• ELA: Unit 1: 

    Unit Overview
    What is this unit all about?

    This unit, Perspective and Identity. Students engage in reading behaviors, goal setting, and reading habits developed in previous grades. These established behaviors and habits allow for an earlier start to making inferences, comparing and contrasting characters, settings, and events within a story, identifying themes,  and analyzing character traits, point-of-view, and the structure of literary texts. Additionally, students read informational books on multiple topics, including Colonial America and the American Revolution, to develop their own ideas as readers. Students determine the text structure of various texts, find multiple main ideas, use strategies to find the meaning of unknown words, and analyze multiple texts on the same topic. The strategies included in the writing units, Narrative Craft and  Informational Writing: Building on Expository Structures to Write Lively Voice-filled Nonfiction Picture Books, support students as they write about reading and engage in the writing process. 

    Standards

    What are the standards in this unit?

    Key Ideas and Evidence

    RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
    RL.5.2 Determine the theme of a story, drama or a poem from details in a text, including how characters in story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize a text.
    RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
    RI.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
    RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
    RI.5.3 Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

    Vocabulary Acquisition, Craft, and Structure

    RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, recognizing specific word choices that contribute to meaning and tone.
    RL.5.5 Explain how chapters, scenes, or stanzas provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
    RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described. 
    RI.5.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
    RI.5.5 Compare and contrast the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.

    Integration of Ideas and Analysis

    RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or aesthetics of a text.
    RI.5.7 Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question or to solve a problem efficiently.
    RI.5.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
    RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

    Range of Reading and Collaboration of Ideas

    RL.5.10 By the end of grade 5, read and understand literature at the high end of the 4-5 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
    RI.5.10 By the end of grade 5, read and understand literature at the high end of the 4-5 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.
    SL.5.1

    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.

    a.     Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
    b.     Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions.
    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 from the discussions.

    Foundational Skills 

    RF.5.2 Create readable documents through legible handwriting (cursive).
    RF.5.4

    Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. 
    a. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.
    RF.5.5

    Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
    a. Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
    b. Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
    c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

    Social Studies:

    Unit Overview:

    The focus of this unit is to compare different perspectives on the impact growth and development of the United States had on American identity.

    Standards:

    5.B.1 Understand ways in which values and beliefs have influenced the development of the United States.

    5.B.1.1 Explain how traditions, social structure, and artistic expression have contributed to the unique identity of the United States.
    5.B.1.2 Explain how the values and beliefs of various indigenous, religious, and racial groups have contributed to the development of American identity.
    5.C&G.1 Analyze the structure and function of the United States government in terms of cooperation and compromise

    5.C&G.1.1 Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government in terms of how the branches cooperate.
    5.C&G.1.2 Explain how the three branches of government work together to protect freedom, equality, and justice.
    5.C&G.2 Understand the ways in which the federal government has protected individual rights of citizens. 5.C&G.2.2 Exemplify ways in which rights are protected under the United States Constitution.
    5.H.1 Understand the role of various people, events, and ideas in shaping the United States. *5.H.1.5 Compare multiple perspectives of various historical events using primary and secondary sources.
    5.H.1.6 Explain the significance of national symbols and traditions from various perspectives.
      5.C&G.2.4 Explain why civic participation is important in the United States.
Last Modified on August 19, 2022