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5th grade: standards by week

Every week of the 5th grade plan, with the skills taught and the standards they practice: Common Core for reading, writing and math, NGSS for science, and the C3 Framework for social studies. Use it to plan, to match another curriculum, or for a homeschool record.

146 standards codes across 36 weeks and 180 day plans. Open the 5th grade plan · Year at a glance · Other grades

September: Welcome / My Country and Maps

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 1 A Fresh Start and a Big Map	Word study: Divide long words into syllables using closed (VC/CV), open (V/CV) and VC/V patterns, then read each part. Reading & writing: Set up reading and writing routines, describe characters, setting and conflict in a novel, and draft a personal narrative moment. Math: Read and write numbers to the millions and explain that a digit is worth 10 times the place to its right and 1/10 of the place to its left. Science: Use a balloon balance and a cup of trapped air to show that air is matter: it has weight and takes up space. Social studies: Use map tools and the latitude and longitude grid to locate places in the United States.	`RF.5.3a` `RL.5.1, RL.5.3, W.5.3a, SL.5.1` `5.NBT.1` `5-PS1-1` `C3 D2.Geo.1.3-5, D2.Geo.3.3-5`
Week 2 Regions of the United States	Word study: Read and spell words with the prefixes un-, re-, dis-, mis-, pre- and non-, and use the prefix to work out meaning. Reading & writing: Find a story's theme using what characters do and learn, and write a narrative opening that sets the scene. Math: Explain patterns in the number of zeros when multiplying or dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000, and write powers of ten with exponents. Science: Gather evidence that matter is made of particles too small to see: dissolving sugar, spreading smells and evaporating salt water. Social studies: Name the five regions of the United States, locate their states, and compare their climate and land.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RL.5.2, RL.5.1, W.5.3a` `5.NBT.2` `5-PS1-1` `C3 D2.Geo.2.3-5, D2.Geo.10.3-5`
Week 3 Land, Water and Resources	Word study: Read and spell words with the suffixes -tion, -sion, -ment, -ness, -ful and -less, and tell how a suffix changes a word's job. Reading & writing: Quote accurately from a text to support a theme, compare how two characters respond to a challenge, and write a narrative with dialogue. Math: Multiply multi-digit whole numbers with the standard algorithm, checking with estimates and area models. Science: Identify materials by their properties: hardness, color, reflectivity, response to magnets and solubility. Social studies: Describe major U.S. landforms and bodies of water and explain how natural resources shape where people live and work.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3, W.5.3b` `5.NBT.5` `5-PS1-3` `C3 D2.Geo.2.3-5, D2.Geo.8.3-5`
Week 4 Map Makers Review	Word study: Read multisyllabic words with vowel-team and r-controlled syllables, such as mar-ket and sea-son. Reading & writing: Summarize a story with its theme and key events, then revise, edit and publish a personal narrative. Math: Divide up to four-digit numbers by one- and two-digit divisors using place value, the area model and the standard method. Science: Model how particles are arranged and how they move in solids, liquids and gases. Social studies: Locate states and capitals within each region and build a region travel guide with a map, landforms and resources.	`RF.5.3a` `RL.5.2, W.5.3d, W.5.3e, W.5.5` `5.NBT.6` `5-PS1-1` `C3 D2.Geo.1.3-5, D2.Geo.3.3-5`

