FIFTH GRADE
Schedule Room 214
Monday @ 1:30, Wed. @ 8:15, Friday @ 9:15
Schedule Room 216
Monday @ 10:30, Wed. @ 9:15, Friday @ 8:15
CLASS 1 - MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015
Science To Brag About
Students will look at a variety of science disciplines and determine their branch.
CLASS 2 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
Theme 17 Metamorphosis: Undergoing A Metamorphosis
Students will learn about animals that metamorphose and the different stages involved.
HW: THEME 17 VOCABULARY
CLASS 3 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
Completing Theme 17 Metamorphosis: Undergoing A Metamorphosis
Students will learn about animals that metamorphose and the different stages involved.
CLASS 4 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Theme 18 Evolution: Life On Earth
Students will learn how life developed on Earth with a few examples.
HW: THEME 18 VOCABULARY
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 (Theme 17 and 18 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 5 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
Completing Theme 18 Evolution: Life On Earth
Students will learn how life developed on Earth with a few examples.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 (Theme 17 and 18 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 6 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Class review of Theme 17: Metamorphosis and Theme 18: Evolution
Theme 19 Activity: Playing Hide-and-Seek With Light
Students will understand that plants need light and that different varieties of plants need different quantities of light.
Theme 19 Energy of Living Things: How Do Plants Eat
Students will learn about the principal needs of plants and the principles of photosynthesis.
HW: THEME 19 VOCABULARY
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 (Theme 17 and 18 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 7 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Theme 17: Metamorphosis and Theme 18: Evolution TEST
CLASS 8 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
Completing Theme 19 Energy of Living Things: How Do Plants Eat
Students will learn about the principal needs of plants and the principles of photosynthesis.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 (Theme 19 workbook and textbook pages)
HW: BRING TWO PLASTIC YOGURT CONTAINERS OR SIMILAR (ONE APPROXIMATELY 1 KG AND ANOTHER APPROXIMATELY 100 GRAMS).
CLASS 9 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
Class review of Theme 19: Energy of Living Things
Theme 20 Plant Reproduction: How Do Plants Reproduce?
Students will make the distinction between sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction. Students will discover the principal methods of asexual reproduction.
HW: THEME 20 VOCABULARY
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 (Theme 19 workbook and textbook pages)
HW: BRING TWO PLASTIC YOGURT CONTAINERS OR SIMILAR (ONE APPROXIMATELY 1 KG AND ANOTHER APPROXIMATELY 100 GRAMS).
CLASS 10 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Returning Theme 17: Metamorphosis and Theme 18: Evolution Test
Theme 19: Energy of Living Things TEST
Continuing Theme 20 Plant Reproduction: How Do Plants Reproduce?
Students will make the distinction between sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction. Students will discover the principal methods of asexual reproduction.
HW: BRING TWO PLASTIC YOGURT CONTAINERS OR SIMILAR (ONE APPROXIMATELY 1 KG AND ANOTHER APPROXIMATELY 100 GRAMS)
CLASS 11 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
Completing Theme 20 Plant Reproduction: How Do Plants Reproduce?
Students will make the distinction between sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction. Students will discover the principal methods of asexual reproduction.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 (Theme 20 workbook and textbook pages)
HW: BRING TWO PLASTIC YOGURT CONTAINERS OR SIMILAR (ONE APPROXIMATELY 1 KG AND ANOTHER APPROXIMATELY 100 GRAMS)
CLASS 12 - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015
Theme 21 Biotechnology: The Wonders of Biotechnology
Students will learn about biotechnology and a few applications of biotechnology.
HW: THEME 21 VOCABULARY
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 (Theme 20 workbook and textbook pages)
HW: BRING TWO PLASTIC YOGURT CONTAINERS OR SIMILAR (ONE APPROXIMATELY 1 KG AND ANOTHER APPROXIMATELY 100 GRAMS)
CLASS 13 - MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015
Returning Theme 19: Energy of Living Things Test
Class review of Theme 20: Plant Reproduction
TomatoSphere Activity
Students will plant tomato seeds, which are either from a control group or from a group that is "primed."
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 (Theme 20 workbook and textbook pages)
HW: BRING ONE PLASTIC YOGURT CONTAINER OR SIMILAR (APPROXIMATELY 100 GRAMS)
CLASS 14 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015
Theme 20: Plant Reproduction TEST
Continuing Theme 21 Biotechnology: The Wonders of Biotechnology
Students will learn about biotechnology and a few applications of biotechnology.
