Curriculum Map 5th Grade 2015 -2016 *dates and topics are tentative and subject to change Math August: Multiple Multi-Digit Whole Numbers and Order of Operations (Unit 1) September: Adding and Subtracting with Decimals (Unit 2) October: Multiplying and Dividing with Decimals (Unit 3) November/December: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Fractions (Unit 4) January: Characteristics and Attributes of 2D Figures (Unit 5) February: Volume and Measurement (Unit 6) March: Geometry and Coordinate Planes (Unit 7) April: GMAS May: Bridges (Unit 8) Social Studies August: Citizenship and Bill of Rights (Unit 1) September: Civil War (Unit 2) and Reconstruction (Unit 3) October: Turn of the Century (Unit 4) November: World War I and Post World War II (Unit 5) December: Great Depression (Unit 6a) January: New Deal (Unit 6b) and World War II (Unit 7) February: Cold War (Unit 8) March: Civil Rights (Unit 9) April: America since 1975 (Unit 10) and GMAS May: Personal Finance (Unit 11) Science August: Life Science Classification (Unit 1) September: Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors (Unit 2) October: Cells - Plants, Animals, Single and Multi (Unit 3) November: Microorganisms (Unit 4) December: Constructive and Destructive Processes (Unit 5) January: Physical Science Mass (Unit 6) February: Physical and Chemical Changes (Unit 7) March: Electricity and Magnetism (Unit 8) April: GMAS May: Inventor Project (Unit 9) Reading August: Comprehension Strategies (Unit 1) and Making Inferences - Nonfiction and Informational (Unit 2) September: Summarizing (Unit 3) and Reasoning/Evidence to Support Points Text (Unit 4 INF) October: Themes (Unit 4 LIT), Main Idea/Supporting Details (Unit 5 INF), Understanding Characters/Plot/Setting (Unit 5 LIT) November: Relationships between 2 Events, Ideas, and Concepts (Unit 6 INF), Point of View (Unit 6 LIT), and Determining the Meaning of Words or Phrases (Unit 7 INF) December: Poetry/Prose/Drama (Unit 7 LIT) and Text Structures (Unit 8 INF) January: Figurative Language – Metaphors and Similes (Unit 8 LIT) and Analyzing Multiple Accounts (Unit 9 INF) February: Text and Visuals (Unit 9 LIT), Print and Digital Sources (Unit 10 INF), and Compare and Contrast Same Genre Stories (Unit 10 LIT) March: Combining Texts (Unit 11 INF) and GMAS Review April: GMAS May: Reader’s Theater Language Arts August: Context Clues (Unit 1), Roots/Affixes (Unit 2), Conjunctions and Correlative Conjunctions (Unit 3) September: Prepositions (Unit 4), Interjections (Unit 5), Verb Tenses – Shifts and Perfect (Unit 6) October: Commas – Series, Intro, Y/N, Tag, and Direct (Unit 7), Titles (Unit 8), Spelling (Unit 9) November: Expanding, Reducing, and Combining Sentences (Unit 10), Dialects (Unit 11) December: Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs (Unit 12), Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms (Unit 13) January: Context Clues Part 2 (Unit 14), Roots and Affixes Part 2 (Unit 15) February: Conjunctions, Interjections, and Prepositions Part 2 (Unit 16), Verb Tenses Part 2 (Unit 17), and Commas Part 2 (Unit 18) March: Antonyms, Synonyms, and Homonyms Part 2 (Unit 19) and Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs Part 2 (Unit 20) April: GMAS May: Year Review/6th Grade Prep Writing August/September/October: Personal Narrative November/December: Informational January/February/March: Opinion April: GMAS May: Memoirs