Gainesville Intermediate School
5th Grade at a Glance
1st 6 Weeks
August 7-September 13
2nd 6 Weeks
3rd 6 Weeks
October 29-December 20
Reading
Theme: How do we learn through our observations? (con’t)
How do the experiences of others reflect our own?
Genres: Informational Text, Argumentative Text, Realistic Fiction
Skills: Connections Between Ideas and Predictions, Characters impact interactions, behaviors and actions in the story, Elements of Plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution), Summary
Math
Science
Social Studies
4th 6 Weeks
5th 6 Weeks
6th 6 Weeks
6th Grade at a Glance
1st 6 Weeks
August 7-September 13
Reading
Unit Theme: Growing Up
Unit Essential Question: What are some of the challenges and triumphs growing up?
Unit Goals:
Reading - Students will rad and evaluate personal narratives. They will also rad memoirs, comic strips, science fiction and realistic fiction.
Writing - Students will learn the elements of personal narrative writing and write their own personal narrative.
Speaking and Listening - Students will work together to build on one another's ideas and communicate with one another. They will also learn to speak clearly when giving a presentation and listen actively to presentations made by others
Math
Personal Financial Literacy
Unit 1: Equivalent Forms of Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Use number lines and strip diagrams to represent percentages, decimals, & fractions
Generate equivalent forms of fractions, decimals and percent using real world problems
Unit 2: Ordering fractions, decimals and integers
Science
Social Studies
Unit 1 Theme: How we study the World's Cultural Patterns.
Unit Goals: Students will learn about using maps as tools for finding absolute location with latitude and longitude and for observing spatial patterns.
Students will progress to studying about how cultural traits are used to distinguish the worlds’ culture regions and about how culture is reflected in the cultural landscapes of each region.
Unit 2 Theme: Freedom for All: The United States and Canada
Unit Goals: Students will examine the physical geography of the United States/Canada region along with studying how the historical processes of colonization and immigration influence cultural patterns in the region. Additionally, students will study the political and economic systems of the United States and Canada with an emphasis on how these institutions reflect a culture that values freedom.
2nd 6 Weeks
September 17-October 25
Reading
Unit Theme: Natural Allies
Unit Essential Question: How do animals and people interact?
Unit Goals:
Reading - Students will read and evaluate informational texts. They will also read an autobiography, biography, poetry and a myth
Writing - Students will learn the elements of writing informational text and write their own informational texts and an informational essay.
Speaking and Listening - Students will work together to build on one another's ideas and communicate with one another. They will also learn to give and follow oral instructions.
Math
Unit 3: Operations with Positive Fractions and Decimals
Multiply and divide with positive fractions & decimals
Divide rational numbers and multiply by their respective reciprocals both fluently
Unit 4: Operations with Integers
Connect concrete representations of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers with pictorial models
Use standard algorithms to add, subtract, multiply and divide integers
Science
Social Studies
Unit 2 Theme: cont. Freedom for All: The United States and Canada
Unit Goals: Students will examine the physical geography of the United States/Canada region along with studying how the historical processes of colonization and immigration influence cultural patterns in the region. Additionally, students will study the political and economic systems of the United States and Canada with an emphasis on how these institutions reflect a culture that values freedom.
Unit 3 Theme: A Legacy of Colonialism - Latin America
Unit Goals: Students continue to study about how the processes of colonization and migration bring about cultural changes. Specifically, students examine Latin America’s physical geographic patterns, the cultural patterns of Latin America prior to the arrival of Europeans, and the cultural changes brought about by colonization and the Columbian Exchange.
3rd 6 Weeks
October 29-December 20
Reading
Unit Theme: Technolgy and Society
Unit Essential Question: Is technology helpful or harmful to society?
Unit Goals:
Reading - Students will read and evaluate arguments. They will also read science fiction, informational texts and a photo essay.
Writing - Students will learn the elements of argumentative writing and will write their own argumentative essay.
Speaking and Listening - Students will work together to build on one another's ideas and communicate with one another. They will also learn to conduct a debate.
Math
Unit 5: Proportional Reasoning with Ratios and Rates
Use qualitative and quantitative reasoning to compare ratios, rates, and make predictions
Ratios & Rates
Solve problems involving ratios, rates, percents, & proportions using various methods
Unit 6: Equivalent Expressions and One-Variable Equations
Explain the similarities and differences between expressions & equations
Represent solutions on number lines
Science
Social Studies
Unit 3 Theme: cont. A Legacy of Colonialism - Latin America
Unit Goals: Students continue to study about how the processes of colonization and migration bring about cultural changes. Specifically, students examine Latin America’s physical geographic patterns, the cultural patterns of Latin America prior to the arrival of Europeans, and the cultural changes brought about by colonization and the Columbian Exchange.
