TROPHIES

5TH GRADE

CONNECTIONS

Theme 1

Theme 2

Theme 3

Theme

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
			Bir d's Eye View
Sees Behind Trees	Author,Michael Norris	Moss		Nat ive American Shelters	Michael Dorris
		Gourds
Yang the Third	Chinese Family Customs	Instruments		Chinatown	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

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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	Nicarag ua	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

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Theme 3 - A Changing Planet

 

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

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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 Homepage				William Joyce
Satmo's Blues		Sound waves		Golden Age of Jazz	Alan Schroeder
				Brass Instruments
Evelyn Cisneros:Prima Ballerina	Evelyn's Story			Nutcracker	Evelyn Cisneros
				Sleeping Beauty
				Swan Lake

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Theme 5 - School Rules

 

Story Title	Background	Science	Math	S.Studies	Author Study
Off and Running		Photosynthesis< /div>		Gaines ville Mayor	Gary Soto
Little by Little	Jean Little Homepage	Vision Care		Itzhak Perlman	Jean Little
				Helen Keller
				Jorge Luis Borges
				Pierre-Auguste Renoir
				Louis Braille
				Jacqueline du' Pre'
Dear. Mr. Henshaw	Teacher Cyberguide	Wild and Wacky Invention Game		Truck Driving Job Description	Beverly Cleary
Frindle	frindle.com			Native American Symbols	Andrew Clements
				Egyptian Hieroglyphics
The Fun They Had	Thinking Aboutthe Future			Cliff Dwellers	Isaac Asminov
				Pueblo people
				Eastern Woodland peoples

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Theme 6- American Adventure

 

Story Title	Background	Science	Math	S.Studies	Author Study
Across the Wide Dark Sea	Mayflower History				Jean Van Leeuwen
Name This American	Uncle Sam				Hannah Reinmuth
	Miss Liberty
	Walter Hunt
	Gutzon Borglum
	Maria Mitchell
	Dolley Madison
	Sacagawea
	Elizabeth C. Stanton
	Babe Ruth
	Liliuokalan i
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin	Benjamin Franklin	Franklin's Kite			Jean Fritz
Lewis and Clark	Re-enactments/Living History			Campsites	Conrad Stein
Black Frontiers	Black Frontier Settlers			Negr o Baseball League	Lillian Schlissel
	The Exodusters

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AIMS Math, Science, and SS Resources

Bird's Eye View

Air Density

Water Density

Thermometer

 

Lakes

 

 

Protecting Earth