Plain Local Schools—5th Grade

2012-2013 1st Nine Weeks Planner

Week / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1 / August / 22
First Day for Students
Icebreakers / 23
Safety Rules/Procedures (begin video) / 24
Eco-Column Letter
Chapter 1/Lesson 1
Vocabulary
2 / 27
Hazard/Precations
C1/L1 Vocabulary / 28
H/P Game
Parts of a Map WS / 29
Safety Video
Parts of Map Practice Rotations / 30
Safety Quiz
Sandwich Day / 31
Teacher In-service
No Students
3 / September 3
Labor Day-
No School / 4
Measurement
Political/Physical Maps / 5
Measurement
Continents/
Hemispheres / 6
Measurement
Continent/Hemis. Practice /

7

Meaurement Quiz
Continent Quiz #1
4 / 10
BEGIN ECO:
Biotic/Abiotic Nature Quest
Latitude/Long. WS / 11
Riverbed Ecosystem WS
Lat./Long. Practice / 12
Producers: Reading in Ranger Rick
Lat./Long. Practic / 13
Producers/Photo.
Lat./Long. Practice / 14
Intro. Herbivores, Omnivores, Carnivores
Lat./Long. Practice
5 / 17
Herb./Omn./Carn. WS
Review Lat./Long. / 18
Predator/Prey
(Streaming Video)
Study Guide / 19
Build Eco-Columns
Graphic Organizer:
Living Things
Review Game / 20
Build Eco-Columns
Intro. Observations
Map Skills Test / 21
Eco-Column Journals/Observat.
Sandwich Day
6 / 24
Ecosystem Word Sort/Review
Chapter 1/L2 Notes / 25
Ecosystem Quiz
C1/L2 con’t. / 26
Intro. Food Chains
Practice WS
Finish C1/L2 / 27
Food Chains con’t.
Types of Resources
WS / 28
Ecolumns—Prep for organisms
Resources con’t.
7 / October 1
Intro. Food Webs
Chapter 1/L3 Notes
Begin Regions Quizes / 2
Create Food Web with Yarn
Video: Geo. Reg. of US / 3
Intro. Trophic Levels for Webs
Intro. Regions Project--Postcards / 4
Tropic Level Practice WS
Regions Postcards / 5
Add Organisms to Eco-Columns
Regions Postcards
8 / 8
No School / 9
Eco-Column Obs.
Sandwich Day / 10
Review for Food Chain/Web Quiz
Regions Quiz / 11
Food Web/Chain Quiz
Postcards Due / 12
Intro. Food Web Project
Chapter 1/L4
9 / 15
Teacher In-service
No Students / 16
Food Web Project
Research
Postcard Presentations / 17
Food Web Project
Finish C1/L4 / 18
Food Web Project
Regions Quiz / 19
End of 1st 9-weeks
Food Webs due!
Sandwich Day
1 / October 22
Changes in Ecosystems
Review Game / 23
Changes in Ecosystems
Chapter 1 Test / 24
Adaptations Packet
begin WS
Intro. S. America
US Video / 25
Adaptations packet
South America: weather/landforms WS / 26
Finish adaptations
Adaptation video
South America cont

Plain Local Schools—5th Grade

Week / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
2 / 29
Intro. Create-a-Creature
S. America Project / 30
Create-a-Creature
due!
S. America Project / 31
Symbiosis Article
“Odd Couples”
S. America Project / November 1
Symbiosis Powerpoint
S. America Project / 2
Symbiosis: A Perfect Pair? Activity
S. America Project
3 / 5
Study Guide for Ecosystem CA
Finalize S. Am. / 6
Study Guide for Ecosystem CA
S. Am. Project due! / 7
Review Game for Ecosystem CA
Feared Animals of
Amazon / 8
Ecosystem CommonAssess.
Easter Island WS / 9
Finish Ecosystem CA/Sandwich
Veterans Day Activity
4 / 12
Finding Science in Finding Nemo / 13
Science Fair Packet
Introduction
Chapter 2/L1 Notes / 14
Science Fair Topic Selection
C2/L1 con’t. / 15
Science Fair:
Science Buddies
History-Prehistory
Caves of Laux. / 16
Science Fair:
Topic due
History-Prehistory
5 / 19
Science Fair:
Question Due
Objects of Mystery Game w/ WS / 20
Hypothesis and Variables (Paper Airplane Lab)
Objects of Mystery / 21
Finish Paper Airplane Lab
Sandwich Day / 22
Thanksgiving Break
No School / 23
Thanksgiving Break
No School
6 / 26
Thanksgiving Break—No School / 27
Review variables—Var. in SF Packet
Motel of Mystery Reading / 28
Variables—IM DR CONTROL WS
Create an Artifact Project / 29
Science Fair—Variables due
Create and Artifact Project / 30
Intro. Hypothesis
HW—write SF hyp.
Artifacts due/Presentations
7 / December 3
Science Fair:
Hypothsis due
Assign Beringia vocabulary / 4
Science Fair:
Intro. Log Book
What is Beringia? / 5
Science Fair: Materials List
Beringia Creative Writing Piece / 6
What is the Procedure: Lab
Beringia Creative Writing Piece / 7
Procedure Lab
Beringia Writing Pieces due!
8 / 10
Science Fair:
Into. to Materials
What is Culture?
Smart Activity /

