5 T H GRADE
WEEK
1
June
11 - 14
WEEK AT A GLANCE
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Establish Classroom Community
Science
Investigating Models of Matter
 SESSION 1.1 – Page 16
READING
Made of Matter
 SESSION 1.2 – Page 30
SCIENCE INQUIRY
Separating an Ink Mixture
ELAR
 Establish Workshop Model
Routine – Daily 5
 Istation testing (first round)
LTR – listen to reading - included in
science block
RTO – read to others (small group)
RTS – read to self – istation
WW – word work – vocabulary
W – writing - response
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO - Establish group norms for
small group reading/ Made of
Matter
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: atom,
chromatography, liquid, matter,
mixture, molecule, property, solid,
substance
 W – What is matter? How do you
know?
Math
 Establish Tabor Rotation (modified
version)
 Introduce small group materials:
Think Tanks, 24 Game, Cut-ups
 Introduce Sundry Notes
Math
 Monitor small groups using small
group materials and computer
stations (BigBrainz; Moby Math)
McKinney Independent School District
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Science
Investigating Models of Matter
 SESSION 1.3 – Page 48
SCIENCE INQUIRY
Exploring Models of
Chromatography
 SESSION 1.4 – Page 64
LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
Making Observations and
Inferences
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Made of Matter/ making
observations & inferences
 RTS – istation
 WW – draw: atom,
chromatography, liquid, matter,
mixture, molecule, property, solid,
substance
 W – How are molecules different?
Science
Investigating Models of Matter
 SESSION 1.5 – Page 80
SCIENCE/LITERACY
Making Sense of Chromatography:
Part 1
 SESSION 1.6 – Page 94
READING
Breaking It Down: How Scientists
Separate Mixtures
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Made of Matter/ making
observations & inferences
 RTS – istation
 WW – example/ non-example of
words from the week
 W – What is chromatography?
Math
 First Capacity lesson: establish
basic understandings of students in
class
Math
 Complete first lesson
2011-2012
5 T H GRADE
WEEK
2
June
18 - 21
WEEK AT A GLANCE
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Science
Investigating Models of Matter
 SESSION 1.7 – Page 106
SCIENCE INQUIRY
Evaluating Models
 SESSION 1.8 – Page 118
LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
Writing Explanations of
Chromatography
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Break it Down/ inferring
from text and text features
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: claim, diagram,
evidence, explanation, inference,
model, observe, scientific
community
 W – Explain chromatography
Science
Investigating Models of Matter
 SESSION 1.9 – Page 130
SCIENCE INQUIRY
Exploring Chromatography Systems
 SESSION 1.10 – Page 146
SCIENCE/LITERACY
Making Sense of Chromatography:
Part 2
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Break it Down/ inferring
from text and text features
 RTS – istation
 WW – draw: claim, diagram,
evidence, explanation, inference,
model, observe, scientific
community
 W – Explain chromatography
Science
Investigating Models of Matter
 SESSION 2.1 – Page 170
SCIENCE INQUIRY
Investigating Melting
 SESSION 2.2 – Page 186
SCIENCE INQUIRY
Exploring Models of Phase Change
Science
Investigating Models of Matter
 SESSION 2.3 – Page 204
READING
Phase Changes at Extremes
 SESSION 2.4 – Page 218
LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
Writing Explanations of the Melting
Investigation
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Break it Down/ prove it with
text evidence
 RTS – istation
 WW – synonym/ antonym of
words from the week
 W – What can we learn from
informational text?
Math
 2nd Capacity lesson, based on the
levels of the students
 Small groups: choose from Think
Tanks, 24 Game, Cut-ups, and
computer activities
Math
 2nd day of rotation
Math
 3rd Capacity lesson
 Repeat of small group activities
McKinney Independent School District
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Break it Down/ prove it with
text evidence
 RTS – istation
 WW – example/ non-example of
words from the week
 W – How can we make sense of
chromatography?
Math
 2nd day of rotation
2011-2012
5 T H GRADE
WEEK
June
25 - 28
WEEK AT A GLANCE
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Science
Investigating Models of Matter
 SESSION 2.5 – Page 230
SCIENCE/LITERACY
Making Sense of Phase Change:
Part 1
 SESSION 2.6 – Page 242
SCIENCE INQUIRY
Investigating Condensation and
Frost
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Phase Change at Extremes/
making connections
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: atom, energy,
phase, condensation, frost,
investigation
 W – When energy is taken away,
why do molecules or atoms slow
down?
Science
Investigating Models of Matter
 SESSION 2.7 – Page 256
SCIENCE INQUIRY
Evaluating Models of Change
 SESSION 2.8 – Page 266
READING
Science You Can’t See
Math
 4th Capacity lesson
Math
 2nd day of rotation
McKinney Independent School District
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Phase Change at Extremes/
making connections
 RTS – istation
 WW – draw: atom, energy, phase,
condensation, frost, investigation
 W – When energy is added, why do
molecules or atoms move faster?
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Science
Investigating Models of Matter
 SESSION 2.9 – Page 276
SCIENCE/LITERACY
Making Sense of Phase Change:
Part 2
 SESSION 2.10 – Page 286
LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
Writing Explanations of Matter
Mysteries
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Phase Change at Extremes/
making connections
 RTS – istation
 WW – example/ non-example of
words from the week
 W – What did you learn from this
unit?
Science
Math
 5th Capacity lesson, or alternative
AIM lesson (see Share Folder AIM
5).
Math
 2nd day of rotation (If using AIM
lessons, choose a second one for
this rotation.)
