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New SCoPE Lesson Plans
Fifth Grade

English Language Arts

These units have been revised to align with the Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations

Unit 1 - Exploration

• Lesson 1 - Introduction to European Explorers
  
• Lesson 2 - Reading Historical Fiction about the Exploration of America Teacher Resource: Story Map
  
• Lesson 3 - Expanding Conceptual Knowledge of Exploration Teacher Resource: Knowledge Rating Chart, Teacher Resource: Concept Definition Map
  
• Lesson 4 - Expanding Knowledge of the European Explorers by Reading Biography, Teacher Resource - Biography Graphic Organizer, Teacher Resource: Story Map
  
• Lesson 5 - Designing an Innovative Biographical Sketch
  
• Lesson 6 - Writing Historical Fiction about Explorers and Exploration
  
• Lesson 7 - Writing Narratives about Personal Explorations, Teacher Resource: Scrapbook Pre-Writing
  
• Lesson 8 - Writing Historical Fiction, Teacher Resource: Historical Fiction Story Map
  
• Lesson 9 - Prepare a Persuasive Speech on the Exploration of the Americas
  
• Lesson 10 - Present a Persuasive Speech on the Exploration of the Americas
  

Unit 2 - Celebrating Diversity

• Lesson 1 - Exploring Diversity
  
• Lesson 2 - Diversity in America
  
• Lesson 3 - Diversity in America/Reading Fiction, Teacher Resource: Book Club Evaluation Checklist, Teacher Resource: Book Club Journal and Discussion Responses
  
• Lesson 4 - Looking At Ourselves/Part One, Teacher Resource: What About My Family?
  
• Lesson 5 - Looking at Ourselves/Part Two
  
• Lesson 6 - Looking at Ourselves/Part Three
  
• Lesson 7 - Looking at Our Class
  
• Lesson 8 - Celebrating Diversity/Part One
  
• Lesson 9 - Celebrating Diversity/Part Two
  
• Lesson 10 - Summing Up Diversity, Teacher Resource: Features of Culture

Unit 3 - Science Fiction

• Lesson 1 - Identifying Science Fiction
  
• Lesson 2 - Background Knowledge and Science Fiction
  
• Lesson 3 - Looking for Themes in Science Fiction
  
• Lesson 4 - Reading Science Fiction/Putting It All Together
  
• Lesson 5 - Reading a Science Fiction Novel, Teacher Resource: Book Club Evaluation Checklist
  
• Lesson 6 - An Author's Style - Science Fiction
  
• Lesson 7 - Writing a Science Fiction Story, Part 1
  
• Lesson 8 - Writing a Science Fiction Story, Part 2
  
• Lesson 9 - Writing a Science Fiction Story, Part 3
  
• Lesson 10 - Writing a Science Fiction Story, Part 4

Unit 4 - Tell Me A Tale

• Lesson 1 - What is a Tall Tale?
  
• Lesson 2 - Selecting and Reading American Tall Tales
  
• Lesson 3 - True Story or Tall Tale?
  
• Lesson 4 - Bigger Than Life
  
• Lesson 5 - Writing a Modern Tall Tale, Part 1
  
• Lesson 6 - Writing a Modern Tall Tale, Part 2
  
• Lesson 7 - Storytelling, Part 1
  
• Lesson 8 - Storytelling, Part 2
  
• Lesson 9 - The Storytellers' Festival, Part 1
  
• Lesson 10 - The Storytellers' Festival, Part 2

Unit 5 - Survival

• Lesson 1 - The Concept of Survival
  
• Lesson 2 - Reading Accounts of Survival
  
• Lesson 3 - Reading a Survival Novel
  
• Lesson 4 - Survival Stories - Author's Style
  
• Lesson 5 - Retelling Survival Stories
  
• Lesson 6 - Making a Survival Guide, Part 1
  
• Lesson 7 - Making a Survival Guide, Part 2
  
• Lesson 8 - Making a Survival Guide, Part 3
  
• Lesson 9 - Beginning a Survival Project
  
• Lesson 10 - Presenting Survival Reports

Unit 6 - Justice, Fairness, and Equity

• Lesson 1 - Issues of Justice and Fairness: Focus on the Revolutionary War
  
• Lesson 2 - Johnny Tremain, Chapter II: Reading for the Effect of Positive and Negative Opinions
  
