Ontario Science: Grade 5 Human Body Systems

Are you a regular classroom teacher looking for a simplified version of curriculum resources? Do you scribe for all of your STEP 1 ELLs in content area classes but don't feel you have enough time? Do you wish you had the visuals you need to explain science concepts?

This resource is a companion document that supports the language of the expectations of the Grade 5 Ontario Curriculum. For the Science strand: Understanding Life Systems, I’ve created reference pages for the expectations for Human Body Systems. 

It is intended to provide STEP 1 students with key vocabulary and sentence structures they need to communicate their ideas in speaking and writing activities.

STEP 1 English Language Learners will: 

• Demonstrate understanding by responding to a highly visual text, using a combination of visuals, drawings, L1, pre-taught vocabulary and non-verbal cues
• Locate information in a visual text, using visual cues
• Read and understand high frequency words and pre-taught vocabulary in context
• Apply sound-symbol connections to decode unfamiliar words in context

Overall Expectation

By the end of Grade 5, students will: 

• demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of human body systems and interactions within and between systems.

Specific Expectations

By the end of Grade 5, students will: 

3.1 identify major systems in the human body and describe their roles and interrelationships 

3.2 describe the basic structure and function of major organs in the respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems 

3.3 identify interrelationships between body systems 

3.4 identify common diseases and the organs and/or body systems that they affect