Revised -Storytown Grade 5 Skill Matrix

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Grade 5
Story Town
Book 5
Ride The Edge
Theme 1 Finding A Way
Main Selection Leveled
Phonics/
Focus Skill Focus Strategy Fluency
Grammar
Writing
Readers
Spelling
Rope Burn
(B)Wrong
Words with
Plot:
Use Story
Accuracy
Complete
Form: Character
Way!
Closed
Conflict
Structure
Declarative, Description
(O)Catarina
Syllables:
and
and
Paragraph
Speaks
Short Vowel
Resolution
Interrogative
(A)Giggles and Patterns
Sentences
Trait: Voice
Squiggles
(O)Move It!
Theme Writing Reading-Writing Connection Form: Personal Narrative
Traits: Voice and Word Choice
Line Drive
(B)Last at Bat
Words with
Plot:
Use Story
Accuracy
Imperative
Form:
(O)For the
Long Vowels Conflict
Structure
and
Autobiographical
Love of the
and Vowel
Resolution (review)
Exclamatory Composition
Game
Diagraphs
(review)
Sentences;
(A)Lazu’s
Interjections Trait: Voice
Game
(E)The Rules
Chang and the
(B)Hector’s
Words With
Character’s Monitor
Reading
Subjects and Form:
Bamboo Flute
Talent
Variant
Motives
Comprehension: Rate
Predicates
Autobiographical
(O)A Dog’s
Vowels
Reread
Narrative
Life
(A)My
Trait:
Dancing Shoes
Word Choice
(E)A Letter
From China
Lesson
4
Lesson
5
The Daring
Nellie Bly:
America’s Star
Reporter
(B)Harriett
Tubman:
American Hero
(O)James
Pittar:
Swimming the
Continents
(A)John
Hockenberry:
Reporter on
Wheels
(E)A
Reporter’s Day
It Takes Talent! (B)Show Me
(Reader’s
How Day
Theater)
(O)A Winning
Attitude
(A)Break A
Leg!
(E)Putting on a
Play
Words with
Inflections
-ed, -ing
Review
Words with
Closed
Syllables:
Short Vowel
Patterns
Words with
Long Vowels
and Vowel
Diagraphs
Words with
Variant
Vowels
Words with
Inflections
-ed, -ing
Character’s
Motives
(review)
Review
Plot:
Conflict
and
Resolution
Character’s
Motives
Monitor
Reading
Comprehension: Rate
Reread
(review)
(review)
Complete
and Simple
Subjects and
Predicates
Form:
Newspaper Story
Review
Use Story
Structure
Review
Complete
Declarative
and
Interrogative
Sentences
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Review
Accuracy
Reading
Monitor
Rate
Comprehension:
Reread
Imperative
and
Exclamatory
Sentence;
Interjections
Subjects and
Predicates
Complete
and Simple
Subjects and
Predicates
Trait:
Word Choice
Lesson
6
Lesson
7
Lesson
8
Book 5 Riding The Edge
Theme 2
Common Goals
(B)Friday the
Words with
Theme
Ask Questions
Expression Compound
Form: Personal
June Tenth
Consonant -le
Subjects and Response
(O)My
Predicates
Paragraphs
Abuelita
(A)Braided
Trait: Ideas
Bread and
Bath Tub Fish
(E)Meeting
Jose Manuel
Theme Writing
Reading-Writing Connection Form: Response To Literature Trait: Ideas, Organization
When the
(B)The
Words with
Theme
Ask Questions
Expression Simple and
Form: Journal
Circus Came
Absentminded VCCV:
(review)