October: Fall / Ecosystems and Energy

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 5 Energy from the Sun	Word study: Use the Greek roots photo, graph, bio, auto, tele and micro to read and define science words. Reading & writing: Determine two main ideas of an informational text and explain how key details support them; write an informative paragraph. Math: Build fluency multiplying 2- and 3-digit numbers with the standard algorithm and estimate to check. Science: Show that plants get the materials they need to grow mostly from air and water, and that the energy in food began as sunlight. Social studies: Compare how Native nations in different regions of North America used their environments for food, shelter and trade.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RI.5.2, W.5.2a, W.5.2b` `5.NBT.5` `5-LS1-1, 5-PS3-1` `C3 D2.Geo.4.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5`
Week 6 Food Chains and Food Webs	Word study: Use the Latin roots port, rupt, tract, spect and struct to read and define words. Reading & writing: Identify text structures (chronology, compare and contrast, cause and effect, problem and solution) and plan an informative piece. Math: Read and write decimals to the thousandths in numerals, words and expanded form, and explain that each place is 1/10 of the place to its left. Science: Build food chains and food webs that show energy from the sun passing to producers, consumers and decomposers. Social studies: Explain why the English founded Jamestown in 1607, how the Powhatan people and the colonists interacted, and how the colony survived.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RI.5.5, W.5.2a` `5.NBT.3a, 5.NBT.1` `5-PS3-1, 5-LS2-1` `C3 D2.His.1.3-5, D2.His.4.3-5, D2.His.14.3-5`
Week 7 Decomposers and the Forest Floor	Word study: Use the Latin roots dict, scrib/script, vid/vis, aud and ject to read and spell new words. Reading & writing: Compare the structures of two texts on the same topic and compare firsthand and secondhand accounts; draft an informative piece with headings. Math: Compare decimals to the thousandths with >, = and <, and round decimals to any place. Science: Model how decomposers return matter from dead plants and animals to the soil, air and water. Social studies: Describe the founding of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, the Wampanoag nation, and life in the New England colonies.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RI.5.5, RI.5.6, W.5.2a, W.5.2b` `5.NBT.3b, 5.NBT.4` `5-LS2-1` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5, D2.His.4.3-5`
Week 8 Thirteen Colonies Harvest Fair	Word study: Read and spell words with the suffixes -able and -ible, and review Latin roots. Reading & writing: Combine information from two or more texts to write or speak about a topic; revise and publish an informative piece. Math: Add and subtract decimals to the hundredths using grids, place value and estimation. Science: Build a jar ecosystem and explain how matter and energy keep an ecosystem in balance. Social studies: Compare the New England, Middle and Southern colonies by geography, economy and way of life, including the forced labor of enslaved Africans.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RI.5.9, W.5.2c, W.5.2d, W.5.2e, W.5.5` `5.NBT.7` `5-LS2-1, 5-PS3-1` `C3 D2.Geo.8.3-5, D2.Eco.4.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5`

November: Family and Gratitude / Earth's Systems

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 9 Four Spheres of Earth	Word study: Use the Greek roots geo, hydro, atmo, sphere and therm to read and define Earth science words. Reading & writing: Summarize an informational text by finding its main ideas, and begin an opinion essay with a clear claim and reasons. Math: Add and subtract decimals to the hundredths in multi-step word problems and check with estimation. Science: Describe the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere and model ways they interact. Social studies: Compare daily life, work, school and chores for colonial families with life today.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RI.5.2, W.5.1a, W.5.1b` `5.NBT.7` `5-ESS2-1` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5`
Week 10 Where Is Earth's Water?	Word study: Use the Latin roots aqua, terr, mar, sol and flu to read and define words about water and land. Reading & writing: Summarize a story and explain how its theme connects to gratitude; draft an opinion essay with reasons, facts and linking words. Math: Multiply decimals by whole numbers and by decimals using grids and place value, and place the decimal point correctly. Science: Describe and graph how much of Earth's water is salt water, fresh water in ice, groundwater and surface water. Social studies: Explain early colonial self-government: the House of Burgesses (1619), the Mayflower Compact (1620) and New England town meetings.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RL.5.2, W.5.1b, W.5.1c` `5.NBT.7, 5.NBT.2` `5-ESS2-2` `C3 D2.Civ.5.3-5, D2.Civ.3.3-5`
Week 11 Gratitude and the Water Cycle	Word study: Read and spell words with the Latin roots grat (pleasing, thankful) and bene (good, well), and review the month's roots. Reading & writing: Summarize firsthand and secondhand accounts of the 1621 harvest, and revise, edit and publish an opinion essay with a strong conclusion. Math: Divide decimals by whole numbers and by decimals to the hundredths using models and place value. Science: Model the water cycle and explain how it connects the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere and biosphere. Social studies: Learn the history of the 1621 harvest gathering from Wampanoag and English points of view, and compare it with Thanksgiving traditions today.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RI.5.2, RI.5.6, W.5.1d, W.5.5` `5.NBT.7` `5-ESS2-1` `C3 D2.His.4.3-5, D2.His.10.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5`

