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Grade Curriculum map- 1st Trimester 5! Grade Curriculum map- 1st Trimester 5! Grade Curriculum map- 1st Trimester 5! Grade Curriculum map- 1st Trimester
September September October October November November
Math Review: Arrays, Factors,
Divisibility, Prime
Numbers, and Square
Numbers
Math Estimation and
Computation: Addition,
Subtraction,
Multiplication of Whole
Number and Decimals
Geometry: Angles and
Polygons
Math Division: Partial
Quotients
Fractions and Decimals
Reading
Questioning- Monitoring Your
Own Reading Comprehension
& Asking the 6 Ws (Who, What,
Where, When, Why, Whose and
H (How) + modal verbs:
can, may, could, might, will,
must, shall, should, would
Vocab Building- Learning to
Use the Wordsmith Wall
Literature Circles- Book Groups/
Independent Reading/ Word
Study
Reading
Authors Purpose- Authors Pie
(persuade, inform or entertain?)
How is the author using gurative
language to make us feel a
certain way?
Visualization- gurative language
helps you enjoy and be
entertained by books, so you
should use it when you write
stories, too!
Literature Circles- Book Groups/
Independent Reading/ Word
Study
Reading
Summarizing, Finding the Gist-
across all three genres
(persuasive, informational and
narrative) including Native
American Narratives,
Informational Text on the First
Thanksgiving, and Persuasive
Texts about giving thanks.
Literature Circles- Book
Groups/ Independent Reading/
Word Study
Writing Responsive Classroom
Beginning Lucy
Lessons- Narrative
Writing Narrative (Story)
Writing
Writing Narrative (Story)
Writing
Word
Study
Testing No Excuses
Words - Sitton 150 +
Spelling City
Word
Study
Key Spelling Principles
Words Their Way
Latin & Greek Roots
(based on needs of class)
No Excuses Words
Word
Study
Key Spelling Principles
Words Their Way
synonyms,
antonyms
(based on needs of class)
No Excuses Words
Science Science Ongoing Investigation:
Presumpscot River
Physical Science: Matter
Experiments Conduct an
investigation to determine
whether the mixing of two
or more substances results in
new substances.
Science Ongoing Investigation:
Presumpscot River
Physical Science: Matter
Experiments Conduct an
investigation to determine
whether the mixing of two
or more substances results in
new substances.
Social
Studies
Responsive Classroom
Hopes and Dreams (1st 6 weeks of
school)
The Making of America
American Government-
Constitution/ Class
Constitution
Social
Studies
The Making of America:
How our Country was Born
(The American Revolution)
Social
Studies
The Making of America:
Native Americans Life and
Stories
Thanksgiving
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December December January January February February
Math Fractions and Decimals,
cont.
Data: Making and
Reading Graphs
Math Number Sense:
Exponential Notation,
Scientic Notation,
Order of Operations,
Negative Numbers
Math Fractions: Addition,
Subtraction,
Multiplication and
Division of Mixed
Numbers
Finding a Percent
Reading
Compare and Contrast-
A critical thinking skill, students
will use Venn Diagrams and
other graphic organizers to
compare and contrast
information, characters, settings,
and other key story components.
Infer & Predict
Also known as reading between
the lines, students will learn
strategies to help them infer
what the author is showing, not
telling.
Literature Circles- Book
Groups/ Independent
Reading/ Word Study
Reading
Compare and Contrast-
Students will continue to
practice this critical thinking skill.
Infer & Predict
Students will continue to
practice reading between the
lines.
Literature Circles- Book
Groups/ Independent
Reading/ Word Study
Reading
Connecting- Compassion
Month, making connections
between stories about
compassion and other books
we love and our real lives.
Literature Circles- Book
Groups/ Independent
Reading/ Word Study
Writing Opinion Writing Writing Opinion Writing Writing Opinion Writing
Word
Study
Key Spelling Principles
Words Their Way
(based on needs of class)
No Excuses Words
Word
Study
Key Spelling Principles
Words Their Way
(based on needs of class)
No Excuses Words
Word
Study
Key Spelling Principles
Words Their Way
(based on needs of class)
No Excuses Words
Science Ongoing Investigation:
Presumpscot River
Earths Systems
Describe and graph the
amounts and percentages
of water and fresh water in
various reservoirs to
provide evidence about the
distribution of water on
Earth.
Science Ongoing Investigation:
Presumpscot River
Earths Place in the
Universe Support an
argument that differences
in the apparent brightness
of the sun compared to
other stars is due to their
relative distances from the
Earth.
Science Ongoing Investigation:
Presumpscot River
Earths Systems
Develop a model (with
informational writing)using
an example to describe
ways the geosphere,
biosphere, hydrosphere,
and/or atmosphere
interact.
Social
Studies
The Making of America:
Westward Expansion & Civil
War
American Economy/
Geography
Social
Studies
The Making of America:
Civil Rights
Social
Studies
The Making of America:
Civil Rights
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March March April April May May
Math Geometry: Coordinate
Grids, Area of
Rectangles, Triangles
and Parallelograms
Finding Volume
Math Algebra: Balanced
Equations
Rules, Tables and
Graphs
Geometry: Area of A
Circle
Geometric Solids-
sphere, cone, cylinder,
pyramids, etc.
Math Probability, Ration and
Rate
Factor Trees, Part/
Whole Ratios,
Collecting, Graphing
Data
Reading Mixed Practice of All
Strategies
- Questioning
- Vocab Building
- Authors Purpose
- Visualization
- Summarizing
- Compare/Contrast
- Inferring
- Connection
Literature Circles- Book
Groups/ Independent
Reading/ Word Study
Reading Mixed Practice of All
Strategies
- Questioning
- Vocab Building
- Authors Purpose
- Visualization
- Summarizing
- Compare/Contrast
- Inferring
- Connection
Literature Circles- Book
Groups/ Independent
Reading/ Word Study
Reading Mixed Practice of All
Strategies
- Questioning
- Vocab Building
- Authors Purpose
- Visualization
- Summarizing
- Compare/Contrast
- Inferring
- Connection
Literature Circles- Book
Groups/ Independent
Reading/ Word Study
Writing Opinion Writing Writing Opinion Writing Writing Opinion Writing
Word
Study
Key Spelling Principles
Words Their Way
(based on needs of class)
No Excuses Words
Word
Study
Key Spelling Principles
Words Their Way
(based on needs of class)
No Excuses Words
Word
Study
Key Spelling Principles
Words Their Way
(based on needs of class)
No Excuses Words
Science Ongoing Investigation:
Presumpscot River
Science Ongoing Investigation:
Presumpscot River
Science Ongoing Investigation:
Presumpscot River
Social
Studies
Social
Studies
Expedition:
(Wait and See, Its a
Mystery!)
Social
Studies
Expedition:
(Wait and See, Its a
Mystery!)
June Term June Term
Math Mixed Practice of Math Concepts
Reading Mixed Practice of Strategies
- Questioning
- Vocabulary Building
- Authors Purpose
- Visualization
- Summarizing
- Compare/Contrast
- Inferring
- Connection
Writing Memoir or Poetry around their time at
Presumpscot? TBD
Word Study
Spelling Bee? TBD
Science Culminating Event of our
Ongoing Investigation: Presumpscot River
Social Studies
Expedition
Showcase