Fifth Grade
by Lyndlee Mabry
Through a variety of units and activities we will:
Apply Creative Thinking skills
fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration
Develop and Apply Problem-solving skills
rules, creative problem-solving, deductive reasoning, classification, visual/spatial, syllogism/logic, analogies and conflict resolution
Develop and Apply Independent Research skills
advanced library skills, reference sources, data recording, interviewing, surveying, synthesizing data, statistical analysis, and research process – methodology and product development.
Develop and Apply Communication skills
writing/editing, media expression, oral presentation
Develop and Apply the Affective Process
Students will cultivate effective interpersonal, intrapersonal and leadership skills.
Develop and Apply Personal Development skills
Students will develop intrapersonal skills through self-evaluation, metacognition, effective time management and identification and development of individual multiple intelligences.
Meet the Experts (5th grade) -
By the end of this unit students will demonstrate the ability to:
1. develop questions and ideas to initiate and refine research
2. conduct research to answer questions and evaluate information and ideas
3. use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information
4. evaluate the accuracy of information and the reliability of its sources
5. organize data, information and ideas into useful forms (including charts, graphs, outlines) for analysis or presentation
6. plan and make written, oral and visual presentations
Tentative Due Dates:
Project 1
Project 2
Project 3
Project 4
Research Paper
Meet the Experts Night
Equations - Students will apply math skills of problem solving, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and radicals to create as many equations as possible. They will then participate in GRC’s Academic Challenge Cup. Academic Challenge Cup is a friendly academic competition where players compete against people from other teams in several rounds. The five team members' scores are tallied collectively to determine team winners.
Play the Game!!! Equations
