1. Grade 5 / Science
Cells and Kingdoms
Monday
Time:
Learning
Objective(s)
Cells pgs. 24 - 28
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Power, Authority
and Governance
Standard: I History
of the United States
and New York
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Describe cells and explain how
they are organized in living
things.
Compare and contrast the
structures of animal cells and
plant cells
Week of: January 13, 2014
Tuesday
Classifying Life pages 32-35
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Wednesday
Classifying Life pages 35-37
Describe how living things
are classified.
Describe kingdom and
species
Describe organisms in the
six kingdoms.
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Key Ideas: 5.7-5.9
Big Idea
To learn about
events that were
critical to the
outcome of the
Civil War and its
meaning in
American
History
Vocabulary
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Vocabulary Review
Organism
Cell
Unicellular
Multi cellular
Chlorophyll
Tissue
Organ
Organ system
SWBT
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Keep log of new words and
their meaning, via journal,
logs, word square
Classification
Kingdom
Species
Vertebrate
Invertebrate
Vascular
nonvascular
Identify how animals are
alike and different
Understand how animals
are different from plants
Compare and contrast
vertebrate and
invertebrate
TWBT
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Teacher will assess
knowledge on the
similarities/differences of
animal and plant cells
TWBT
• Let students look
through pictures in the
lesson, and ask them to
predict what they will
learn
• How are Living Things
similar and different?
Classifying Life pages. 38 – 41
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Identify plants and fungi
Describe nonvascular and
vascular plants
Identify bacteria and
protists
Identify a protist
kingdom
Friday
Classifying Life pages 42-43
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The students will identify
different viruses.
Describe what a virus does
inside the body
Explain why viruses are not
classified into any of the six
kingdoms
Describe how one human
infects another
Vocabulary
Materials
SWBT
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Building
Background
Thursday
Students will
complete
classification of a
horse worksheet.
Students will
discuss share their
findings with a
partner.
Students will give
examples of
vertebrate an
invertebrate.
Essential Questions
• How would you classify
a dog and a butterfly?
• How can you
determine if an
organism is an animal?
• Lead discussion about
organisms that are
Vocabulary
• Vascular
• Nonvascular
• Fungi
• Bacteria
• Protists
Essential Questions
• What cell structures
are missing in bacteria
cells?
• How are bacteria
different from
archaea?
• How are protists
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Virus
Essential Questions
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What causes a
cold?
What does a virus
do once it enters
the body?

2. animals and plants
Activity
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Complete a cloze
activity on cells
Make a model of a
plant and animal cell
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Read in small groups
Write vocabulary
meanings
Use text to complete
classifying animals
worksheet
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Ask essential questions
Students will complete a
chart of an animal kingdom
Complete a cloze activity
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Assessment
__ Formative
___ Summative
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Lesson Review
Written Assessment Lesson 1 Test
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Completed vocabulary
Completed worksheet
Small group discussions
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Complete chart
Small group discussion
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different from
bacteria?
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Complete mini lab on Bread
Mold Activity pg. 39
Make observation on the
molding process
Graph results
Students will share and
discuss results
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Teacher observation
Viewing of students work
during teacher walk around
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Complete chart using titles:
Animal Kingdom, Plant and
fungus kingdom, Bacteria,
protists, and viruses.
Students will complete chart
and tell about each of the
three topics giving examples
Students will discuss
Lesson Review p. 43
Written Assessment Lesson 2
test