• Lesson 3 - Johnny Tremain, Chapter III: Making and Judging Inferences
  
• Lesson 4 - Johnny Tremain, Chapter IV: Judging the British
  
• Lesson 5 - Johnny Tremain, Chapters VI-XII: Historical Issues
  
• Lesson 6 - Choosing Scenes to Create a Play from Johnny Tremain
  
• Lesson 7 - Sketching and Enacting Scenarios from Johnny Tremain
  
• Lesson 8 - The Declaration of Independence/The American Revolution/The American Civil Rights Movement/Issues of Fairness and Justice, Part 1
  
• Lesson 9 - The Declaration of Independence/The American Revolution/The American Civil Rights Movement/Issues of Fairness and Justice, Part 2
  
• Lesson 10 - The Declaration of Independence/The American Revolution/The American Civil Rights Movement/Issues of Fairness and Justice, Part 3

Unit 7 - Personal Writing

• Lesson 1 - Overview of Personal Communication
  
• Lesson 2 - Reading Electronic Media
  
• Lesson 3 - Writing Electronic Media
  
• Lesson 4 - Reading Letters
  
• Lesson 5 - Writing Personal Letters
  
• Lesson 6 - Reading Fictional Journals and Diaries
  
• Lesson 7 - Writing Fictional Journals and Diaries
  
• Lesson 8 - Reading a Non-Fictional Journal or Diary
  
• Lesson 9 - Writing a Letter to the Principal
  
• Lesson 10 - Assembling a Portfolio

Mathematics

Social Studies

Unit 1 - Our Government

• Unit Accomodations
• Lesson AccomodationsLesson 1 - Why Do We Have Government? Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 2 - What Kind of Government Do We Have? Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 3 - How is Our Government Organized? Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 4 - How Does the Constitution Establish the Structure of the Federal Government? Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 5 - What is the Bill of Rights? Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 6 - What Issues Can Arise Over Constitutional Rights? Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 7 - How Do Courts Help Protect Our Rights? Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 8 - What are Some Court Cases that Involved Constitutional Rights? Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 9 - Taking a Stand on a Public Issue Relating to the Constitution Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 10 - How Can Citizens Participate in the Election Process? Supplemental Materials

Unit 2 - The First Americans

• Unit Accomodations
• Lesson Accomodations
• Lesson 1 - How To Think Like a Historian, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 2 - Text Features and Text Structures in Social Studies Textbooks, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 3 - Theories of Migration, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 4 - Regional Native American Cultures: Eastern Woodlands, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 5 - Native American Cultures: Other Regions, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 6 - Present day U.S. Regions, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 7 - Explorations of the Vikings, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 8 - Reasons for Exploration, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 9 - Encounters and Exchanges: Native Americans and European Explorers, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 10 - Columbus: Hero or Villian? Supplemental Materials
  

Unit 3 - European Settlement

• Unit Accomodations
• Lesson Accomodations
• Lesson 1 - No Wonder People Wanted to Leave: 17th & 18th Century European History, Graphic Organizer
  
• Lesson 2 - Exactly Where Did the Europeans Go?
  
• Lesson 3 - Let's Make a Deal! New Netherlands, Graphic Organizer
  
• Lesson 4 - North America - New Spain in the South and New France in the North, Graphic Organizer
  
• Lesson 5 - A Ghost Town: Roanoke, Graphic Organizer
  
• Lesson 6 - Survival: Jamestown and Plymouth, Graphic Organizer
  
• Lesson 7 - European Relations with Native Americans During Colonization, Examining Cultural Conflicts
  
• Lesson 8 - Oral History of Native Americans
  
• Lesson 9 - Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage
  
• Lesson 10 - Slavery: An Unspeakable Cruelty, Graphic Organizer

Unit 4 - Colonial Life

• Unit Accomodations
• Lesson Accomodations
• Lesson 1 - The New England Colonies Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 2 - The Middle Colonies Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 3 - The Southern Colonies Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 4 - Comparing the Colonial Regions Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 5 - United States Regions Today Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 6 - Colonial Government: Foundations of Self-Government Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 7 - The Colonial Economy Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 8 - Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage Supplemental Materials

Unit 5 - Road to Revolution

• Unit Accomodations
• Lesson Accomodations
• Lesson 1 - The French and Indian War, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 2 - British Control of North America, Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 3 - Sugar and Stamps: Governing without Consent, Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 4 - Actions and Reactions, Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 5 - Things Heat Up in Boston, Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 6 - Closer to War, Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 7 - People and Perspectives, Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 8 - Writing a Persuasive Essay, Supplemental Materials
• Lesson 9 - Creating a Timeline, Supplemental Materials
  

Unit 6 - The American Revolution

• Unit Accomodations
• Lesson Accomodations