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Alberta Grade 5

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Click on the overarching curriculum themes below to see the curriculum outcomes that match KBI educational content. The full Grade 5 Alberta Curriculum Connections document is here.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5

Curriculum:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5    ORGANIZING IDEA Vocabulary: Communication and comprehension are improved by understanding word meaning and structures.

LEARNING OUTCOME: Students analyze how knowledge of vocabulary supports meaning and use of language.

  • Knowledge 
    • Increased knowledge of vocabulary supports comprehension of text.
    • Strategies for vocabulary development include extensive reading and listening to and noting how others use words.
  • Understanding 
    • Vocabulary learning involves the use of strategies and tools.
  • Skills & Procedures 
    • Use a variety of tools to build vocabulary knowledge.
    • Engage with a wide variety of texts to expand vocabulary.

All KBI lessons are applicable.

Lessons have a link to unit/lesson plans on each lesson title. These include adaptable literacy building activities such as vocabulary worksheets with phonetic structures, spelling exercises, matching definitions to vocabulary terms, sentence writing using vocabulary terms, and prefix/suffix exercises. 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5 & SCIENCE 5

Curriculum:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5   ORGANIZING IDEA Comprehension: Text comprehension is supported by applying varied strategies and processes and by considering both particular contexts and universal themes.

LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate strategies and connections that support text comprehension.

  • Knowledge
    • Inferencing involves multiple critical-thinking skills, including
      • considering cause-and-effect relationships
      • answering personal wonderings
      • combining information from various sources to draw conclusions
  • Understanding  
    • Comprehension involves inferencing and relying on multiple critical-thinking skills when engaging with texts.
  • Skills & Procedures
    • Infer cause-and-effect relationships in texts. 
    • Combine information from various sources to draw conclusions.

SCIENCE 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Scientific Methods: Investigation of the physical world is enhanced through the use of scientific methods that attempt to remove human biases and increase objectivity.

LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate how evidence is gathered and explain the importance of ethics in science.

  • Knowledge 
    • Biases are any personal thoughts, feelings, or expectations that influence an investigation.
    • Humans are not usually aware of their personal biases.
  • Understanding 
    • Evidence is more reliable and valid when investigations are conducted in a way that limits bias.
  • Skills & Procedures 
    • Identify biases that could influence an investigation. 
  • Knowledge 
    • A variable is a condition or factor that can influence the outcome of an experiment.
    • A manipulated or independent variable is changed to determine what effect the change will have on the responding variable in a controlled experiment.
    • A responding or dependent variable changes as a result of changes to the manipulated variable in a controlled experiment.
    • A controlled variable is kept the same in a controlled experiment.
    • A controlled experiment is an investigation in which one variable is changed and all other variables are kept the same.
  • Understanding 
    • Evidence from a controlled experiment can be used to make conclusions about cause-and-effect relationships between variables.
  • Skills & Procedures 
    • Identify biases that could influence an investigation. 
    • Apply vocabulary for variables correctly in science contexts.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Video worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities/answer guides
  • Numeracy activity/answers
SCIENCE 5

Curriculum:

SCIENCE 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Living Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.

LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate the internal systems of organisms and explain how they support vital biological processes.

  • Knowledge 
    • Vital biological processes in complex organisms are carried out by biological systems that rely on each other. Vital biological processes of complex organisms include
      • movement
      • nutrition
      • respiration
      • growth
      • reproduction
      • Understanding 
    • Earth’s systems are interconnected and can be impacted by small changes.
  • Skills & Procedures 
    • Make connections between human activity and Earth’s systems.
    • Analyze the interconnectedness of Earth’s systems
      • number of organisms
      • food sources
      • habitat
      • water distribution and cleanliness
      • weather patterns

LEARNING OUTCOME: Students analyze organisms and relate external structures to functions.

  • Knowledge 
    • Organisms are living things that respond to stimuli and include plants, humans, and other animals.
    • Organisms can be classified in various ways, including by 
      • appearance 
      • habitat 
      • structures

SCIENCE 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.

LEARNING OUTCOME: Students analyze climate and connect it to weather conditions and agricultural practices. 

  • Knowledge 
    • Climate affects various aspects of animal activity, including
      • migration patterns
      • accessing food
      • timing of reproduction
  • Understanding 
    • Climate affects human and other animal activity. 
  • Skills & Procedures 
    • Explain how climate can affect human and other animal activity.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Diversity of Living Things (NOTE - this is a Grade 6 learning module as that is the curriculum fit for most provinces in Canada and cannot be changed. However, it fits Alberta grade 5 curriculum, so has been included here. To access it, teachers will need to select Grade 6.)

