5FifthGrade
Quarter 3: Government, Economics & Earth's Systems

Weeks 25–26

Economics & the Water Cycle

Producers, consumers, supply and demand; water moves through Earth's systems.

5.NF.B.75.NBT.B.75.MD.C.5RI.5.3W.5.15-ESS2-15-ESS3-1NYS 5.6NYS 5.9
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Daily Plan

Monday

Global Needs and Local Cycles

Lesson cardWorksheets
Classify resources from the Amazon Rainforest and the Great Plains into categories of goods and services to understand regional production.
Math
Students solve word problems involving the total volume of water needed for international cargo ships by multiplying decimals to the hundredths (5.NBT.B.7).
ELA
Students read 'The Water Princess' and analyze the relationship between Georgie Badiel’s childhood actions and her community’s lack of clean water (RI.5.3).
Science
Students build a closed-system terrarium to observe how evaporation and condensation move water through Earth's systems (5-ESS2-1).
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Tuesday

Trading Goods Across the Borders

Lesson cardWorksheets
Simulate a marketplace between Canada and Mexico to demonstrate how scarcity of citrus or timber influences supply and demand.
Math
Calculate the volume of various rectangular shipping containers used for trade by applying the V = l × w × h formula (5.MD.C.5).
ELA
Draft an opinion paragraph stating whether a hydroelectric dam is more beneficial or harmful to a local economy using evidence from the text (W.5.1).
Science
Simulate the collection of precipitation and runoff by measuring liquid output from different sloped 'mountain' surfaces (5-ESS2-1).
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Wednesday

Flowing Through the Global Market

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Analyze the opportunity cost of building a new industrial port in the Great Lakes versus preserving the natural shoreline.
Math
Students divide fractions of water rations into equal parts for crew members during a simulated drought (5.NF.B.7).
ELA
Compare and contrast the economic development of the Panama Canal with its environmental impact on local watersheds (RI.5.3).
Science
Model a watershed using crumbled paper and food coloring to visualize how pollutants move from land into larger bodies of water (5-ESS3-1).
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Thursday

Impacts on the Human Landscape

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Map the trade routes of the Saint Lawrence Seaway to examine how physical geography influences the movement of consumers and producers.
Math
Review operations by calculating the total weight of coffee exports using cumulative fraction addition and decimal multiplication (5.NBT.B.7, 5.NF.A.1).
ELA
Peer-edit opinion pieces on water conservation strategies, focused on strengthening the links between climate facts and economic claims (W.5.1).
Science
Identify human activities in the Hudson River Valley that protect or harm Earth's resources and propose one engineering solution (5-ESS3-1).
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Friday

The Future of the Hemisphere

Lesson cardWorksheets
Participate in a Socratic Seminar on how sustainable trade practices can balance economic growth with Western Hemisphere water protection.
Math
Verify shipping costs and water usage totals for a mock 'Western Hemisphere Trade Fair' using all decimal operations (5.NBT.B.7).
ELA
Present a final 'Stewardship Pitch' that integrates economic data and water cycle science to propose a local conservation project (W.5.1).
Science
Evaluate classmate-designed watershed models to determine which design most effectively prevents runoff pollution (5-ESS3-1).
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ELA Supplement This Week

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Standards-tagged tasks landing in this window — reading responses, vocabulary, writing, grammar, or assessments from the Grade 5 ELA Package.

Writing prompt · Week 25 · 3–4 days

#3A — Comparative Informative Essay — Two Governments

Multi-source comparison essay — research bridge to the Q4 capstone.

W.5.2W.5.7

Writing prompt · Week 26 · 2 days

#3B — Argument Essay — Should communities require citizens to vote?

Short argument essay practicing claim, reasons, evidence, and counter-acknowledgment.

W.5.1

Grammar quiz · Week 26 · 20 minutes

#3.1 — Complex Sentences and Conjunctions

Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to combine ideas with precision.

L.5.1

Math Supplement This Week

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Standards-tagged worksheets, quizzes, and assessments landing in this window — drawn from the Grade 5 Math Package and aligned to the CCSS being taught right now.

Quiz · Week 25 · 20 min

#3.3 — Quiz: Volume

10-problem quiz on volume formula, composites, and inverse problems.

5.MD.C.35.MD.C.5

Science Supplement This Week

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NGSS-aligned labs, worksheets, quizzes, and assessments landing in this window — every lab ends in a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning response students record in the science notebook.

Quiz · Week 25 · 25 min

#3.1 — Quiz: Earth's Spheres and Resources

10-question quiz on the four spheres, water distribution, and weathering.

5-ESS2-15-ESS2-25-ESS3-1

Social Studies Supplement This Week

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NYS-framework map work, primary sources, comparison charts, and quizzes landing in this window — with state adaptations for TX, FL, CA, and VA available in the hub.

Weekly quizQuiz · Week 25 · 20 min

#Q3.2 — Quiz 3.2 — Economic Systems

10-question quiz on market vs. command economies, supply/demand, and trade.

NYS 5.7

Student Workbook Pages for This Week

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Color-coded printable pages students grab during the week — surfaced right when they're used.