11

Science Fair:
Analysis/Graphing
7 Patterns of Culture/Video /

12

Science Fair:
Analysis-Graphing
Activity
Culture Drawings /

13

Science Fair:
Analysis-Graphing
Activity
Culture Drawings / 14
Science Fair:
Into. Conclusion
Culture in Children’s Lit.
9 / 17
Identifying Steps of Scientific Method
Finish Culture in Children’s Lit. /

18

Rotation Practice for Sci.Method
Review Game for Quiz /

19

Review for SM Quiz
Quiz over Prehistory/Culture /

20

Scientific Method Quiz
Sandwich Day / 21
Holiday Activities
MUST BEGIN SCIENCE FAIR OVER BREAK!
10 / Winter Recess
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 / January 3
Science Fair: Log Book due!
Movie: Messages in Stone/WS /

4

Science Fair: Ind. Conferences
Mayan Map/Intro. Mayan Culture
11 / 7
Science Fair: Board Construction Days
Mayan Vocabulary and cities / 8
Science Fair: Board Construction Days
Mayan Hieroglyphs
worksheet / 9
Science Fair: Board Construction Days
Mayan Brochure
and notes / 10
Science Fair: Board Construction Days
Complete brochure/
notes / 11
Science Fair: Board Construction Days
Mayan brochure
notes

2012-2013 2nd Nine Weeks Planner

Plain Local Schools—5th Grade

2012-2013 3rdNine Weeks Planner

Week / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1 / January 14
Science Fair: Display Board due
Mayan Study Guide/Review / 15
Science Fair: Presentations
Mayan Quiz / 16
Science Fair: Presentations
Sandwich Day / 17
Science Fair: Presentations
Sandwich Day / 18
Inservice Day—No Students
End of 2nd 9-weeks
2 / 21
Martin Luther King Jr. Day No School / 22
Earth & Space:
Vocabulary Intro.
Begin Aztecs: video / 23
E&S: Wrecked on the moon activity
Aztec Notes—Stations w/readings / 24
E&S: Review the wreck
Aztec Notes—Stations w/readings / 25
“Earth: Our Home Planet” Reading
Aztec Notes—Stations w/readings
3 / 28
Water Cycle: Vocab./Smartboard
Aztec Notes—Stations w/readings / 29
Condensation-Cloud Types
Aztec Smartboard
Notes / 30
Weather vocab.
Aztec Smartboard
Notes / 31
Weather Reading and worksheet
Reading: “The Aztecs” / February 1
Water Cycle Quiz
Memory Matching Game
4 / 4
Reading Weather Map Activity
Quiz on Aztecs / 5
Reading Weather Map Activity
Multitier Timeline:
Aztec/Mayans / 6
Reading Weather Map Activity
Multitier Timeline:
Aztec/Mayans / 7
Patterns: Rot./Rev. Day/Night
Intro. Incas/Inca Map / 8
Patterns: Rot./Rev. Day/Night
Inca Reading with Jigsaw Activity
5 / 11
Teacher Work Day
President’s Day / 12
Patterns: Phases of Moon (cut/glue ws)
Finish jigsaw—group share out / 13
Patterns: Why Seasons?
Inca: adaptations, Soc./Pol. Organiz. / 14
Patterns: Seasons worksheet
Review Incas / 15
Seasons Video—Study Guide
Inca Quiz
6 / 18
President’s Day—NO SCHOOL / 19
Review Patterns of Solar System
Ancient Americans Review / 20
Quiz: Patterns of the Solar System
Ancient Americans
Quiz (open note) / 21
Objects in the Solar System: Planets
Black History Packet / 22
Objects in the Solar System: Planets
Black History Packet
7 / 25
Objects in the Solar System: Planets
My Friend Martin Luther Video / 26
Objects in the Solar System: Planets
My Friend Martin Luther Video / 27
Objects in the Solar System: Asteroids and comets
Study Guide / 28
Solar System Review
Sandwich Day / March 1
Solar System Common Assessment
Sandwich Day
8 / 4
Reading: “Energy on Earth”
American Indians:
Canadian Tribes / 5
Energy on Earth Worksheet
American Indians:
Canadian Tribes / 6
Bill Nye: Energy Video
American Indians:
North Am. Tribes / 7
Potential/Kinetic Energy
American Indians:
North Am. Tribes / 8
Potential/Kinetic Energy and 7 Forms of Energy Intro.
Sandwich Day
9 / 11
Light Energy: Read “The Wonder of Light” w/ ws
N. American Tribes / 12
Light Energy Notes/Smartboard
Why we see color?
N. American Tribes / 13
Light Energy: Reflection (Laser Tag?)
N. American Tribes / 14
Light Energy: Refraction and Absorbtion
Review Tribes / 15
Intro. Sound Energy: Reading “A Wonder of Sound”
Am. Ind. Quiz
10 / 18
Sound Energy: Notes/Smartboard
Effects of Colonization Act. / 19
Sound Energy: Station Rotation Lab
Colonization Act. / 20
Sound Energy: Station Rotation Lab
Colonization Act. / 21
Sound Energy: Build Instruments
Colonization Act. / 22
End of 3rd Nine Weeks
Sound Energy: Instruments

