This document provides an overview of the 2013-2014 school year timeline for Susan Muir in Grade 5. It outlines the integrated themes, subjects, and units that will be covered each month from September to June. The themes include weather, personal heroes and identity, Canadian people, and heritage. The main subjects covered are math, English language arts, science, social studies, and health. A variety of resources that will be used for each unit are also listed by month.

1. OverviewoftheYear
2013-2014
SusanMuirGrade5

2. Grade 5 Timeline: Susan Muir
Integrated
Themes
Weather Weather Personal Heroes
&
Identity
Personal Heroes
&
Identity
Canadian
People
Canadian
People
Heritage Heritage Machines Personal
Study
Subjects September October November December January February March April May June
Math Unit 5: Data
Management
Power of Ten:
Mastering the
Basic Facts
Unit 2: Whole
Numbers
Including X /
facts
Power of Ten
Unit 2: Whole
Numbers
Including X /
facts
Unit 4:
Decimals
Power of Ten
Unit 1: Number
Patterns
Power of Ten:
Mastering the
Basic Facts
Unit 11:
Probability
Unit 9:
Length,
Perimeter
and Area
Unit 10:
Patterns in
Number
Power of
Ten:
Unit 6:
Measurement
Power of
Ten:
Mastering the
Basic Facts
Unit 8:
Fractions and
Decimals
Power of
Ten:
Mastering the
Basic Facts
Unit 1:
Patterns
and
Relations
Unit 3:
Geometry
Unit 10:
Patterns in
Geometry
Unit 8: Fractions
and Decimals
Unit 7:
Transformational
Geometry
Unit 4:
Decimals
Unit 8:
Fractions
and
Decimals
Power of
Ten:
English
Language
Arts
Multi Genre
Unit:
Environmental
&
Technological
context
Non-Fiction
Multi Genre
Unit:
Environmental &
Technological
context
Author Study:
Personal and
Philosophical
Team work/
heroes
/accomplishments
Author Study:
Personal and
Philosophical
Team work/
heroes
/accomplishments
Multi Genre
Study:
Imaginative
and
Literary
People and
Stories of
Canada
Multi Genre
Study:
Imaginative
and Literary
People and
Stories of
Canada
Multi Genre
Thematic:
Social
Cultural
Historical:
Stepping Back
in Time
Multi
Genre
Thematic:
Social
Cultural
Historical:
Stepping
Back in
Time
Multi Genre
INQUIRY
Communicative
Make a
magazine- e-
portfolio Story
of grade5
Multi Genre
INQUIRY
Communicative
Make a
magazine-
e-portfolio
Personal
Story of
Grade5
Science Earth and
Space: Weather
Unit 4 Weather
Earth and
Space: Unit 4
Weather
Properties of
Change
Unit 2 Weather
Involves all Three
States
Human Body
Systems
Unit 1
Human
Body
Systems
Unit 1
Properties of
Change
Unit 2
Properties of
Change
Unit 2
Simple
Machines:
Force and
Simple
Machines
Simple
Machines: Force
and Simple
Machines
Science Fair
Social
Studies
Dynamic
Relationships:
Environment of
Canada
Dynamic
Relationships:
Environment of
Canada
Power and
Authority:
Treaties
Power and
Authority:
Canadian
Government
Power and
Authority:
Canadian
Government
Interaction
and
Interdependence:
Aboriginal
Heritage
Interaction
and
Interdependence:
Aboriginal
Heritage
Power
and
Authority
Treaties
Dynamic
Relationships:
Explorers
Dynamic
Relationships:
Explorers

3. Arts Ed Creative/
Productive:
Visual Pop
Culture;
Canadian
Weather and
Landscapes
Creative/
Productive:
MusicSounds
of Weather
Critical
Responsive
Influence of
POP culture on
personal life
Critical
Responsive
Influence of POP
culture on
personal life
Creative/
Productive:
Dance
compositions
Cultural/
Historical
First Nation
Art and Artists
Cultural/
Historical
First Nation
Art and Artists
Cultural/
Historical
First
Nation Art
and Artists
Creative/
Productive:
Drama
Creative/
Productive:
Drama
Health Assess the
importance of
self-regulation
and taking
responsibility
for one’s
actions.
Assess peer
influence and
demonstrate a
readiness to
prevent and/or
avoid
potentially
dangerous
situations
involving peer
pressure
(including
lying,
substance use,
and bullying).
Bully Free
Zone Book
Club : Social
Responsibility
Inquiry
Question
Frames the
Unit
Analyze the
connections
between
personal
identity and
personal well-
being, and
establish
strategies to
develop and
support a
positive self-
image.
Understand the
responsibilities
associated with
the physical,
social, spiritual,
and emotional
changes of
puberty.
Analyze
how
infectious
diseases
(including
HIV and
Hepatitis C)
and non-
infectious
illnesses/dis
eases
challenge
holistic
well-being.
Analyze the
impact of
violence and
the cycle of
abuse on the
holistic well-
being of self,
family, and
community.
Analyze
personal
eating
practices.
Analyze
possible
obstacles
and
envision
solutions
to
addressing
health
challenges
related to
personal
eating
practices,
changes of
puberty,
impact of
illness/dis
ease,
identity
and well-
being,
violence,
peer
pressure,
and self-
regulation
Design and
implement,
with guidance,
two five-day
action plans
that embrace
health
opportunities or
address health
challenges
related to
personal eating
practices,
changes of
puberty, impact
of
illness/disease,
identity and
well-being,
violence, peer
pressure, and
self-regulation.

