Curriculum Standards
Grade Level Five
Standards
Earth Sciences
3.0 Water on Earth moves between the oceans and land through the processes of evaporation and condensation. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- 3a. Students know most of Earth’s water is present as salt water in the oceans, which cover most of Earth’s surface.
- Standards Correlation: Kitchen
- 3b. Students know when liquid water evaporates, it turns into water vapor in the air and can reappear as a liquid when cooled or as a solid if cooled below the freezing point of water.
- Standards Correlation: Relief map
- 3c. Students know water vapor in the air moves from one place to another and can form fog or clouds, which are tiny droplets of water or ice, and can fall to Earth as rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
- Standards Correlation: Relief map
- 3d. Students know that the amount of fresh water located in rivers, lakes, underground sources, and glaciers are limited and that its availability can be extended by recycling and decreasing the use of water.
- Standards Correlation: Relief map, Low Flow Shower, Garden demo, Kitchen, Water Usage display
- 3e. Students know the origin of the water used by their local community.
- Standards Correlation: Relief map
4.0 Energy from the Sun heats Earth unevenly, causing air movements that result in changing weather patterns. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- 4b. Students know the influence that the ocean has on the weather and the role that the water cycle plays in weather patterns.
- Standards Correlation: Relief map, Sand table
- 4c. Students know the causes and effects of different types of severe weather.
- Standards Correlation: Sand table
History - Social Science - “United States History and Geography: Making a New Nation”
- 5.1 Students describe the major pre-Columbian settlements, including the cliff dwellers and pueblo people of the desert Southwest, the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, the nomadic nations of the Great Plains, and the woodland peoples east of the Mississippi River.
- 5.1.1 Describe how geography and climate influenced the various nations lived and adjusted to the natural environment, including locations of villages, the distinct structures that they built, and how they obtained food, clothing, tools, and utensils.
- Standards Correlation: American River Canyon
- 5.1.1 Describe how geography and climate influenced the various nations lived and adjusted to the natural environment, including locations of villages, the distinct structures that they built, and how they obtained food, clothing, tools, and utensils.
Language Arts
1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies - Students deliver focused, coherent presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate to the background and interests of the audience. They evaluate the content of oral communication.
- Comprehension
- 1.1 Ask questions that seek information not already discussed.
- 1.2 Interprets a speaker’s verbal and nonverbal messages, purposes, and perspectives.
