Grade 5
English Language Arts
EL Education is the provider of the OUSD ELA curriculum for grades K-5,.* The curriculum is standards-based, and relies heavily on fiction and nonfiction trade books. This curriculum is open access, and full materials are available to view and at the EL Education website.
* OUSD Dual Language schools use the Benchmark Education curriculum for language instruction.
Module 1
Stories of Human Rights
Module 2
Biodiversity in the Rain Forest
Module 3
Athlete Leaders of Social Change
Module 4
The Impact of Natural Disasters
Math
Eureka Math2 (Eureka Math "Squared") is the adopted OUSD curriculum for elementary schools. The curriculum is aligned to California Common Core standards, which describe what students should know and be able to do in each subject in each grade.
Fall
Winter
Spring
Science
For elementary science instruction, OUSD uses FOSS (Full Option Science System), a research-based science curriculum developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley. This curriculum emphasizes hands-on activities and is aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS ). The order of the three modules varies from school to school, depending on the rotation of physical science kits at each school site.
Physical Science
Family Resource: Mixtures and Solutions
Earth Science
Family Resource: Earth and Sun
Life Science
Family Resource: Living Systems
Social Studies
OUSD 4th graders use Newsela to access a Social Studies curriculum that focuses on California history. This online curriculum is aligned to California Common Core state standards, and consists of individual articles that are adjusted to each student's reading level.
Fall
Indigenous Lands
Winter
Colonial America
Spring
The U.S. Forms and Expands
