Learning Objectives:
LanguageVocabulary Acquisition and Use
L5.5 - Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
a. Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
c. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.
Reading Foundational SkillsPhonics and Word Recognition
RF5.3a - Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis in decoding words. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multi-syllabic words in context and out of context.
Fluency
RF5.4b - Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
Reading LiteratureKey Ideas and Details
RL5.2 -Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarizes the text.
Craft and Structure
RL5.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
RL5.5 - Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL5.7 - Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
RL5.9 - Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Writing:
Fantasy:
Language
Conventions of Standard English
L5.1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
b. Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
d Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
L5.2 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
b. Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
c. Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you) to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
L5.3b - Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems.
Speaking & ListeningComprehension and Collaboration
SL5.1- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
c. Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
d. Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained and discussed.
WritingText Types and Purposes
W5.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b - Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
c - Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
d - Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
e - Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Production and Distribution of Writing
W5.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Interpretive:
Language
Conventions of Standard English
L5.1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
b - Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
d - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
L5.2 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
b - Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
c - Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you) to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
WritingText Types and Purposes
W5.1a - Write opinion pieces on topics or text, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.
W5.1b - Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
W5.1c - Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically)
W5.1d - Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
Production and Distribution of Writing
W5.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
LanguageVocabulary Acquisition and Use
L5.5 - Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
a. Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
c. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.
Reading Foundational SkillsPhonics and Word Recognition
RF5.3a - Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis in decoding words. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multi-syllabic words in context and out of context.
Fluency
RF5.4b - Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
Reading LiteratureKey Ideas and Details
RL5.2 -Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarizes the text.
Craft and Structure
RL5.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
RL5.5 - Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL5.7 - Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
RL5.9 - Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Writing:
Fantasy:
Language
Conventions of Standard English
L5.1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
b. Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
d Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
L5.2 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
b. Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
c. Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you) to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
L5.3b - Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems.
Speaking & ListeningComprehension and Collaboration
SL5.1- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
c. Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
d. Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained and discussed.
WritingText Types and Purposes
W5.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b - Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
c - Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
d - Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
e - Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Production and Distribution of Writing
W5.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Interpretive:
Language
Conventions of Standard English
L5.1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
b - Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
d - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
L5.2 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
b - Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
c - Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you) to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
WritingText Types and Purposes
W5.1a - Write opinion pieces on topics or text, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.
W5.1b - Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
W5.1c - Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically)
W5.1d - Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
Production and Distribution of Writing
W5.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.