5th grade Instructional Guide

GRADE5 SCIENCE

McGraw Hill Unit 2: Ecosystems

Module: Matter in Ecosystems Lesson 1: Plant Survival

Lesson 2: Interactions of Living Things

Module: Energy in Ecosystems

Lesson 3: Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

CONCEPTS

SKILLS

● Plant Survival ● The movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. ● Animals obtain energy and matter from the food they eat.

● Construct an explanation ● Develop and use a model ● Obtain, evaluate and communicate information

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS 1. Investigate the life cycle of a plant. 2. Determine plant structures and needs. 3. Investigate what happens to a plant with a lack of resources. 4. Graph the growth of plants in different soils. 5. Research different types of controlled environments used in agriculture. 6. Biotic and Abiotic factors within an ecosystem. 7. Living things interact with each other in an ecosystem. 8. Matter moves between the sun, plants, and animals in an ecosystem. 9. Invasive species negatively impact an ecosystem. END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE FEATURES & FUNCTIONS By the end of the unit, I will be able to explain how plants and animals obtain energy and use matter for survival. Language Functions and Features: ● Use Verbs to define the phenomenon (Energy from the Sun is used by plants to make food and energy.) ● Conditional Clauses (If _______ happens, I predict that ________ will occur. When I change __________, ___________ is affected.) ● Connectors to link relationships ( then, because, when, in order to)

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

● 5.3.1 Formative Assessment ● 5.3.2 Formative Assessment ● 5.3.3 Formative Assessment