HW: BRING ONE PLASTIC YOGURT CONTAINER OR SIMILAR (APPROXIMATELY 100 GRAMS)
HW: PRACTICE FOR CARIBOU MATH CONTEST @ WWW.CARIBOUTESTS.COM - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
CLASS 15 - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015
Theme 20 Activity: Clones are Among Us!
Students will see that cloning is a reproductive technique, commonly used for plants. Students will plant a piece of a potato with buds and observe the changes as it grows.
Continuing Theme 21 Biotechnology: The Wonders of Biotechnology
Students will learn about biotechnology and a few applications of biotechnology.
HW: PRACTICE FOR CARIBOU MATH CONTEST @ WWW.CARIBOUTESTS.COM - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
CLASS 16 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015
Continuing TomatoSphere Activity
Students will observe how their tomato seeds have grown, which are either from a control group or from a group that is "primed."
Completing Theme 21 Biotechnology: The Wonders of Biotechnology
Students will learn about biotechnology and a few applications of biotechnology.
CLASS 17 - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015
Caribou Math Contest 1 of 6
CLASS 18 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015
Returning Theme 20: Plant Reproduction Test
Theme 22 Plant Motion: Plants That Move
Students will learn about plant motion and discover what influences plant motion.
HW: THEME 22 VOCABULARY
CLASS 19 - MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015
Theme 22 Activity: Clever Roots
Students will realize that roots of a plant tend to grow downwards. This reaction, caused by gravity, is known as geotropism.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 (Theme 21 and 22 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 20 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015
Theme 23 Animal Adaptation: Adaptation: A Question of Survival
Students will learn about adaptation and discover a few means of adaptation used by animals.
HW: THEME 23 VOCABULARY
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 (Theme 21 and 22 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 21 - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015
Class review of Theme 21: Biotechnology and Theme 22: Plant Motion
Continuing Theme 23 Animal Adaptation: Adaptation: A Question of Survival
Students will learn about adaptation and discover a few means of adaptation used by animals.
HW: THEME 23 VOCABULARY
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 (Theme 21 and 22 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 22 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015
Theme 21: Biotechnology and Theme 22: Plant Motion TEST
Completing Theme 20 and Theme 22 Activities - Plant observations
CLASS 23 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2015
Completing Theme 23 Animal Adaptation: Adaptation: A Question of Survival
Students will learn about adaptation and discover a few means of adaptation used by animals.
Theme 24 Activity: What Is Hiding in the Air?
Students will understand and realize that air contains dust.
CLASS 24 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015
Theme 24 Air Pollution: I Have a Right to Breathe Clean Air!
Students will discover the causes of air pollution and some of the ways to fight air pollution.
HW: THEME 24 VOCABULARY
CLASS 25 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2015
Theme 1 Hardness: That's Hard! Hard as ...
Students will learn how to distinguish between flexibility, tenacity and hardness. Students will discover a method of comparing the hardness of one material with that of another.
HW: THEME 1 VOCABULARY
CLASS 26 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Returning Theme 21: Biotechnology and Theme 22: Plant Motion Test
Theme 1 Activity: Hard as Nails!
Students will learn a method for determining the hardness of materials and to realize that not all hard objects have the same hardness.
Completing Theme 1 Hardness: That's Hard! Hard as ...
Students will learn how to distinguish between flexibility, tenacity and hardness. Students will discover a method of comparing the hardness of one material with that of another.
HW: PRACTICE FOR CARIBOU MATH CONTEST @ WWW.CARIBOUTESTS.COM - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
CLASS 27 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
Class review of Theme 23: Animal Adaptation and Theme 24: Air Pollution
Theme 2 Activity: To Rust or Not to Rust
Students will determine the materials that can rust.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (Theme 23 and 24 workbook and textbook pages)
HW: PRACTICE FOR CARIBOU MATH CONTEST @ WWW.CARIBOUTESTS.COM - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
CLASS 28 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Teacher Strike - NO SCHOOL / NO CLASSES
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (Theme 23 and 24 workbook and textbook pages)
HW: PRACTICE FOR CARIBOU MATH CONTEST @ WWW.CARIBOUTESTS.COM - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
CLASS 29 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015
Caribou Math Contest 2 of 6
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (Theme 23 and 24 workbook and textbook pages)
CLASS 30 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Theme 23: Animal Adaptation and Theme 24: Air Pollution TEST