Plain Local Schools—5th Grade

2012-2013 4th Nine Weeks Planner

Week / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1 / Spring Break
March 25-April 1 / April 2
Review Light, Sound Energy – SG
Systems of Government / 3
Review Light, Sound Energy—Study Guide
Types of Govn’t. / 4
Energy Quiz
Types of Govn’t. / 5
Thermal Energy: Video Intro. w/ w.s.
Forms of Goven’t.
Graphic Organizer
2 / 8
Thermal Energy: Conductor/Insulator
Economics: Trade and Specialization / 9
Thermal Energy: Lab/Activities
Economics: Trade and Specialization / 10
Electrical Energy: Circuit Websites
Economics: Trade and Specialization / 11
Electric Energy: Build Circuits
Economics: Trade and Specialization / 12
Electromagnetism:
Build Magnets and Graph
Continue economics
3 / 15
Electromagnetism:
Finish graphing and Study Guide
Con’t. Economics / 16
Intro. Energy Transformations
Economics: Trade and Specialization / 17
Energy Transformations Station Lab
Con’t economics / 18
Study Guide/Review
Economics: Trade and Specialization / 19
Quiz over Thermal, Electrical Energy
Sandwich Day
4 / 22
OAA REVIEW
Economics Project / 23
OAA REVIEW
Economics Project / 24
OAA REVIEW
Economics Project / 25
OAA REVIEW
Economics Project / 26
OAA REVIEW
Economics Project
5 / 29
OAA REVIEW
Economics Project / 30
OAA REVIEW
Economics Project / May 1
OAA REVIEW
Economics Project / 2
OAA REVIEW
Economics Project / 3
OAA REVIEW
Economics Project
6 / 6
OAA REVIEW / 7
OAA REVIEW / 8
OAA REVIEW / 9
OAA REVIEW / 10
OAA REVIEW
7 / 13
Health: Self-Concept Reading / 14
Health: Self-Concept Hats / 15
Health: Intro. Body Systems Packets / 16
Health: finish Body Systems Packets / 17
Health: Review Body Systems Packets
8 / 20
Health: Quiz over Body Systems / 21
Health: Body Systems Drawings / 22
Health: Body Systems Drawings / 23
Health: Body Systems Drawings / 24
Health: Body Systems Drawings
9 / 27
Memorial Day—
No School / 28
Last Week of School Activities / 29
Last Week of School Activities / 30
Last Day for Students / 31
STAFF LAST DAY!
NO STUDENTS!