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/  answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Video worksheet/answers
  • Numeracy activity/answers

 

2. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Video worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities/answer guides
  • Numeracy activity/answers
SOCIAL STUDIES 5

Curriculum:

SOCIAL STUDIES 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Citizenship: Understanding local, national, and global issues empowers individual and collective action toward an inclusive society.

LEARNING OUTCOME: Students investigate ways to learn about the world and take action for change.

  • Knowledge 
    • The study of historical issues and events, such as those in ancient civilizations and empires, can provide insight into contemporary issues and events, for example,
      • the evolution of technology
      • the economic impact of exploration and trade
      • the successes and failures of social and government systems
    • Informed citizens seek information from multiple sources that present various perspectives on issues and events. Consideration of various perspectives can support development of empathy for the actions and values of others.
    • Informed citizens can respond to issues and events by taking actions, such as sharing information, collecting donations, volunteering, and changing personal behaviours.
  • Understanding 
    • Informed citizenship is empowering.
  • Skills & Procedures 
    • Relate historical issues and events to contemporary issues and events.
    • Compare perspectives about an issue or event.
    • Investigate an event or issue using multiple sources.
    • Describe opportunities of informed citizenship.
  • Knowledge 
    • Humans and many other animals have internal biological systems that include the
      • digestive system
      • respiratory system
      • circulatory system
      • musculoskeletal system
    • The digestive system breaks down food and absorbs nutrients and includes the mouth, stomach, intestines, liver, and pancreas.
    • The respiratory system exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide and includes the trachea, lungs, and diaphragm.
    • The circulatory system moves blood around the body and includes the heart and blood vessels.
    • The musculoskeletal system supports and moves the body and includes muscles and bones.
    • The digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems work together to supply oxygen and nutrients to the human body.
  • Understanding 
    • Humans are complex organisms with biological systems that carry out vital biological processes. 
  • Skills & Procedures 
    • Relate vital biological processes to a human or other animal’s internal biological systems.
    • Examine the function of the human digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and musculoskeletal systems.
    • Identify the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and musculoskeletal systems of the human body and the major body parts of each system.
    • Investigate the relationships between body systems that are involved in moving oxygen and nutrients throughout the human body.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Canada's Interactions with the Global Community

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Video worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities/answer guides
  • Numeracy activity/answers

 

2. The Human Body - Circulatory System

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities/answer guides

 

3. The Human Body - Respiratory System

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities/answer guides

 

4. The Human Body - Digestive System

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities/answer guides
  • Numeracy activity/answers
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5

Curriculum:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE 5 ORGANIZING IDEA Vocabulary: Understanding the meaning and formation of words facilitates oral communication, reading, and writing. 

LEARNING OUTCOME: Students expand vocabulary and analyze morphemes to communicate in multiple contexts.

  • Knowledge 
    • Different time periods gave rise to different forms of oral communication, including
      • storytelling
    • Oral traditions include the use of stories to connect prior knowledge to lived experiences.
    • Oral traditions include diverse types of stories, including
      • tales of everyday life
      • sacred stories
      • stories of extraordinary experiences
      • trickster stories or tales
    • Trickster stories or tales can
      • have human, superhuman, and animal characters
      • teach lessons
      • reflect aspects of a culture
    • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Oral traditions hold communities together based on some shared knowledge and values.
  • Understanding 
    • The content and delivery of oral traditions are influenced by history, communities, or contexts.
  • Skills & Procedures 
    • Discuss cultural contexts of oral traditions.
    • Discuss meanings of stories and lessons shared orally.

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Life on Turtle Island

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answers
  • Lesson worksheet/ answers
  • Holistic reflection activity

Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year

Indigenous Teachings (Truth & Reconciliation September, and/or National Indigenous History Month June)

Applicable KBI lessons:

KBI Teacher Centre-Indigenous Teachings

Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day

Lesson Plan/Activity

Being kind and building leadership skills to help make a difference to others (December)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Winter Break - Spreading Kindness 

Lesson Plan/Activities

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Activity - Making A Difference
  • Activity - Compare and Contrast special things at this time of year
  • Activity - Recipe book
  • Activity - Shape Poem
Highlighting some key inspirational leaders during Black History Month as well as some experiences of refugees from different parts of the world (February)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Black History Month

 

2. Refugee Experiences

Unit Plan Overview

  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities
Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM (March)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
  • Inquiry activities
Understanding communicable diseases and how they are spread, and learning about immunization. Suggested during flu season, immunization awareness week, and school vaccinations (if applicable)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Germs, The Body's Defense System, & How Vaccines Help

Lesson Plan

  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities

 

Last modified: 
Nov 26, 2025