Last updated: 12/10/2014

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TCSD Pacing Guide September-January- 5th Grade

Literacy Learning

(Domains/Modules)

Topic:

Stories of Human Rights

Module 1 Unit 1 – (RI) UDHR (excerpts)

11 sessions (2 weeks)

Topic:

Stories of Human RIghts

 Module 1 Unit 2  - (RL)

Esperanza Rising

18 sessions (3 weeks)

Topic:

Stories of Human Rights

Module 1 Unit 2  - (RL)

Esperanza Rising

18 sessions (3 weeks)

Topic:

Biodiversity in Rainforests of the Western Hemisphere

Module 2A – Unit 1

Building Background knowledge – How do scientists communicate about living things in the rainforest?

10 sessions (2 weeks)

Topic:

Biodiversity in Rainforests of the Western Hemisphere

Module 2a – Unit 2

Case Study:  The Most Beautiful Roof in the World and the Work of Rainforest Scientist Meg Lowman

15 sessions (3 weeks)

Writing

Fall Benchmark Assessment

 

 

On - Demand Analysis of Human Rights Account

"From Kosovo to the United States" (R.I. 5.9/W.5.9)

Analytical Essay - How Esperanza Changes over time. (R.L. 5.2/5.3, W. 5.9)

Narrative: Reader’s Theater Script and Performance Scenes from Esperanza Rising (W. 5.3, 5.9, SL. 5.6)

Analysis:  Meg Lowman’s Research in the Rainforest (W.5.2, W.5.8, W.5.9)

Vocabulary

Elements of Reading

Lessons 1-3

The Dinner Party
I'm a Manatee
Journal of a Teenage Genius

 

Elements of Reading

Lessons 4-6    +1 Review

Elephants Can Mimic Traffic
Review Week (Lessons 1-4)
Summer Days
A Concert to Remember

Elements of Reading

Lessons 7-8    +1 Review

Tom Paintsthe Fence
Geoffrey Pyke's Cool Idea
Review Week (Lessons 1-8)
The Wisdom of Goats

Elements of Reading

Lessons 9-11

The Walrus and the Carpenter
Summer Plans
The Duke

Elements of Reading

Lessons 12-14    +1 Review

Review Week (Lessons 1-12)
The Cat and the Golden Egg
Beetle Blisters
The Tour

Grammar

Writing Benchmark will be used to guide instruction.  What skills are students still struggling with?

Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense. (L. 5.1 D)

Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, & conditions (L. 5.1 C)

Form and Use the Perfect Tense (L. 5. 1 B)

Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections (L. 5.1 A.)

 

 

Correlative Conjunctions

(either...or/neither...nor)

(L.5.1 E)

Science

Living Systems

Investigation 1- Systems

Everyday Systems

 

 

Living Systems

 

Investigation 1- Systems

 

 

The Earth System

Recycling

 

Investigation 2- Nutrient Systems

 

Yeast Nutrition

 

 

 

Living Systems

 

 

 

Investigation 2- Nutrient Systems

Plant Nutrition

 

 

Animal Nutrition

 

 

 

Living Systems Investigation 3 –Transport Systems

Plant Vascular System

Circulatory Systems

Respiratory System

 

Living Systems

Investigation 4 – Sensory Systems

Stimulus/Response

Attention

Sound Off

Ecosystems

Mixtures and Solutions
Investigation 1 -  Separating Mixtures
Making and Separating Mixtures

Separating a Salt Solution

Separating a Dry Mixture

Outdoor Solutions

 

Social Studies

5.6 Government:  The political Systems of the Western Hemisphere vary in structure & Organization across time & place

5.6 Government:  The political Systems of the Western Hemisphere vary in structure & Organization across time & place

5.6 Government:  The political Systems of the Western Hemisphere vary in structure & Organization across time & place

5.3 European Exploration and Its effects:  Various European powers explored and eventually colonized the western hemisphere.  This had a profound effect on Native Americans and led to the transatlantic slave trade.

5.5 Comparative Cultures:  The countries of the Western Hemisphere are diverse and the cultures of these countries are rich and varied.  Due to their proximity to each other, the countries of the Western Hemisphere share some of the same concerns and issues.

Mathematics

Benchmark Beginning of 5th grade

Domain Number and Operations in Base Ten

 Topic 1: Place Value- (11)

Adding and Subtracting Decimals- Topic 2 (10)

Continued Topic 2

Domain Number and Operations in Base Ten

Topic 3: Multiplying Whole Numbers (11)

Topic 4:Dividing by 1 Digit Divisors (8)

Key Words in Word Problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain Number and Operations in Base Ten

Topic 5: Dividing by 2 Digit Divisors (10)

Topic 6: Multiplying Decimals (9)

 

 

 

Domain Number and Operations in Base Ten

Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Topic 7: Dividing Decimals (9)

Topic 8: Numerical Expressions/Patterns/ Relationships (13)

Continued Topic 8

Domain: Number and Operations- Fractions

Topic 9: Adding and Subtracting Fractions (18)

 

Mentor Texts

RI - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (excerpts)

RL - Canoe Days, Gary Paulsen

RL Twilight Comes Twice, Ralph Fletcher

RL - Coming on Home Soon

 

RL Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948.

 

Readers Theater Script: American Heroes” from Google search “readers theater scripts human rights” link titled: (doc) “Readers Theater Script: American Heroes”

Sloth Canopy Researcher

Hawaii's Endangered Happy Face Spider

Live On-line Interview With Eve Nilson

Aaron Shepard, The Wings of a Butterfly: The Tale of the Amazon Rainforest

RI - The Most Beautiful Roof in the World:  Exploring in the Rainforest Canopy, Kathryn Lasky

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