Grade

Five Curricular Outline

Ms. Pidwerbeskis Class, Acwsalcta School
2016-2017

Note: The units below only account for Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Math. Units for elective classes
are designed and implemented by specialized educators. Units are based on the curriculum set by the BC Ministry
of Education and are designed to meet the learning outcomes for grade five. Anticipated lengths of units are a
rough estimate and will be altered as we move through the school year.





Approximate
Begin Unit Titled
Subject
Anticipated Length
Date
of Unit
September 6

Diagnostic

All

2 weeks

September 6

Identity

Cross
Curricular

2 weeks

September 15

The Changing Nature of Canadian

Immigration over Time

Social
Studies

3 weeks

September 16

Digestive System

Science

2.5 weeks

September 19

Number Concepts to 1 000 000

Math

2 weeks

September 20

What is Text? Types of Text

Language
Arts

1.5 weeks

September 30

Story Elements and Plotline

Language
Arts

4 weeks

October 3

Decimals to thousandths and

Equivalent Fractions

Math

2 weeks

October 4

Excretory System

Science

1.5 weeks

October 6

Past Discriminatory Government Policies and Actions

Social
Studies

3 weeks

October 14

Respiratory System

Science

2 weeks

October 17

Whole Number, Fractions, and Decimal Benchmarks

Math

2 weeks

October 27

Human Rights and Reponses to Discrimination in

Canadian Society

Social
Studies

4 weeks

October 28

Circulatory System

Science

2 weeks

November 1

Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers to

1 000 000

Math

2 weeks

November 4

Reading and Comprehension Strategies

Language
Arts

1.5 weeks

November 14

Solutions and Solubility

Science

2 weeks

Grade Five Curricular Outline

Ms. Pidwerbeskis Class, Acwsalcta School
2016-2017

November 15

Math

2 weeks
2 weeks

November 28

Levels of Government
(First Peoples, federal, provincial, and municipal)
Properties of Simple Machines and their Force Effects

Language
Arts
Social
Studies
Science

November 29

Addition and Subtraction of Decimals to thousandths

Math

3 weeks

November 30

Paragraph Structure

4 weeks

January 3

Addition and Subtraction Facts to 20

Language
Arts
Math

January 3

Machines (constructed and found in nature)

Science

3 weeks

January 4

January 17

Multiplication and Division Facts to 100

Social
Studies
Language
Arts
Math

6 weeks

January 11

Participation and Representation in

Canadas System of Government
Perspective

January 24

Power The Rate at which Energy is Transformed

Science

3 weeks

January 31

Math

2 weeks

February 1

Rules for Increasing and Decreasing Patterns with

Words, Numbers, Symbols, and Variables
Awareness of and Understanding Oral Tradition

2 weeks

February 14

One-Step Equations with Variables

Language
Arts
Math

February 14

Punctuation

2 weeks

February 15

Local Types of Earth Materials

Language
Arts
Science

February 22

Social
Studies
Math

6 weeks

February 28

Resources and Economic Development in Different

Regions of Canada
Area Measurement of Squares and Rectangles

February 28

Oral Communication

3 weeks

March 8

The Rock Cycle

Language
Arts
Science

1.5 weeks

March 14

Relationships between Area and Perimeter

Math

2 weeks

April 3

Science

3 weeks

April 4

Aboriginal Concept of Interconnectedness in the

Environment
Creative Use of Language

5 weeks

April 11

Duration, using Measurement of Time

Language
Arts
Math

April 18

First Peoples Land Ownership and Use

Social
Studies

6 weeks

November 16
November 24

Multiplication and Division to 3 digits

(including division with remainders)
Sentence Structure

4 weeks
3 weeks

2 weeks

3 weeks
2 weeks

2 weeks

3 weeks

2 weeks

2 weeks

Grade Five Curricular Outline

Ms. Pidwerbeskis Class, Acwsalcta School
2016-2017

April 25

Classifications of Prisms and Pyramids

Math

2 weeks

May 3

Science

5 weeks

May 9

The Nature of Sustainable Practices Around BCs Living

and Non-Living Resources
Combining Different Texts

4 weeks

May 9

Single Transformations

Language
Arts
Math

May 23

Math

2 weeks

June 6

1 to 1 and many to 1 correspondence using

single and double bar graphs
Probability Experiments

Math

1.5 weeks

June 7

Research

2 weeks

June 9

1.5 weeks

June 16

The Concept of Systems (utilizing exemplars from all

units covered this year)
Financial Literacy

Language
Arts
Science
Math

1 week

June 19

Wrap Up and Prepare Presentations of Learning

All Subjects

Remainder of Year

2 weeks