ELAR - Workstations
 RTS – istation – on demand testing
2011-2012
5 T H GRADE
WEEK AT A GLANCE
WEEK
MONDAY
4
July
9 - 12
Social Studies
Team Building & Early Americans
 Team Builder: Team Theme page 7
Team Builder: Survivor page 9
 Early Americans
Mission: Mound Moving page 26
Native American and Ancient
Monument Building
Social Studies
Early Americans
 Mission: Kachina Crafting page 31
Pueblo People and Traditional
Culture
 Mission: Long Longhouse page 37
The Iroquois and Native American
Settlements
Social Studies
Colonial America
 Mission: Smith’s Survival page 45
The Jamestown Colony and John
Smith
 Mission: Penn’s People page 57
William Penn and his Colony
Social Studies
Revolutionary America
 Mission: Trade Troubles page 65
Mercantile and Colonial Relations
with England
 Mission: Sons Signal page 71
The Stamp Act and the Sons of
Liberty
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Mound Moving article from
Mind Missions™
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: mound, ancient,
artifact, archeologist, burial,
serpent
 W – What were the mound
builders trying to accomplish?
ELAR – Workstations
 RTO – Kachina Crafting article from
Mind Missions™
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: pueblo, adobe,
mesa, pottery, craft, design
 W – How were the kachinas
perceived by the people?
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Time for Kids – 5th Grade
Issue 3 – Rebuilding Jamestown/
main idea & details
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: fort, colonist,
pilgrims, settlement, settler, colony
 W – What made life in the
Jamestown Colony so hard?
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Connect Ed-Leveled Reader
- Life in Colonial America/ details
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: port, port city, trade,
tax, cargo, blacksmith
 W – What are some differences
about colonial life and life today?
Math
 6th Capacity lesson
 Small group lessons
Math
 2nd day of rotation
Math
 7th Capacity lesson (Snack Mix 1)
Math
 2nd day of rotation
McKinney Independent School District
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
2011-2012
5 T H GRADE
WEEK AT A GLANCE
WEEK
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
5
July
16 - 19
Social Studies
Revolutionary America
 Mission: Ship Sunk page 77
The Continental Navy and John
Paul Jones
 Mission: Forge Feet page 83
Valley Forge and the Revolutionary
War
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Ship Sunk from Mind
Missions/ determine importance in
text
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: Navy, merchant,
ship, battle, enemy, damage
 W – How important were
merchant ships to the economy of
colonial America?
Social Studies
Revolutionary America
 Mission: Trade Troubles page 65
Mercantile and Colonial Relations
with England
 Mission: Sons Signal page 71
The Stamp Act and the Sons of
Liberty
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Sons Signal from Mind
Missions™/ determine importance
in text
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: Sons of Liberty,
liberty pole, liberty, taxes, Boston
Tea Party
 W – What did taxation without
representation mean?
Social Studies
A New and Growing Nation
 Mission: Constitution Cool Off page
91
The Constitutional Convention and
James Madison
 Mission: Party Planning page 97
Political Parties and their Symbols
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Connect Ed – Leveled
Reader – Our Founding Fathers/
main idea & details
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: revolutionary,
boycotted, protest, grievances,
rebellion, animate
 W – Why was freedom so
important to the colonists?
Social Studies
A New and Growing Nation
 Mission: Baby Bunk page 109
The Homestead Act and Pioneers
 Mission: Treaty Talks page 115
The Cherokee People and the Trail
of Tears
Math
 8th Capacity Lesson
 Small group lessons
Math
 2nd day of Rotation
Math
 9th Capacity Lesson
 Small group lessons
Math
 2nd day of Rotation
McKinney Independent School District
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Time For Kids – 5th Grade
Issue 7 – Trail of Tears/ context
clues & skim and scan
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: culture, American
Indian, sovereign, tribe, treaty,
prospector
 W – How did the Trail of Tears
impact American Indians?
2011-2012
5 T H GRADE
WEEK
6
July
23 - 26
WEEK AT A GLANCE
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Social Studies
A New and Growing Nation
 Mission: Rail Race page 121
The Transcontinental Railroad
Conflict and Change
 Mission: Wheel Work page 129
Early Factories and the Industrial
Revolution
Social Studies
Conflict and Change
 Mission: Balloon Blocker page 135
The Civil War and the Balloon
Corps
 Mission: A House Divided page 147
Abraham Lincoln and
Reconstruction
Social Studies
Twentieth Century
 Mission: Canal Cure page 155
The Panama Canal and Disease
 Mission: Money Maker page 161
The Great Depression and
Innovation
Social Studies
Twentieth Century & Reflection
 Mission: Sending Secrets page 167
World War II and Secret Codes
 Mission: Worker Welcome
page 173
Cesar Chavez and Migrant Workers
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Connect Ed – Leveled
Reader – A Growing Nation/ asking
questions
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: nation, industry,
population, importing, exporting,
factory
 W – What made the industrial
revolution so unique?
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Connect Ed – Leveled
Reader – Abraham Lincoln/ asking
questions
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: lawyer, territories,
unjust, seceded, civil war, honors
 W – How will Lincoln be
remembered?
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Connect Ed – Leveled
Reader – Dorothea Lange/
summarize
 RTS – istation
 WW – define: overcome, polio,
immigrant, Great Depression,
economy, migrant
 W – How are Dorothea’s pictures
important today?
ELAR - Workstations
 RTO – Presentation of Work
 RTS – istation- on demand
Math
 10th Capacity lesson or alternative
AIM lesson
Math
 2nd Day of Rotation (2nd alternative
AIM lesson)
Math
 11th Capacity lesson (Cookie lesson)
Math
 2nd Day of Rotation
McKinney Independent School District
2011-2012