurements, metric measurements, and time and analyze graphical displays of data to answer relevant questions. 

• 5.NR.1.1: Explain that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left. 

• 5.NR.1.2: Explain patterns in the placement of digits when multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole number exponents to denote powers of 10, up to 103. 

• 5.MDR.7.1: Explore real-life problems involving different units of measurement, including distance, weight, volume, and time. 

• 5.MDR.7.2: Ask questions and answer them based on gathered information, observations, and appropriate graphical displays to solve problems relevant to everyday life. 

• 5.MDR.7.3: Convert among units within the metric system and then apply these conversions to solve multi-step, real life problems. 

• 5.MDR.7.4: Convert among units within relative sizes of measurement units within the customary measurement system 

SS5H1 Describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century. 

a.

Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black

Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail.

b.

Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George

Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas

Edison (electricity).

c.

Explain how William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt expanded America’s role in

the world; include the Spanish

-

American War and the building of the Panama Canal.

d.

Describe the reasons people immigrated to the United States, from where they

emigrated,

and where they settled.

SS5G1 Locate important places in the United States.

a.

Locate important man

-

made places; include the Chisholm Trail; Pittsburgh, PA; Kitty

Hawk, NC; Pearl Harbor, HI; Montgomery, AL.; and Chicago, IL.

SS5G2 Explain the reasons for the spatial patterns of economic activities.

a.

Locate primary agricultural and industrial locations between the end of the Civil War

and 1900 and explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources

have influenced these areas (e.g., Pittsburgh’s rapid growth in the late nineteenth

century).

b.

Locate primary agricultural and industrial locations since the turn of the 20th

century and explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources

have influenced these areas (e.g., Chicago’s rapid growth at the turn of the century)

SS5CG1 Explain how a citizen’s rights are protected under the U.S. Constitution.

a.

Explain the responsibilities of a citizen.

b.

b. Explain the concept of due process of law and describe how the U.S. Constitution

protects a citizen’s rights by due process.

SS5E1 Use the basic economic concepts of trade, opportunity cost, specialization,

productivity, and price incentives to illustrate historical events.

b.

Explain how price incentives affect people’s behavior and choices (e.g., decisions to

participate in cattle trails because of increased beef prices).

d.

Describe how trade and voluntary exchange promotes economic activity (e.g., how

the Panama Canal increases trade among countries).

SS5E3 Describe how consumers and producers interact in the U. S. economy.

a.

Describe how competition, markets, and prices influence consumer behavior.

b.

Describe how people earn income by selling their labor to businesses.

c.

Describe how entrepreneurs take risks to develop new goods and services to start a

business.

a.

Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black

Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail.

b.

Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George

Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas

Edison (electricity).

c.

Explain how William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt expanded America’s role in

the world; include the Spanish

-

American War and the building of the Panama Canal.

d.

Describe the reasons people immigrated to the United States, from where they

emigrated,

and where they settled.

SS5G1 Locate important places in the United States.

a.

Locate important man

-

made places; include the Chisholm Trail; Pittsburgh, PA; Kitty

Hawk, NC; Pearl Harbor, HI; Montgomery, AL.; and Chicago, IL.

SS5G2 Explain the reasons for the spatial patterns of economic activities.

a.

Locate primary agricultural and industrial locations between the end of the Civil War

and 1900 and explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources

have influenced these areas (e.g., Pittsburgh’s rapid growth in the late nineteenth

century).

b.

Locate primary agricultural and industrial locations since the turn of the 20th

century and explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources

have influenced these areas (e.g., Chicago’s rapid growth at the turn of the century)

SS5CG1 Explain how a citizen’s rights are protected under the U.S. Constitution.

a.

Explain the responsibilities of a citizen.

b.

b. Explain the concept of due process of law and describe how the U.S. Constitution

protects a citizen’s rights by due process.

SS5E1 Use the basic economic concepts of trade, opportunity cost, specialization,

productivity, and price incentives to illustrate historical events.

b.

Explain how price incentives affect people’s behavior and choices (e.g., decisions to

participate in cattle trails because of increased beef prices).

d.

Describe how trade and voluntary exchange promotes economic activity (e.g., how

the Panama Canal increases trade among countries).

SS5E3 Describe how consumers and producers interact in the U. S. economy.

a.

Describe how competition, markets, and prices influence consumer behavior.

b.

Describe how people earn income by selling their labor to businesses.

c.

Describe how entrepreneurs take risks to develop new goods and services to start a

business.

a. Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail. b. Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas Edison (electricity). c. Explain how William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt expanded America’s role in the world; include the Spanish-American War and the building of the Panama Canal. d. Describe the reasons people immigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled. SS5G1 Locate important places in the United States. a. Locate important man-made places; include the Chisholm Trail; Pittsburgh, PA; Kitty Hawk, NC; Pearl Harbor, HI; Montgomery, AL.; and Chicago, IL. 

S5P2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to investigate electricity.

a. Obtain and combine information from multiple sources to explain the difference between naturally occurring electricity (st

atic) and human

-

harnessed

electricity.

b. Design a complete, simple electric circuit, and explain all necessary components.

c. Investigate and test common materials to determine if they are insulators or conductors of electricity.

S5P3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about magnetism and its relationship to electricity.