(review)
(review)
Compound
Entry
To Town
Performer
Same Medial
Sentences
(O)What a
Consonants
Trait: Ideas
Circus
(A)Violin
Lessons
(E)The Great
Dolphin
Rescue
When
(B)Daughter’s Words with
Text
Use Graphic
Phrasing
Prepositions Form;
Washington
of the
VCCV:
Structure:
Organizers
and
Biography
Crossed the
Revolution
Different
Sequence
Prepositional
Delaware
(O)Walk The
Medial
Phrases
Trait:
Freedom Trail Consonants
Organization
The Attack of
the Turtle
(E)The Truth
About George
The Night of
San Juan
Lesson
9
Lesson
10
Leonardo’s
Horse
The Secret
Ingredient
(Reader’s
Theater)
(B)Leonardo
da Vinci and
the City of
Florence
(O)The Search
for the Trojan
Horse
(A)Lost Wax:
Making Great
Works in
Bronze
(E)The Dream
They Shared
(B)In The Fish
Kitchen
(O)There Is No
I in Team
(A)The Egg
Drop Eggsperiment
(E)Six-Story
Soup
Words with
the VCCCV
Pattern
Text
Structure:
Sequence
(review)
Use Graphic
Organizers
(review)
Phrasing
(review)
Review
Words with
Consonant
-le
Review
Theme
Review
Ask Questions
Review
Expression
Text
Structure:
Sequence
Use Graphic
Organizers
Phrasing
Words with
VCCV:
Same Medial
Consonants
Words with
VCCV:
Different
Medial
Consonants
Words with
VCCCV
Patterns
Clauses and
Phrases;
Complex
Sentences
Form: Summary
Review
Compound
Subjects and
Predicates
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Simple and
Compound
Sentences
Prepositions
and
Prepositional
Phrases
Clauses and
Phrases;
Complex
Sentences
Trait:
Organization
Book 5
Ride The Wave
Theme 3
Go With The Flow
(B)Rescue!
Words with
Compare
Monitor
Intonation Common
Form:
Grace
VCV
and
Comprehension:
and Proper
Descriptive
Darling’s Story
Contrast
Self-Correction
Nouns
Paragraph:
(O)Sailing
Setting
Boy: William
Fish Williams
Trait: Sentence
Story
Fluency
(A)Taking The
Wheel: The
Story of Mary
Patten
(E)House Boat
in the
Everglades
Theme Writing
Reading-Writing Connection Form: Expository Composition Trait: Sentence Fluency, Conventions
Lesson Ultimate Field
(B)The Artic
Words with
Compare
Monitor
Intonation Singular and Form:
12
Trip 3:
Ocean: A
Prefixes re-,
and
Comprehension: (review)
Plural Nouns Compare and
Wading into
Changing Sea
un-, nonContrast
Self-Correction
Contrast
Marine Biology (O)Sea Trip:
(review)
(review)
Composition
Exploring a
Coral Reef
Trait: Sentence
(A)Diving Into
Fluency
Ocean
Exploration
(E)Visiting the
Aquarium
Lesson Stormalong
(B)Mississippi Words with
Cause and
Use Graphic
Pace
Possessive
Form:
13
Marvis Barnes Suffixes
Effect
Organizers
Nouns
Descriptive
(O)Balina
-able, -ible, Paragraph
(A)Whisper
ment, -less
(E)American
Trait:
Tall Tales
Conventions
Lesson
11
Sailing Home:
A Story of a
Childhood at
Sea
Lesson
14
Lesson
15
A Drop of
Water
How Prairie
Became Ocean
(Reader’s
Theater)
(B)Wheels on
the Water
(O)Water on
the Rise!
