Social Studies:

•       Varying levels of text complexity

•       Primary and secondary sources

•       Depth, as opposed to breadth of content

•       Reading from multiple perspectives to see how history has multiple sides

•       Writing arguments, not persuasion

•       Writing informative/explanatory text

•       Publishing student work to an audience

•       Computer literacy skills

•       Utilizing multiple sources

•       Self-generated research questions

•       The research process

•       Deep, critical thinking about Social Studies

•       All literacy domains: reading, writing, listening, speaking

 To see the 5th grade Social Studies standards, click here: https://www.azed.gov/standards-practices/k-12standards/standards-social-studies

 

      Writing:

• We will do a variety of writing including RACES, writing strong paragraphs, opinion, and informational writing.

• Writing in SS will relate to content we are learning, but will reinforce what Mrs. Orr is working on in her ELA class for writing (ex: we might write a summary of the Boston Tea Party to support summary writing).