TROPHIES

5TH GRADE CONNECTIONS

Theme 1

Theme 2

Theme 3

Theme 4

Theme 5

Theme 6

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Theme 1 - Look Inside

 

Story Title	Background	Science	Math	S.Studies	Author Study
The Hot and Cold Summer	All About Parrots		AIMS Bird's Eye View	AIMS Mapping	Johanna Hurwitz
			Bird's Eye View
Sees Behind Trees	Author,Michael Norris	Moss		Native American Shelters	Michael Dorris
		Gourds
Yang the Third	Chinese Family Customs	Instruments		Seattle, Washington	Lensey Namioka
				Brahms
Dear Mrs. Parks	The Courage of Rosa Parks	Air Density		Heroic Women
		Water Density
Elena	Pancho Villa Home Page	Scientific Properties of Silver		The Peopling of America	Diane Stanley

 

Theme 2 - Team Work

 

Story Title	Background	Science	Math	S.Studies	Author Study
We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente	Roberto Clemente	Speed of the Fastest Pitched Baseball	Baseball Facts	Nicaragua	Trudie Engel
				Sammy Sosa
				Puerto Rico
Folk Tales from Asia	Asian Folk Tales	Earth and Moon Viewer			Lynette Dyer Vuong
Iditarod Dream	Official Race Site	Thermometer Scale Study -AIMS			Ted Wood
		Glaciers
Woodsong	Sled Dogs	Snowstorms		Minnesota	Gary Paulsen
Island of the Blue Dolphins	Lesson Plan	Dolphins		The Lone Woman	Scott O'Dell
	Channel Islands	Kelp Cam		Woman's Lonely Saga
	San Nicolas Island

 

Theme 3 - A Changing Planet

 

Story Title	Background	Science	Math	S.Studies	Author Studiy
Everglades	Everglades	Flora and Fauna of the Everglades		Calusas Indians	Jean Craighead George
		AIMS Lakes		Spanish Conquistadors
Summer of Fire	Yellowstone National Park	Geysers			Patricia Lauber
		Forest Fires
Oceans	Oceans	Tsunamis			Seymour Simon
Seeing Earth from Space	Views from Space	Plate Tectonics		Protecting Our Water	Patricia Lauber
	Earthviewer			AIMS Protecting Environment
The Case of the Flying-Saucer People	Moonviewer	The Moon		The History of Space Travel	Seymour Simon

 

Theme 4 - Express Yourself

 

Story Title	Background	Science	Math	S.Studies	Author Study
Hattie's Birthday Box	What is a soddie?			Women of the West Museum	Pam Conrad
	Picturing Prairie Life
William Shakespeare and the Globe	Shakespeare Stealer Cuesheet			The Renaissance	Aliki
	William Shakespeare (Bard of Avon)			Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
The World of William Joyce Scrapbook					William Joyce
Satmo's Blues					Satchmo's Blues
Evelyn Cisneros:Prima Ballerina					Evelyn Cisneros:Prima Donna

 

Theme 5 - School Rules

 

Story Title	Background	Science	Math	S.Studies	Author Study
Off and Running
Little by Little
Dr. Mr. Henshaw
Frindle
The Fun They Had

 

Theme 6- American Adventure

 

Story Title	Background	Science	Math	S.Studies	Author Study
Across the Wide Dark Sea
Name This American
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin
Lewis and Clark
Black Frontiers

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AIMS Math, Science, and SS Resources

Bird's Eye View

Air Density Water Density

Thermometer

 

Lakes

 

 

Protecting Earth