5th Grade / 1st Six Weeks
Overarching Concept: Communication
Organizing Idea: The Ins and Outs Of Communication
Unit Contents
This Organizing Idea gives students opportunities to explore communication from a geographic and scientific perspective. Students participate in activities that involve them in the use of tools that geographers and scientists use to communicate information. Students learn about the Protist, Moneran, and Fungi Kingdoms of living things as well as the invertebrates from the Animal Kingdom. The importance of clear and accurate scientific communication is reinforced as they investigate properties of matter such as mass, volume, buoyancy, and density. The importance of translating geographic data onto a map allows students to determine the difference in absolute and relative location. They use tools of a geographer including a grid, legend, symbols, and a compass rose. Additionally, students identify the location of the 50 states, learn about the regions of the United States, and research one of these regions in depth.
Activities
Be Cool In the Library  - by Patty Stone
Students learn the ins and outs of etiquette in the library.
Bibliographies Made Easy: Lesson One - Brenda McElyea
Students will understand the basics of bibliographic citation.
Big Six: Ready For School - by Patty Stone
Students discuss preparations for the start of the school year using the steps of the Big Six.
Classifying In the Library - by Brenda McElyea
Students will complete a classification project and compare with the Dewey Decimal System.
Library Orientation - Sarah Peters
Modify to fit your library. Use the entire PPT for all 1-5 grades, but spend less time on some slides at the lower level. Use as works best for you.
Mysteries and Inference - by Mary Elam
To develop reading skills by drawing inferences from text and illustrations: to project the story beyond what is provided by the author.
Road Trip! (circa 1903) - by Mary Elam
To devolop skills using maps, globes, and research sites while finding locations.
Road Trip! Worksheet
Story Elements : Mood and Setting in a Mystery - by Mary Elam
To investigate literary element of Atmosphere / Setting and its impact upon mystery fiction.
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