Off-site Course Template
Off-site Course Name: Integrated Language Arts and Science
Grade Level: 5-6
Subject: Language Arts and Science
Class Description:
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This class is a 36 week integrated Language Arts and Science course. In LA the student will be using word
studies, spelling, vocabulary, reading, and study skills. As well as working on word meanings and sentence
structure. In Science the students will be leaning key concepts that explore life, earth, and physical science. The
students will be using review lessons, and written exams to test skills.
We will be using the complete Growing with Grammar series and Wordly Wise to enforce all areas of LA. We will
be doing projects about living things, the environment, water and air, learning about the earth and matter, light and
sound. Activities may include art and Crafts, cooking, science fair projects, and learning how to write good
paragraphs, and reports, as well as reading books, and field trips.
Learning Materials:
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Daily science by Evan Moor
Growing with Grammar
Soaring with Spelling and vocabulary
Winning with Writing
Wordly Wise
Learning Goals/Performance Objectives:
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category/subject. Either select each item individually that pertain to your class or use the “select all” button then
“select save” at the bottom.
Learning Activities:
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September
Daily Science (Big Idea 1.) Living things, and traits inherited by your parents
Soaring with Spelling: (Lessons 1-4) long vowel a,e,i,o,u, short vowels, and controlled R vowels.
Growing with Grammar: working with sentences
Winning with Writing (Lessons 1-4) what is a paragraph, detail Sentences, Adverbs, and Steps to writing
A paragraph.
Wordly wise Lesson 1-2
SR pg. 2-6
October
Daily Science (Complete Big Idea 1. Start Big Idea 2.) Environment changes and species survival
Soaring with Spelling: (Lessons 5-8) Review plurals, endings with ly, constant blends.
Growing with Grammar: working with nouns, and pronouns, verbs
Winning with Writing (Lessons 5-8) Writing outlines, Review lessons 1-5, Narratives, and time order
Wordly wise Lesson 3-4
SR pg 18-32
November
Daily Science (Complete big idea 2. Big idea 3 wks. 1-2) The tilt of the earths’ axis, energy, and weather
Soaring with Spelling: (Lessons 9-12) silent e, words with oo, hard and soft c and g
Growing with Grammar: working with verbs, verbs tenses, and review lessons
Winning with Writing (Lessons 9-12) Action, verbs, personal narratives
Wordly wise Lesson 5-6
SR pg 34-48
December
Daily Science (Complete big idea 3.)
Soaring with Spelling: (Lessons 13-15) compound words, r-controlled vowels, prefixes.
Growing with Grammar: working with adjectives
Winning with Writing (Lessons 13-15) developing a creative story, quotes, and dialogue
Wordly wise Lesson 7-8
SR pg. 50-56
January
Daily Science (Big Idea 4.) Earths layers
Soaring with Spelling: (Lessons 16-19) pre, re, words that mean full..
Growing with Grammar: working with adjectives that compare, suffixes that form adjectives and a review
Winning with Writing (Lessons 16-18) story writing and review lesson
Wordly wise Lesson 9-10
SR pg 58-72
February
Daily Science (Complete big idea 4, big idea 5.wks 1-3) Matter, atoms, meatal/metaliods, ionic bonds
Soaring with Spelling: (Lessons 20-23) ed, er, ing endings, words with sh ei, ti, full and ment.
Growing with Grammar: working with adverbs
Winning with Writing (Lessons 19-22) adjectives, comparisons, descriptive writing
Wordly wise Lesson 11-12
SR pg. 74-88
March
Daily Science (Complete big idea5. big idea6 6.) Energy, mechanical and electrical
Soaring with Spelling: (Lessons 24-27) past and present ed, er and ing endins.
Growing with Grammar: working with prepositions, building sentences and using prepositions and complex
sentences
Winning with Writing (Lessons 23-26) review, persuasive writing
Wordly wise Lesson 13-14
SR pg 90-104
April
Daily Science (Big idea 6.) Bugs, and fireflies
Soaring with Spelling: (Lessons 28-30) cons tenant wh, ch, tch, sh and a review
Growing with Grammar: working with prepositions, punctuation, and a review lesson
Winning with Writing (Lessons 27-30) persuasive writing
Wordly wise Lesson 15-16
SR pg 106-120
May
Daily Science (Big idea 6.) Fire works, hands on activity Hy Pop!
Soaring with Spelling: (Lessons 31-34) words with oi, oy, ou, and ow. Greek and Latin prefixes/suffixes
Growing with Grammar: working with punctuation, capitalization, anonyms, antonyms
Winning with Writing (Lessons 31-34) how to write introductions, cause and effect, and giving directions
Wordly wise Lesson 17-18
SR pg 122-136
June
Daily Science (End of the year review)
Soaring with Spelling: (End of year review)
Growing with Grammar: End of year review
Winning with Writing (Lessons 35-36)
Wordly wise Lesson 19-20
SR pg. 138-150
Progress Criteria/Methods of Evaluation:
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For all learning activities, formative assessment will be conducted throughout the duration of the course and noted
in the monthly progress. Summative assessments will be scheduled as deemed appropriate in content and skill
areas where a summative assessment aids the teacher and parent to determine the student’s progress. Timelines for
student work samples and progress reviews are outlined in the Learning Activities section of this learning plan.
This student is on a continuous progress, individualized assessment schedule that is reviewed and modified as
needed. The POD teacher is the certificated teacher responsible for the student’s WSLP, including the on-going
review of all on-site and off-site classes.
Cedars Code:
This section will be completed in WINGS by the Teacher Consultant when approving off-site course.