(A)Full Steam
Ahead! The
Power of Fire
and Water
(E)Water,
Water
Everywhere
(B)Coyote and
the Volcano, A
Shasta Tale
(O)The Story
of Prairie
Rose, Based on
a Sioux Myth
(A)Let The
River Flow, A
Native
American Tale
(E)Road Trip
Words with
Endings
/en, /el/, /er/
Cause and
Effect
(review)
Use Graphic
Organizers
(review)
Pace
(review)
Pronouns
and
Antecedents
Form:
Cause and Effect
Paragraph
Trait:
Conventions
Review
Words with
VCV
Words with
Prefixes
re-, un-, nonWords with
Suffixes
-able-, -ible, ment, -less
Words with
Ending
/en/, /el/, /er/
Review
Compare
and
Contrast
Review
Review
Monitor
Intonation
Comprehension:
Self-Correct
Pace
Review
Common
and Proper
Nouns
Cause and
Effect
Use Graphic
Organizers
Singular and
Plural Nouns
Possessive
Nouns
Pronouns
and
Antecedents
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Lesson
16
Lesson
17
Lesson
18
Book 5
Ride The Wave
Theme 4
Dare To Be Great
(B)A Change
Words with
Make
Use Story
Intonation Subjective
of Heart
Prefixes
Inferences
Structure
and
(O)Juan’s
im-, in-, ir-,
ObjectiveStory
ilCase
(A)Perfect Pen
Pronouns
Pal
(E)An Idea
Becomes a
Book
Theme Writing
Reading-Writing Connection
Form: Narrative
Trait: Voice, Word Choice
Nothing Ever
(B)Boring Old Words with
Make
Use Story
Intonation Possessive
Happens on
Duffield Street Suffixes
Inferences
Structure
(review)
and
th
90 Street
(O)Nothing
-and, -ent, (review)
(review)
ReflexiveEver Happens
eer, -ist, -ian
Case
on the Farm
Pronouns
(A)The Dog
Days of
Summer
(E)The
Domino Effect
Project
(B)The Class
Words with
Main Idea
Monitor
Reading
Adjectives
Mulberry
Carnival
Suffixes
and Details Comprehension: Rate
and Articles
(O)Dyeing to
-ous, -eous,
Adjust Reading
Win
-ious
Rate
(A)A Magical
Night
(E)The Circle
of Life
The School
Story
Form:
Narrative
Paragraph
Trait: Voice
Form: Skit
Trait: Voice
Form:
Suspense Story
Trait:
Word Choice
Lesson
19
Lesson
20
Inventing the
Future: A
Photobiography
of Thomas
Alva Edison
The Invention
Convention
(Reader’s
Theater)
(B)Marie
Curie: Against
All Odds
(O)Benjamin
Banneker: A
Man Ahead of
His Time
(A)Benjamin
Franklin: A
Man of Many
Talents
(E)Great Ideas
and Inventions
(B)The Grand
Taskmaster
(O)Trivia
Trails
(A)The
Wackiest
Word Game
(E)A Toasty
Problem
Homophones
Review
Words with
Prefixes
im-, in-, ir-,
ilWords with
Suffixes
-ant, -ent, eer, -ist, -ian,
-ous, -eous, ious
Homophones
Main Idea
and Details
(review)
Review
Make
Inferences
Main Idea
and Details
Monitor
Reading
Comprehension: Rate
Adjust Reading (review)
Rate
(review)
Main and
Helping
Verbs
Review
Use Story
Structure
Review
Subjective
and
ObjectiveCase
Pronouns
Review
Intonation
Reading
Monitor
Rate
Comprehension:
Adjust Reading
Rate
Form:
Letter to Request
Trait:
Word Choice
Possessive
and
ReflexiveCase
Pronouns
Adjectives
and Articles
Main and
Helping
Verbs
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Lesson
21
Lesson
22
Lesson
23
Lesson
24
Book 5 Ride The Wave
Theme5
Making a Difference
(B)Marvelous
Words with
Author’s
Summarize
Expression Action and
Form:
Marine
Prefixes
Purpose
Linking
Persuasive Letter
Mammals
in-, out-,
and
Verbs
(O)The Gentle down-, upPerspective
Trait:
Lions of the
Sentence
Sea
Fluency
(A)Whales of
the World
(E)Turtles of
the Sea
Theme Writing Reading-Writing Connection Form: Persuasive Essay Trait: Sentence Fluency, Organization
The Power of
(B)Nina Wows Words with
Author’s
Summarize
Expression Present
Form:
W.O.W!
