5th grade Instructional Guide

GRADE5 SCIENCE

McGraw Hill: Using Energy

Using Energy Teacher Edition *Student edition materials have been added to the Unit 4 student consumable. Page numbers below reference those page numbers as well as those in the Teacher Edition.

Module: Natural Resources in the Environment

Lesson 1: Energy from Nonrenewable Resources Lesson 2: Energy from Renewable Resources

Lesson 3: Impact of Energy Use Lesson 4: Design Energy Solutions

By the end of unit 5, I will be able to design a way to conserve natural resources and argue its effectiveness. Language Functions and Features: ● Use declarative statements to promote design solution. (We designed ______ to reduce the

effects of ________. This will help the environment by _________.) ● Connectors to link relationships ( then, because, when, in order to)

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

● 5.3.4 Formative Assessment

VOCABULARY

● Fossil fuel ● Natural resource

● Conservation ● Pollution ● Constraint ● Criteria ● Design process ● prototype

● Nonrenewable resource ● Alternative energy source ● Biofuel ● Geothermal energy ● Hydroelectricity ● Renewable resource ● Solar power

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION

● Utilize ACT (Access Complex Text) and EL Support in Curriculum ● Make connections each day to the phenomenon. ● Explicitly teach the CER model to students for explaining phenomenon. ● Utilize the Leveled Library for additional background reading about content.

Skill Building

● Utilize the STEM career connections and

Extension