December: Winter Holidays / Chemical Changes

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 12 Mixing and Making	Word study: Use the number prefixes uni, mono, bi, tri, quad, cent and milli to read and define words. Reading & writing: Identify first- and third-person narrators and describe how a narrator's point of view shapes what readers learn; plan a narrative. Math: Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators by rewriting them as equivalent fractions with a common denominator. Science: Investigate physical and chemical changes and decide whether mixing two substances makes a new substance. Social studies: Describe winter traditions that families from many cultures brought to the United States, and explain how traditions travel with people.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RL.5.6, W.5.3a` `5.NF.1` `5-PS1-4` `C3 D2.Geo.7.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5`
Week 13 Nothing Lost, Nothing Gained	Word study: Use the Latin roots vert/vers, mit/miss, duc/duct, form and press to read and define words. Reading & writing: Compare multiple accounts of the same event and explain how point of view shapes each one; draft a narrative with dialogue and pacing. Math: Add and subtract mixed numbers with unlike denominators and solve word problems, checking with benchmark fractions. Science: Measure and graph weight before and after melting, dissolving and reacting to show that matter is conserved. Social studies: Explain how British taxes like the Stamp Act and the Tea Act led to protests such as the Boston Tea Party, and why colonists disagreed about them.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RI.5.6, RL.5.6, W.5.3b` `5.NF.1, 5.NF.2` `5-PS1-2` `C3 D2.His.14.3-5, D2.His.4.3-5`
Week 14 Winter Wrap-Up	Word study: Explain the meaning of common idioms, adages and proverbs and use them in writing. Reading & writing: Compare two stories with similar themes; revise, edit and publish a narrative. Math: Solve word problems with fractions and mixed numbers, and use benchmark fractions to judge whether answers make sense. Science: Plan and carry out a kitchen chemistry investigation and explain the results using new substances and conservation of matter. Social studies: Explain the different perspectives of Patriots, Loyalists and neutral colonists, and the work of the First Continental Congress in 1774.	`L.5.5b` `RL.5.9, W.5.3d, W.5.3e, W.5.5` `5.NF.2` `5-PS1-4, 5-PS1-2` `C3 D2.His.4.3-5, D2.His.5.3-5`

January: New Year / Space and Gravity

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 15 Gravity Pulls Down	Word study: Use the Greek roots astro/aster, cosmo, naut, scope and meter to read space words. Reading & writing: Compare and contrast two characters using specific details from the text, and plan an informative essay about space. Math: Interpret a fraction as division (3/4 = 3 ÷ 4) and solve sharing problems with fraction or mixed-number answers. Science: Gather evidence that Earth's gravity pulls objects down toward the planet's center, wherever you are on Earth. Social studies: Explain why fighting began at Lexington and Concord in April 1775 and how colonists chose sides.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RL.5.3, W.5.2a` `5.NF.3` `5-PS2-1` `C3 D2.His.14.3-5, D2.His.4.3-5`
Week 16 Our Star, the Sun	Word study: Read and spell words with the prefixes inter- (between), trans- (across), sub- (under) and super- (above). Reading & writing: Combine information from several texts about the sun and stars to write an informative essay with headings, facts and definitions. Math: Multiply a fraction by a whole number using models and equations, such as 3 x 2/5 = 6/5. Science: Explain that the sun looks brighter and bigger than other stars because it is much closer to Earth. Social studies: Explain the main ideas of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and who wrote and signed it.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RI.5.9, W.5.2b, W.5.7` `5.NF.4a` `5-ESS1-1` `C3 D2.His.9.3-5, D2.Civ.8.3-5`
Week 17 Shadows, Day and Night	Word study: Use context to tell apart homographs (wind and wind) and choose the right homophone (their, there, they're). Reading & writing: Explain the relationships between events and people in a historical text using specific information; revise an informative essay. Math: Multiply a fraction by a fraction with area models, such as 2/3 x 3/4 = 6/12 = 1/2, and find areas of rectangles with fraction side lengths. Science: Measure and graph how shadows change length and direction during the day, and explain day and night with Earth's rotation. Social studies: Describe turning points of the Revolutionary War, including Saratoga, Valley Forge and Yorktown, and the 1783 Treaty of Paris.	`L.5.5c, L.5.2e` `RI.5.3, W.5.2c, W.5.5` `5.NF.4a, 5.NF.4b` `5-ESS1-2` `C3 D2.His.1.3-5, D2.His.14.3-5`
Week 18 Seasons and Star Patterns	Word study: Review Greek and Latin roots from the fall and winter and use them to figure out new words. Reading & writing: Compare and contrast two texts on the same topic, and write a short informative piece about the new government. Math: Explain multiplication as scaling (multiplying by a fraction less than 1 makes a smaller product) and solve real-world fraction problems. Science: Use data to show that some stars and constellations can be seen only in certain seasons because Earth orbits the sun. Social studies: Explain why the Articles of Confederation were replaced and how the Constitution of 1787 created three branches of government.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RI.5.9, RI.5.6, W.5.2` `5.NF.5a, 5.NF.5b, 5.NF.6` `5-ESS1-2` `C3 D2.Civ.5.3-5, D2.Civ.3.3-5`

