5th Grade Lesson Plans

Utah State Arts Core for 5th Grade

DANCE/MOVEMENT

Title of Lesson	Core Subject	Comments
Rap the Bill of Rights	Social Studies/Dance	A 45-minute lesson where students will focus on the Bill of Rights as they create a Rap Dance.
If If water descriptions If visuals	Science/Dance	Students will understand the differences between oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, groundwater and polar ice caps by responding to the descriptions of each water type with movement. They will also understand the proportions of each water type on the earth through movement exploration.
Weathering	Science/Dance	In a 45 minute class students will develop a deeper understanding of weathering vocabulary, rhythm, and dance composition by creating a rhythm and movement patter.
Weathering 2	Science/Dance	In a 60-minute class 5th grade students will explore weathering through science experiments and the creation of locomotor steps and shapes.
Simulating Matter	Science/Dance	A simulation for how the particles act in a solid, liquid, or gas.
Vinegar and Baking Soda	Science/Dance	Students will recognize a chemical change and use movement to symbolize that change.

DRAMA

Title of Lesson	Core Subject Integration	Comments
Showdown at Appalachian Farms	Science/Drama	Students will demonstrate their understanding of erosion and weathering, and what can be done to slow it down by writing and performing the ending to a play.
The Great Depression	Social Studies/Drama	In two 45 minute sessions, students will experience the prosperity of the 1920s followed by the consequences of the Great Depression.
Transcontinental Railroad Transcontinental Railroad Visuals	Social Studies/Drama	Students will learn about the trans continental railroad by developing a soundscape and tableaus based on pictures of the railroad.
Literature in Tableau	Language Arts/Drama	This lesson plan is a guide to recreating stories using a theatrical convention known as tableau. In this lesson, students will analyze the events, characters and setting of a story as they recreate the story in frozen images.
Finding Characters in Poetry	Language Arts/Drama	Students will learn to find characters and emotions in poetry and will learn ways of demonstrating these.
CROW	Language Arts/Drama	CROW stands for character, relationship, objective, and where. Students will learn to create unique characters and write dialogue that informs their audience about their characters.
Creating a Process Drama	Language Arts/ Social Studies/ Drama	This is a “how to” instruction guide for teachers who would like to create their own process drama.
The Art of Storytelling	Language Arts/ Drama	Students will be tasked with finding a story, creating a story map, learning the events of the story, practicing the story and retelling the story, using engagement techniques. This lesson plan will take several sessions to complete.

MUSIC

Title of Lesson	Core Subject	Comments
Musical Fractions	Math/Music	In a 60 minute lesson, students will analyze music for fractional parts in phrases and create new rhythmic compositions.
Industrial REvolution A-Ric-a-Bamboo Style	Social Studies/Music	Students will learn about some of the important contributors to the industrial revolution by creating hand movements for song lyrics to perform for classmates.

VISUAL ARTS

Title of Lesson	Core Subject	Comments
Perfect-Portraits	Language Arts/Visual Arts	Students will write an autobiography and will create a ceramic self portrait based on the work of current artist Kimmy Cantrell. Grades 2-6.
Severe Weather Lesson	Science/Language Arts/Visual Art	Crayon resist art project. The students will be able to describe, in sequential order, the events of a story having to do with severe weather; write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences, describe how weather and forecasts affect people's lives; recognize the connections of visual arts to all learning.
Cooking with Fractions	Math/Science/Visual Art	Multiplying and dividing with fractions. Discussion of physical/chemical reactions. Creating organic/geometric shapes.
The Great Maze Magnet Race	Science/VisualArt	Students create and name their own race-course where they pull a paperclip or push a doughnut magnet. in competition with others. [Art standard 2 Objective 2]
Colonial Craftsman Sign Making	Social Studies/Visual Art	Students create a complementary color schemed sign for a colonial craftsman
Mingling with Monet-Old North Bridge	Social Studies/Visual Art	Students create their own North Bridge in the style of a Monet.
Political Cartooning	Social Studies/Visual Art	Students analyze and then create their own political cartoons
Color Wheel Portrait Mural	Social Studies/Visual Arts	Students will learn about the color wheel, how to draw a simple or detailed face (depending on the grade), and then will create a piece of a mural using one or two colors.