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5th Grade Science |
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Colorado State StandardsScience Standard 1 Students apply the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct, communicate about, and evaluate such investigations. Science Standard 3 Life Science: Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with each other and their environment. (Focus: Biology--Anatomy, Physiology, Botany, Zoology, Ecology) Science Standard 5 Students understand that the nature of science involves a particular way of building knowledge and making meaning of the natural world. Reading Standard 1 Students read and understand a variety of materials. In order to meet this standard, students will • use comprehension skills such as previewing, predicting, inferring, comparing and contrasting, re-reading and self-monitoring, summarizing, identifying the author's purpose, determining the main idea, and applying knowledge of foreshadowing, metaphor, simile, symbolism, and other figures of speech; • make connections between their reading and what they already know, and identify what they need to know about a topic before reading about it; • adjust reading strategies for different purposes such as reading carefully, idea by idea; skimming and scanning; fitting materials into an organizational pattern, such as reading a novel chronologically; finding information to support particular ideas; and finding the sequence of steps in a technical publication; • use word recognition skills and resources such as phonics, context clues, picture clues, word origins, and word order clues; reference guides; roots, prefixes, and suffixes of words for comprehension; and • use information from their reading to increase vocabulary and enhance language acquisition Writing Standard 2: Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences. In order to meet this standard, students will • write and speak for a variety of purposes such as telling stories, presenting analytical responses to literature, conveying technical information, explaining concepts and procedures, and persuading; • write and speak for audiences such as peers, teachers, and the community; • plan, draft, revise, proofread, and edit written communications; • use a variety of devices such as figurative language, symbolism, dialect, and precise vocabulary to convey meaning; • organize written and oral presentations using strategies such as lists, outlining, cause/effect relationships, comparison/contrast, problem/solution, and narration |
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