February: Friendship / Human Impact

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 19 Footprints on Earth	Word study: Read and spell words with the person suffixes -ist, -ian, -er and -or. Reading & writing: Generate research questions, find relevant sources and take notes in your own words. Math: Divide a unit fraction by a whole number, such as 1/3 ÷ 4 = 1/12, using models. Science: Gather information about how farming, building and mining change land, and how communities protect soil and habitats. Social studies: Explain how Benjamin Franklin served his community and country as a printer, inventor, scientist and diplomat.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `W.5.7, W.5.8, RI.5.7` `5.NF.7a` `5-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.His.3.3-5`
Week 20 Protecting Water and Air	Word study: Use synonyms and antonyms to understand words and choose precise words in writing. Reading & writing: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points, and use evidence from sources in your own writing. Math: Divide a whole number by a unit fraction, such as 4 ÷ 1/5 = 20, using models and multiplication. Science: Research how human activities affect water and air, and how communities use science to keep them clean. Social studies: Describe how Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in 1838 and became a writer and speaker who worked for freedom and equal rights with many allies.	`L.5.5c` `RI.5.8, W.5.9b` `5.NF.7b` `5-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.His.3.3-5, D2.Civ.14.3-5`
Week 21 Engineers Solve Problems	Word study: Use context and a dictionary to find the right meaning of multiple-meaning words. Reading & writing: Summarize and paraphrase information from print and digital sources and draft a research report. Math: Solve real-world problems by dividing unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions. Science: Define a simple design problem about protecting a resource, including criteria for success and constraints on materials, time and cost. Social studies: Explain how Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony worked as partners and friends for women's rights, including the right to vote.	`L.5.4a, L.5.4c` `W.5.8, W.5.2b` `5.NF.7c` `3-5-ETS1-1` `C3 D2.His.3.3-5, D2.Civ.14.3-5`
Week 22 Friends Across History	Word study: Explain similes and metaphors and review idioms in the books we read. Reading & writing: Revise, edit and publish a research report with a list of sources, and present it to an audience. Math: Review adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions in mixed word problems. Science: Brainstorm and compare several design solutions to reduce waste or pollution based on how well they meet the criteria and constraints. Social studies: Compare George Washington and Abraham Lincoln: the challenges each faced, the people who helped them, and why we honor them in February.	`L.5.5a, L.5.5b` `W.5.5, W.5.8, SL.5.4` `5.NF.2, 5.NF.6, 5.NF.7c` `3-5-ETS1-2, 5-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.His.3.3-5, D2.His.1.3-5`

