5th Grade Science
Instructional Focus Calendars
2009 – 2010
An Equal Opportunity School District
2009 – 2010 Sequence of Tested Skills
5th Grade Science
08/24/09
FCA #1 September A121 – Properties of materials can be compared and measured
Wk of the 21st
A124 – Properties of mixtures and solutions
Vocabulary – Strand B – Energy - potential, kinetic, light, heat, energy,
energy transfer, reflection, conduction, convection, radiation.
H Skill - Data
FCA #2 October
B121 Part 1 (Abiotic) - Tracing the flow of energy in a system
Wk of the 12th
B122 – Forms of energy and energy transfer
Vocabulary – Strand C – Force and Motion – force, friction, gravity,
volume, lever, fulcrum, wheel and axle, pulley, inertia, inclined plane.
H Skill - Hypothesis
FCA #3 November C224 – Effects of forces on objects
Wk of the 9
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Vocabulary – Strand D – Processes that Shape the Earth – igneous rock,
sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock, deposition, weathering, erosion,
atmosphere, water cycle, evaporation, condensation.
H Skills - Variables
FCA #4 November D124 – Factors that alter the surface of the Earth over long and short
Wk of the 30th
periods.
Vocabulary – Strand E - Earth and Space – sun, axis, equator, moon
phase, refraction, star, solar system, constellation, universe, galaxy.
H Skill – Infer and Models
FCA #5 December E121 – Tilt of the Earth causes the seasons, length of day, and energy
Wk of the 14
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Vocabulary – Strand E – Earth and Space – sun, axis, equator, moon
phase, refraction, star, solar system, constellation, universe, galaxy.
H Skill – Measurement Tools
FCA #6 January
F123 – Compares and contrasts components of living organisms
Wk of the 26
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Vocabulary – Strand G – How Living things Interact – environment,
habitat, photosynthesis, carnivore, omnivore, food chain, community,
adaptation, prey, conservation.
H Skill – Measurement Tools
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