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//5th grade Professional Collaborative Inquiry Goals for 2007-2008//

1. In order to determine students’ understanding of scientific concepts and skills, the fifth grade team will begin creating standard based UbDs with common assessments, with at least one performance assessment.

2. Through review of state social studies standards, the fifth grade team will begin creating UbDs with common assessments.

3, The fifth grade team will continue to focus on technology and writing integration

[|NECC Websites] - here you will find websites that we discovered, or rediscovered at NECC

__**//Visit our portal s for student activities pertaining to standards covered.//**__ __[|Buhler 5 Portal]__

__//5th Grade Curriculum Maps://__ August: __Reading:__ __Math: Real World Problem Solving,__ __Writing:Summer experience - ideas and content, organization__ __Science: Scientific Method__ __Social Studies: Map skills and exploration__

September: __Reading:__ __Math:__ __determining whether a problem calls for an exact or approximate answer__, decimals and place value __Writing:voice, word choice, conventions__ __Science: Body Systems__ __Social Studies: New World__ __Special: Reading Common Assessment 1__

__October:__ __Reading:__ __Math:____, equations, graphing ordered pairs, function table__ __Writing:Spooky house story - word choice, sentence fluency, conventions__ __Science: Body systems__ __Social Studies:__ __Special: Math Common Assessment 1__

__November:__ __Reading:__ __Math: mean, median, mode, range, interprets data__ __Writing:Written and Illustrated - all 6 Traits__ __Science: Body Systems/Health/Human Growth and Development__ __Social Studies: Colonization; structure of colonies__ __Special: District Wide 5th grade Health Fair **Monday before Thanksgiving**__

__December:__ __Reading:__ __Math: Fractions, GCF, LCM, prime factorization__ __Writing:Written and Illustrated__ __Science: Erosion, Layers of Earth, (properties of solid earth); Model Water Cycle__ __Social Studies: French and Indian War__ __Special: Math Common Assessment 2__

__January:__ __Reading:__ __Math: Fractions, estimation using fractions__ __Writing:__ __Science: Earth Science Unit (rock & water)__ __Social Studies: Taxation (causes)__

__February:__ __Reading:__ __Math: measurement, converting within the customary system, 3-D shapes__ __Writing:assessment__ __Science: ID characteristics of stars, planets, and moons__ __[|Space UbD]__ __Social Studies: Declaration of Independence: Revolutionary War__

__March:__ __Reading:__ __Math: solves real word problems using measurement, lines of symmetry__ __Writing: Assessment__ __Science: ID characteristics of stars, planets, and moons: cause of seasons, day, month, and year__ __Social Studies: Forming a new government__ __Special: STATE TESTING__

__April:__ __Reading:__ __Math: Review__ __Writing:__ __Science: ID characteristics of stars, planets, and moons__ __Social Studies: UbD-CONSTITUTION__ __Special: Cosmosphere; Star gazing, STATE TESTING__

__May:__ __Reading:__ __Math:Review and looking forward__ __Writing:__ __Science: Scientific Inquiry__ __Social Studies: UbD Constitution; branches of government__ __Special: 5th grade district field trip to Topeka--State Capitol__ __ Online Resources: http://literacyleader.com/?q=Kansas
 * K-12 reading, literature, and writing standards in a condensed back and front document.**

Webquests and Lesson Plans for 4th and 5th Grade http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/teacher.html Teaching students how to be careful on the web about mis-information. This site explains how to be careful with research but the examples are fictional. http://www.allaboutexplorers.com

This site is Laura Candler's File Cabinet. She is a teacher that is sharing her many, many, many teaching resources. You'll find science resources, AR resources (including PDF's of questions), math resources, and sooooo much more! [|http://home.att.net/~teaching/filecab.htm]

These sites include reading games and many other educational games: [|http://www.funbrain.com] (K-6)

eMints - This is a wonderful tool provided by exemplary Missouri teachers. Search the eMints for your grade level or alphabetically to see what is available. Teachers have put together several resources all around a theme. http://www.emints.org/ethemes/index.shtml

Olathe School District (K-6) - search your grade level for many links to all subject areas. http://online.olatheschools.com/curriculum/