March: Spring / Matter Cycles

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 23 Seeds and Soil	Word study: Use context clues (definitions, examples, synonyms and contrasts) to figure out unknown words. Reading & writing: Write complex sentences with subordinating conjunctions such as because, although, when and since. Math: Understand volume as the number of unit cubes that fill a solid figure, and measure volume by counting cubes. Science: Model how decomposers break down dead plants and animals and return matter to the soil. Social studies: Explain the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and what the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804 to 1806) learned with the help of Sacagawea and many Native nations.	`L.5.4a` `L.5.1a, L.5.3a` `5.MD.3a, 5.MD.3b, 5.MD.4` `5-LS2-1` `C3 D2.His.1.3-5, D2.Geo.7.3-5`
Week 24 Plants Make Their Own Food	Word study: Form and use the perfect verb tenses: I have walked, I had walked, I will have walked. Reading & writing: Use verb tenses to show time and sequence in a narrative journal written by a trail traveler. Math: Find volume with the formulas V = l x w x h and V = b x h and solve real-world volume problems. Science: Test and explain that plants get the materials for growth chiefly from air and water, not from soil. Social studies: Describe why families traveled the Oregon Trail in the 1840s, how they traveled, the hardships they faced, and the Native nations whose lands the trail crossed.	`L.5.1b` `L.5.1c, W.5.3` `5.MD.5a, 5.MD.5b` `5-LS1-1` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5, D2.Geo.7.3-5`
Week 25 Cycles of Life	Word study: Use correlative conjunctions in pairs: either/or, neither/nor, both/and, not only/but also. Reading & writing: Explain similes and metaphors in poems and stories, and write a poem about a natural cycle. Math: Find the volume of figures made of two rectangular prisms by adding their volumes. Science: Model the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers and the environment in a complete cycle. Social studies: Explain how the California Gold Rush (1849) and the transcontinental railroad (1869) changed the West and the people who lived and worked there.	`L.5.1e` `RL.5.4, L.5.5a` `5.MD.5c` `5-LS2-1` `C3 D2.His.14.3-5, D2.Geo.7.3-5`
Week 26 Balance in Nature	Word study: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense. Reading & writing: Use precise vocabulary and complex sentences in a short informative piece about how one change can affect an ecosystem. Math: Convert units within the customary system (12 inches = 1 foot, 16 ounces = 1 pound, 4 quarts = 1 gallon) and make line plots of measurements in fractions of a unit. Science: Use a food web model to predict what happens when a population changes, and explain how matter and energy are affected. Social studies: Explain how westward expansion affected Native nations, including the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears, and how Native nations continue today.	`L.5.1d` `W.5.2, L.5.6` `5.MD.1, 5.MD.2` `5-LS2-1` `C3 D2.His.4.3-5, D2.His.14.3-5`

April: Earth and Environment / Renewable Resources

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 27 Engineers for Earth	Word study: Read and spell words with the prefixes over-, under-, out- and en-. Reading & writing: Take notes from several sources using two-column notes and paraphrase key facts. Math: Understand the coordinate plane: axes, origin, ordered pairs and plotting points in the first quadrant. Science: Define a design problem about a local environmental issue, with criteria for success and constraints. Social studies: Explain the purposes of government listed in the Preamble to the Constitution and the jobs of the three branches.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `W.5.8, RI.5.7` `5.G.1` `3-5-ETS1-1, 5-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.Civ.3.3-5, D2.Civ.5.3-5`
Week 28 Design, Build, Test	Word study: Use the Greek roots eco (home), logy (study of), chron (time), phon (sound) and cycl (circle) to read new words. Reading & writing: Write an opinion essay with reasons in a logical order, supported by facts from notes, with linking words. Math: Generate two numerical patterns from rules, form ordered pairs, graph them and explain the relationship. Science: Generate and compare several solutions to a problem and build a prototype, such as a water filter or an erosion barrier. Social studies: Explain the rights protected by the Bill of Rights (1791), such as freedom of speech, religion and the press.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `W.5.1a, W.5.1b, W.5.1c` `5.OA.3, 5.G.2` `3-5-ETS1-2` `C3 D2.Civ.3.3-5, D2.Civ.8.3-5`
Week 29 Earth Day Every Day	Word study: Use commas after introductory words and phrases, after yes and no, and to address someone directly. Reading & writing: Read about Earth Day and compare two articles, then revise an opinion essay for strong evidence and a clear conclusion. Math: Make line plots of data in fractions of a unit and use fraction operations to solve problems with the data. Science: Test a prototype fairly, find where it fails, and improve it; connect to how communities protect Earth's resources. Social studies: Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizens, including voting, and how people take part in their communities.	`L.5.2b, L.5.2c` `RI.5.9, W.5.1d, W.5.5` `5.MD.2` `3-5-ETS1-3, 5-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.Civ.2.3-5, D2.Civ.7.3-5`
Week 30 Energy for Tomorrow	Word study: Punctuate titles: italics or underlining for books and movies, quotation marks for poems, songs, chapters and articles. Reading & writing: Compare how two authors use reasons and evidence about renewable energy, and write a short opinion response. Math: Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on their properties, such as every square is a rectangle. Science: Compare renewable resources (sunlight, wind, moving water) with nonrenewable resources (coal, oil, natural gas) and how communities choose energy sources. Social studies: Explain how city and county governments work and how a community problem can become a new local law.	`L.5.2d` `RI.5.8, RI.5.9, W.5.1` `5.G.3, 5.G.4` `5-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.Civ.1.3-5, D2.Civ.12.3-5, D2.Civ.13.3-5`