KWOW
Suffixes
Purpose
(review)
(review)
Tense;
Persuasive
(O)A Friendly -ation, -ition, and
SubjectParagraph
Fieldtrip
-sion, -ion
Perspective
Verb
(A)A.L.L. to
(review)
Agreement
Trait:
the Rescue
Sentence
(E)A Play for
Fluency
Everyone
Any Small
(B)Incredible
Words with
Literary
Answer
Pace
Past and
Form:
Goodness: A
Eddie
Silent Letters Devices
Questions
Future
Poetry
Novel of the
(O)A Spy Next
Tenses
Barrio
Door
Trait:
(A)Just
Organization
Visiting
(E)Lost and
Found
Chester
(B)Jar of
Words with
Literary
Answer
Pace
Perfect
Form:
Cricket’s
Wings
Unusual
Devices
Questions
(review)
Tenses
Narrative
Pigeon Ride
(O)George to
Plurals
(review)
(review)
Composition
the Rescue
(A)Best Bugs
Trait:
(E)Calling All
Organization
Crickets
Interrupted
Journey:
Endangered
Sea Turtles
Lesson
25
The
Compassion
Campaign
(Reader’s
Theater)
(B)The Clean
Machine
(O)Are We
Recycling? A
Video
Investigation
(A)Kids Clean
Up
(E)M.A.C. in
Action
Review
Words with
Prefixes
in-, out-,
down-, upWords with
Suffixes
-ation, -ition,
-sion, -ion
Words with
Silent Letters
Words with
Unusual
Plurals
Review
Author’s
Purpose
and
Perspective
Literary
Devices
Review
Summarize
Review
Expression
Answer
Questions
Pace
Review
Action and
Linking
Verbs
Present
Tense
SubjectVerb
Agreement
Past and
Future
Tenses
Perfect
Tenses
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Lesson
26
Lesson
27
Lesson
28
Book 5 Ride The Wave
Theme 6
Feats of Daring
(B)The Corps
Words with
Summarize Monitor
Accuracy
Irregular
of Discovery
Prefix +Root and
Comprehension:
Verbs
(O)Friends
Word +
Paraphrase Read Ahead
Along the Way Suffix
(A)Sacagawea:
A Token peace
(E)Just Like
Lewis and
Clark
Theme Writing Reading-Writing Connection Form: Research Report Trait: Ideas, Conventions
Klondike Kate (B)Calamity Jane: Words with Summarize Monitor
Accuracy Contractions
Adventurer and
Greek Parts and
Comprehension: (review)
Leader
Paraphrase
Read Ahead
(O)Amelia
(review)
(review)
Earhart: Pilot and
Adventurer
(A)A Poppy in
the Tundra: The
Story of Isobel
Wylie Hutchinson
(E)Gold
Stampede
The Top of the (B)The
Words with Fact and
Summarize
Phrasing Adverbs
World:
Sensational Seven Latin Parts
Opinion
Climbing
Summits
Mount Everest (O)Meet The
Sherpas
(A)Watch Your
Altitude!
(E)Now That’s
Cold!
Lewis and
Clark
Form:
Paragraph of
Explanation
Trait: Ideas
Form:
Paragraph of
Historical
Information
Trait: Ideas
Form:
How-To
Paragraph
Trait:
Conventions
Lesson
29
Lesson
30
The Man Who
Went to the Far
Side of the
Moon
Exploring the
Gulf Coast
(Reader’s
Theater)
(B)A Scrapbook
from the Moon
(O)High Fashion:
Out of This
World
(A)The Lunar
Module:
Engineered to
Serve
(E)Race to the
Moon
(B)Exploring
Redwood
National Park
(O)Exploring Big
Bend
(A)Exploring
Volcanoes
National Park
(E)Exploring
Florida’s Habitats
Borrowed
Words
Fact and
Opinion
(review)
Summarize
(review)
Phrasing
(review)
Punctuation
Form:
Essay of
Explanation
Trait:
Conventions
Review
Words with
Prefixes +
Root Words
+ Suffixes
Words with
Greek Parts
Review
Summarize
and
Paraphrase
Review
Review
Monitor
Accuracy
Comprehension:
Read Ahead
Phrasing
Review
Irregular
Verbs
Contractions
Fact and
Opinion
Summarize
Adverbs
Punctuation
Words with
Latin Parts
Borrowed
Words
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