4. Stewart Resource – Monthly Resource List
July
 Interactive think Aloud 372.47 O21
 Reciprocal Teaching Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension 372.47 O21
 50 Literacy Strategies Step by Step 372.6 T662
 Just for Boys Reading Comprehension 372.47 R325
 Make it POP (Art Activities for POP Culture)372.5 R153
 Explorations in Art 372.5 S851
 Making Words 5th
Grade 372.6C973
 Daily Handwriting Practice 372.634 N856
 Math Graphic Organizers and Rubrics 372.7 F737
 Teaching Struggling Readers to tackle… Math 372.7T773
 How to Teach Art to Children 372.5 E92

5. August/September
 ( Dealing With Data) Building Fluency 372.47 R224
 When Rain Falls 591.722 S851
 Survival at 40 Below 591.7586 M647
 Science Experiments Weather 372.35 E13
 Beginning Cursive Writing – gr 2-4 372.64L719
 Independent Reading Response Activities 372. 454 W825
 Dice Activities for multiplication 372.7D546
 Dice Activities for Addition372.7D546
 Canada for Children The Geography of Canada DVD 372.83 S342
 Our Song: The Story of O’ Canada 372.83 K96
 (Read-aloud) Guided Listening 372.452
 (Culturally Relevant Pedagogy) Changing the Faces of Mathematic 510.7 C456
 Lessons for Extending Multiplication 372.72 T253
 Primary Art 372.5 S839 Book E AND Book F
 Making More Big Words 372.6C973
 Formative Assessment Strategies for Every Classroom 371.26 B872

6. October
 (Health/ELA- lying)( The Grade Five Lie by Jean Little) Nelson ELA 428.6 N425 – Teacher Guide and Anthology
 Our Land and People 372.83 S555
 Bullies Never Win 372.37C993
 It’s Time to Take a Stand No Bully DVD 302.343 B938
 The Art Book for children 701.1 R421
 What is Texture? 372.5 G394
 What is Space?372.5 G394
 What is Color? 372.5 G394
 What is Shape? 372.5 G394
 Solids, Liquids, and Gases 530.4 S686
 Matter, Matter, Everywhere 530.4 C951
November
 (Read-aloud) The Secret of Your Name 811.54 B752
 Canada for Children The Culture of Canada 372.83 S342
 Poems for Building Reading Skills 372. 64 P743
 Can We Be Friends 372.37 B972
 What Should I DO? 372.37 B972

7.  I Said No! 372.37 B972
 Making Big Words 372.632 C973
December
 Hanna’s Story 305.5692 H243 (D)VD
 From Head to Toe 372.35 F931
 Canadian Government High Interest Low Vocabulary 372.83 R754
 Canada for Children The History of Canada 372.83 S342

January
 (Unit 3 People and Stories of Canada) Nelson Language Arts Teacher Guide and Anthology 428.6 N425
 Turtle Island Voices Grade 4 428.6 T962
 Turtle Island Voices Grade 5 428.6 T962
 Safety Smart Science DVD Bill Nye 372.37 G375
February
 Discovering First Peoples and First Contacts 372.83 F818

8.  Houses of Bark 372.83 S545
 OVERSIZE Math in A Cultural Context 372.7 M426 ( Big Jon and Little Henry)
 Let’s Measure Up! 372.7N429
 Science Graphic Organizers 372.35 F737
 The Kids Book of Canadian immigration 325.71H688
 The Spirit or Native America 704.0397 W235
 Dances With Colors 704.0397 W592

March
 Lessons for Introducing Fractions Grades 4-5 372.72 T253
 States of Matter 530.4O98
April
 I can Make Art DVD like KAI CHAN 372.5 I15
May
 Building Fluency grade 5 372.47R224

9.  I Can Make Art Emily Carr DVD 372.5 I15