May: Oceans / Inventors and Technology

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 31 Into the Ocean	Word study: Read and spell words with the adjective suffixes -ous, -ive and -al. Reading & writing: Read aloud with accuracy, expression and pace, and plan an ocean adventure narrative. Math: Use parentheses, brackets and braces in expressions and evaluate them in the right order. Science: Explain how the ocean interacts with the atmosphere, geosphere and biosphere, and review how much of Earth's water is in the ocean. Social studies: Describe how Thomas Edison and his team at Menlo Park developed a long-lasting light bulb in 1879 and how electric light changed daily life.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RF.5.4a, RF.5.4b, W.5.3a` `5.OA.1, 5.OA.2` `5-ESS2-1, 5-ESS2-2` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5, D2.His.3.3-5`
Week 32 Gravity at Work	Word study: Use roots and affixes in technology words such as telephone, autopilot, microchip and transmit. Reading & writing: Draft a narrative with dialogue, description and pacing, and read it aloud with expression. Math: Review multi-digit multiplication, division and decimal operations in multi-step word problems. Science: Use evidence to show that gravity pulls objects toward Earth's center, and apply it to falling, rolling and flying objects. Social studies: Explain how Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first powered, controlled airplane flight on December 17, 1903, and how flight changed travel.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `W.5.3b, RF.5.4b` `5.NBT.5, 5.NBT.6, 5.NBT.7` `5-PS2-1` `C3 D2.His.3.3-5, D2.His.14.3-5`
Week 33 Our Place in Space	Word study: Choose the correct word in commonly confused pairs: accept and except, affect and effect, than and then, loose and lose. Reading & writing: Read science text, poetry and speeches fluently, then revise, edit and publish a narrative. Math: Review adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions with models and equations. Science: Describe Earth's place in the solar system and explain that the sun looks brighter than other stars because it is so much closer. Social studies: Compare how people communicated then and now, from the telegraph (1844) and telephone (1876) to the internet.	`L.5.2e` `RF.5.4b, W.5.3d, W.5.5` `5.NF.1, 5.NF.4, 5.NF.7` `5-ESS1-1, 5-PS2-1` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5, D2.His.14.3-5`
Week 34 Inventors' Fair	Word study: Review prefixes, suffixes and roots from the year by building and defining new words. Reading & writing: Read inventor biographies fluently and write a narrative about an invention of your own. Math: Review volume, customary measurement conversions and the coordinate plane in real-world problems. Science: Review shadows, day and night and seasonal stars with data, and connect them to Earth's spin and orbit. Social studies: Research an inventor, explain the problem the invention solved, and design an invention for a problem today.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.4b` `RF.5.4a, RI.5.2, W.5.3` `5.MD.1, 5.MD.5, 5.G.2` `5-ESS1-2` `C3 D2.His.3.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5`

June: Review and Celebration

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 35 Looking Back	Word study: Review the year's spelling patterns, roots and affixes with games and a final check. Reading & writing: Review theme, point of view and text structure with favorite texts, and choose pieces for a writing portfolio. Math: Review the year's math in mixed problem sets and math games. Science: Revisit and present favorite investigations from matter, ecosystems, Earth's systems and space. Social studies: Build a timeline of the year's history topics, from Native nations to inventors.	`RF.5.3a, L.5.2e` `RL.5.2, RL.5.6, RI.5.5, W.5.10` `5.NBT.7, 5.NF.1, 5.NF.4, 5.MD.5` `5-PS1-2, 5-LS2-1, 5-ESS2-1` `C3 D2.His.1.3-5`
Week 36 Celebrate Fifth Grade	Word study: Celebrate words with games, puzzles and the class's favorite vocabulary. Reading & writing: Read independently with stamina, recommend a book to a friend, and write a letter to next year's fifth graders. Math: Play math games that use the year's skills and solve a multi-step math challenge. Science: Hold a science showcase where each student presents an investigation, a model or a design. Social studies: Present a year-in-review project about our country's story and our own place in it.	`L.5.6` `RL.5.10, W.5.4, SL.5.4` `5.NBT.5, 5.NF.1, 5.MD.5, 5.G.2` `5-PS1-4, 3-5-ETS1-3` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5, D2.Geo.1.3-5`

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