Unit 4 Theme: We are Family: Europe
Unit Goals: Students will examine the shared culture of Europeans, how physical geography impacted economic development in Europe, how during the twentieth century Europeans have struggled with world conflicts, and how the European Union facilitated unity in the region.
4th 6 Weeks
January 7-February 14
Reading
Unit Theme: The Power of Imagination
Unit Essential Question: What is the purpose of Imagination?
Unit Goals:
Reading - Students will read and evaluate short stories. They will also read a drama, a reflective essay, poetry and the lyrics to a song.
Writing - Students will learn the elements of fictional writing and they will write the own short stories.
Speaking and Listening - Students will work together to build on one another's ideas and communicate with one another. They will also learn to read aloud with fluency.
Math
Unit 7: One-Variable Inequalities
Write and solve inequalities
Model, solve, & represent solutions to real world problems from inequalities
Unit 8: Algebraic Representations of Two-Variable Relationships
Relationships with graphs
Additive/multiplicative
Represent given verbal situation using tables, graphs, & equations in the form y=kx or y=x+b
Science
Social Studies
Unit 5 Theme: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and the Eurasian Republics
Unit Goals: Students first study the physical geography of Russia and the Eurasian republics. Students then learn about the pattern of political, economic, and cultural domination of the Soviet Empire, including the imposition of communism in the region. Students study about the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the emergence of new political, social, and economic patterns in the region, including the ensuing conflicts.
Unit 6 Theme: A Crossroads of Diffusion: Southwest Asia/North Africa
Unit Goals: Students will examine the relationship between religion and culture in Southwest Asia/North Africa, how new political patterns emerged in the region following the world wars, how the availability of water and oil affect economic patterns in the region, and how the diffusion of technology has affected culture changes in the region.
5th 6 Weeks
February 18-April 4
Reading
Unit Theme: Exploration
Unit Essential Question: What drives people to explore?
Unit Goals:
Reading - Students will read and evaluate informational text. They will also read a memoir, a biography, an adventure story, historical fiction and a graphic 'novel' history. In addition, they will watch a video and read a selection of their own choosing.
Writing - Students will learn the elements of writing a research report and will write their own research report.
Speaking and Listening - Students will work together to build on one another's ideas and communicate with one another. They will also prepare and present a research presentation.
Math
Unit 9: Geometry and Measurement
Area of Rectangles, parallelograms, triangles, & trapezoids
Rectangular prisms
Unit 10: Data analysis
Represent numerical data as dot plots, stem & leaf plots, histograms & box plots while interpreting the data
Describe and summarize categorical data using relative frequency tables and bar graphs.
Science
Social Studies
Unit 7 Theme: Facing Challenges - SubSaharan Africa
Unit Goals: students examine the challenges faced by Sub-Saharan Africa after decolonization. Students study about how the physical geography of Sub-Saharan Africa affects economic development in the region, how decolonization contributed to instability in Sub-Saharan Africa, how ethnic divisions resulted in human rights abuses in the region, and about the rich cultural traditions evident in the region.
Unit 8 Theme: Unity and Division - South Asia
Unit Goals: Students will examine the physical geographic processes that affect South Asia and unify the subcontinent, along with how people in this region adapt to those physical processes. Students will also study about the influences of Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism on culture in South Asia.
6th 6 Weeks
April 8-May 22
Reading
Unit Theme: cont. Exploration
Unit Essential Question: What drives people to explore?
Unit Goals:
Reading - Students will read and evaluate informational text. They will also read a memoir, a biography, an adventure story, historical fiction and a graphic 'novel' history. In addition, they will watch a video and read a selection of their own choosing.
Writing - Students will learn the elements of writing a research report and will write their own research report.
Speaking and Listening - Students will work together to build on one another's ideas and communicate with one another. They will also prepare and present a research presentation.
Math
Unit 12: Essential Understanding of Proportionality
Revisit part to whole relationships
Revisit proportions and percents
Unit 13: Essential Understanding of Equations
Revisit classifying triangles
Write equations and solve for area with different shapes
Revisit one-variable and two-variable equations using real world problem situations
Science
Social Studies
Unit 9 Theme: Tradition in a Modernizing World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit Goals: Students will examine the traditional cultural patterns in East and Southeast Asia, the variety of political and economic systems in the region, and the cultural influences of globalization evident in the region.
Unit 10 Theme: Adapting down under: Pacific Realm
Unit Goals: Students will study about how physical geography has influenced settlement patterns in the region, how the relationship between indigenous populations and a history of migration has shaped cultural patterns in the region, and how adaptations to the physical geography impacts economic development in the region.