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“The Mendenhall Glacier” Informational ELA Bundle & Fractions Math Bundle

5th Grade • Lesson Plan Bundle
$10.00
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Quick Facts

Subject: ELA, Informational, Math, Numbers and Operations Fractions

Type: Lesson Plan Bundle

Skills: ELA:

  • Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
  • Brainstorm, plan and write their own informational "book" based on causes & effects
  • Participate in a science connection activity
  • Write a Haiku poem based on glaciers and ice cubes
Math: Adding/Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators, Adding/Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators, Reducing/Simplifying Answers, Using Bar Models

Materials Needed: ELA:

  • Blank pieces of white paper (2 per student)
  • Lined paper
  • Pencils, crayons
  • Document camera/chart paper/ or whiteboard (used for examples)
Math: blank paper (4-6 per student), pencil, crayons/colored pencils, scissors, document camera/whiteboard, Optional: personal student dry erase boards and dry erase markers

Printable Resources: ELA:  Required:

  • student copies of the informational texts: "The Mendenhall Glacier" and "Thermal Expansion" (1 copy of each per student)
  • 1 copy of pictures from the document (color copy if possible)
Math: Required: printable faction game cards ( 1 set per pair) -or- students can create their own using paper/index cards; Optional: printable "Exit Slips" as an optional assessment component

CCSS: RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, RI.5.4, 5.NF.A.1

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

This ELA & Math bundle contains:

ELA: 

Engaging students in reading and developing reading for meaning skills is a foundational goal for 3rd graders. This bundle of 4 lessons includes “closer looking” and close reading of an included informational text “The Mendenhall Glacier”.  Your students will:

  • Segment 1: collaborate with partners in order to analyze and draw inferences about photographs of an unknown location
  • Segment 2: students will produce a “book”; which includes: cause and effect, vocabulary, and key details
  • Segment 3: analyze a second text source to continue their creation of a book which includes: cause and effect, vocabulary, and key details.
  • BONUS- Segment 4: create a visual comparison of glaciers and ice cubes and write a Haiku poem that captures the intent of the text.

These lessons can be taught over the span of a half day or you can use the lessons independently, broken up over several days.

Math:

This bundle of lesson plans is broken down into 3 separate segments (30-60 minutes each) addressing Numbers and Operations- Fractions: adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers unlike denominators. Students will learn key fraction vocabulary, take helpful notes for reference, complete independent practice of concepts and play a game to reinforce the concept of adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.

  • Segment 1: students will add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators using both a bar model and multiplication.
  • Segment 2: students will add and subtract mixed numbers with unlike denominators using both a bar model and multiplication.
  • Segment 3: students will demonstrate their understanding of the above-mentioned concepts through playing a game requiring them to either add or subtract fractions with unlike denominators and then compare the sums or differences.

These lessons can be taught over the span of a half day or you can use the lessons independently, broken up over several days.