5th Grade Yearly Learning Progression Plan (Sept-Jan)
5th Grade
Reading Strand
September
Fiction: Picture books for
genre, realistic fiction
Informational: Picture
books for genre, manners,
rules, citizenship
Poem per week
Foundational
Skills:
Writing
Speaking/
listening/
viewing
Language &
Conventions
October
Snow White Story
fables, Johnny Tremaine
Fiction: Anne of Green G
FictionInformational:
Government, biography,
auto-biography,
references
Poem per week
November
December
January
Sword and the Circle
Fiction: Folklore, fables,
fairy tales
Night before
Christmas, Best
Christmas Pageant
Ever, Matchstick Girl,
Christmas Carol,
holidays
Fiction: Mystery
Informational: Native
American, multicultural
holidays, poetry
Poem per week
Informational:
multicultural holidays,
poetry
Poem per week
Informational: Lewis
& Clark,
Poetry- music & art
Poem per week
Fairy Tales in alternate
setting
Biography & research
(expository)
Writing process
Ideas & organization
"I wanna Iguana",
"Alexander and the
Terrible, horrible, no
good, very bad day"
Letter to parent
(Persuasive)
Writing process
Word Choice
Poetry
Writing process
Voice
Review phonics, etymology (word work)
paragraphs- Descriptive
Writing process
collaborative discussions
at grade level with topics,
interpret information
given
Review: (mini-lessons) 9
parts of speech: ,
capitalization,
punctuation, Words Their
Way sorts;
Intro to Essay Writing,
Personal Narrative
(Narrative/Creative)
Writing process
Guest speaker- point of
view and support
Review pronouns; Add:
Perfect verb tense
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5th Grade Yearly Learning Progression Plan (Sept-Jan)
Math
Review: mult/div basic
facts, and mult-digit (up to
2-digit x 3-digit),
estimation, place value
(write, read with
expanded notation), ÷ 10s,
100s, 1000s.
Division: simple word
problems- distribute
evenly (2-digit /1-digit),
remainders with word
problems and decisions
for remainder,
Paper/pencil fractions in
remainder
2-digit, 3-digit or 4-digit
÷ 2-digit- materials only,
write answers only,
estimations, practice,
writing, without
materials- choice and
then none, check
answer with mult.
2-digit, 3-digit, 4-digit /
2-digit (same process)
data- mean, median,
range, using doublebar graphs; create and
interpret basic graphs
Algebra
Data analysis
Use and interpret data by making bar graphs, Venn diagrams and timelines
Geometry /
Measurement
Math/Algebra
Real World Problems; f(x)
Real World Problems; f(x)
Real World Problems;
f(x)
Science- Y1
Scientific Method
Earth Science/Botany
Water cycle
Science- Y2
Scientific Foundations
Metric System:
*metric sticks
*kuter
*containers
*gram scales
*metric book
Rocks
Meteorology
Science- Y3
Types of fractions,
decimals (.1,
.01,.001), equivalent
fractions 1/2 - 1/12,
compare fractions
with bar fractions
Decimals: millionths
& millions (read, write
in expanded form),
More or less: .1,.01,
.001; continue with
number line, improper
and mixed
Geology
Identify and classify 3dimensional figures by
the number of edges,
faces, & vertices
Measurement: rulers; (cubes, prisms,
inches, feet and yards. pyramids). Recognize
Liquid measurements. and draw a net.
Real World Problems; Real World Problems;
f(x)
f(x)
Conservations (Earth
Energy: Solids, liquids,
Science)
gases
conservation:
Energy: Wavelength
Recycling
(light and sound)
Conservation:
Renewable vs. nonrenewable
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5th Grade Yearly Learning Progression Plan (Sept-Jan)
Time for Kids 4-6 (Science & Social Studies)
Social StudiesY1
Review Citizenship
(classroom, school & US)
Social StudiesY2
Social StudiesY3
Current Issue: issue,
different perspectives,
action plan, data/graph
Governments: tribal
(sovereignty) vs.
federalism, levels and
roles (local, state &
national), branchesroles/responsibilities,
selected,
interaction/relationship,
funding
checkbooks (salary,
producers,
consumers)
Fundraisers for
Audubon
marketplace with
taxes
Map & TODALS: US
regions (land use,
settlement, major
cities, natural
resources), Mexico
and Canada
Map & TODALS: 13
colonies (physical
features, land use,
colonization,
settlements)
Map & TODALS:
Minnesota (physical
features, land use,
colonization,
settlements)
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