Library Six Weeks At-A-Glance

Grade 5 Unit 3 Theme: Using Your Wits Essential Question: How can you use your intelligence to outwit others? OI: Systems

Literature Selection / Genre / Technology / Media / Comprehension Strategies and Skills / Vocabulary Strategies / Text Features/
Literary Elements/
Study Skills / Writing / OI Guiding questions / 3rd Six Weeks OI:
Systems
The Catch of the Day: A Trickster Play
By Angela S. Medearis
Illustr. by Wendy Hollander /
Main Selection
Literary Text/ Drama
Paired Selection
Literary Text/Fable / McGraw-Hill Texas Treasures TE p. 381 I, J
TERMS
email
attachment
toolbar
virus
MEDIA LITERACY
Distinguish between news (informative)and advertisement (persuasive)
Identify features of a newspaper (headlines, bylines, captions, international / local, front page, sections, 6-?s (who what where when why how) /
Strategy
Analyze Story Structure
Skill
Theme
Spiral Review
Character and Setting / Analogies: Antonyms/ Synonyms / Metaphor and Moral / Trait
Voice
Narration and Dialogue / How does exploring natural and
man-made systems enable us to better understand our universe?
How do systems help make the
United States a strong nation?
What is your role in maintaining
and protecting systems in our
world? / SOCIAL STUDIES
Government
Mayflower Compact
U.S. Constitution /
Articles of Confederation
Preamble
3 Branches
Checks and Balances
Federal and State
Responsibilities
Bill of Rights /
Amendments,
ratification
Madison, Mason, Hamilton, Pinckney, Sherman
US symbols—Uncle Sam, donkey, elephant
National leaders / offices
Whig / Federalist /
political parties
Pledge of Allegiance
National holidays
National landmarks—
White House, Statue
of Liberty, Mt
Rushmore
SCIENCE p. 2
The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring
By
Ruth Sanderson / Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fairy Tale
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / Strategy
Summarize
Skill
Sequence
Spiral Review
Theme /
Homophones /
Venn Diagram /
Trait
Voice
Mixing Narration with Dialogue
Tricky Tales
Time For Kids
Informational /
Main Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / Strategy
Summarize
Skill
Compare and Contrast
Spiral Review
Sequence /
Homographs /
Study Strategies /
Fictional Narrative
Literature Selection / Genre / Technology / Media / Comprehension Strategies and Skills / Vocabulary Strategies / Text Features/
Literary Elements/
Study Skills / Writing / OI Guiding questions / 3rd Six Weeks OI:
Systems
Blancaflor
By Alma Flor Ada
Illustr. by Valerie Sokolova / Main Selection
Literary Text/ Folktale
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / IC: Maps 101 (solar system)
Google Earth (Mount Rushmore, solar system)
PowerPoint
Additional resources:
Library of Congress
www.loc.gov
Gov’t docs for children (useful links)
http://govdocs4children.pbworks.com/
Official Kids Portal –Us Gov’t
http://www.kids.gov/ / Strategy
Visualize
Skill
Theme
Spiral Review
Compare and Contrast / Context Clues: Figurative Language / Tables / Trait
Word Choice
Character Development /
SCIENCE
systems / water cycle
Sun / Earth/ Moon—rotate, revolve, orbit,
axis, seasons, axis, gravitational, phase, eclipse-- solar / lunar
convex lens, concave
lens—reflection,
refraction
refracting telescope
energy--mechanical,
light, thermal,
electrical, sound
electrical circuits
electromagnetic fields
space travel, Sputnik, space race, NASA,
US missions /
manned space program
The Unbreakable Code
by Sara H. Hunter
Ilustr. by
Julia Miner / Main Selection
Literary Text/ Historical Fiction
Paired Selection
Literary Text/Poetry / Strategy
Visualize
Skill
Author’s Perspective
Spiral Review
Theme / Context Clues / Consonance and Symbolism / Trait
Word Choice
Plot Development
Review Week

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