Grade 5th
Quarter 4- March-May
Literature
-PARCC practice
-Poetry unit
-Women’s History project
-Maniac Magee/Shiloh
-story structure
-conflict/resolution
-characterization
-theme
-tone/mood
-author’s purpose
-similes/metaphors
-idioms
-personification
-cliffhanger
-imagery
Grammar
-adverbs
-comparative/superlative
adjectives
-subject/object pronouns
-irregular verbs
-contractions
-perfect tense
-semi-colons
-transition words
-dialect
Essential
Questions
Key Reading
and Language
Standards
RI 5.3, RI 5.8,
RI 5.10, RF 5.4,
RI 5.7,RI 5.5,
RL 5.6, RL 5.10,
RL 5.1, RI 5.9,
RI 5.2, RI 5.4,
RL 5.7, RL 5.5,
RL 5.3, SL 5.6,
RL5.9, L5.5
L 5.1a, L 5.1e,
L 5.2, L 5.3,
L 5.6, L5.5
Assessments
-weekly quiz on story
-practice PARCC tests
-sequencing poems
-creating poems using rhyme
scheme
-story elements graphic
organizer
-compare/contrast Alex to
Travis (Black Stallion/Old
Yeller)
-imagery chart
-comprehension questions
for novels
-novel tests
-Pages project (Women’s
History)
-speech
-PARCC test
-weekly sentence writing
-Promethean board flip
charts
-practice sheets
DOK
Suggested Material
”The Black Stallion”
Journeys
PARCC websight
Maniac Magee
Shiloh
Ipad
Unit 4&5 Journeys,
Grammar
Workshop,
Promethean Planet
Grade 5th
Greek/Latin Roots
-Ch. 16-20
-End of book Roots Final
RF 5.3, L 5.4,
L 5.5
Writing
-Women’s History Pages
project
-informative speech
-opinion piece on Old
Yeller/Black Stallion
-letter to Judd or Old
Ragpicker
-book review
W 5.1, W5.2,
W5.3, W5.4,
W5.5, W5.6,
W5.7, W5.8,
W5.9, W5.110,
SL 5.4, SL 5.5,
SL 5.6, L5.1,
L5.2,
-complete sentence w/vocab
word
-relate quotation to vocab
word
-decode new words using
roots from the chapter
-weekly tests on
meaning/spelling
-Unit test on roots
-End of the year Final
-Pages project (8
accomplishments poster on
Pages)
-4 line poems (rhyme
scheme)
-PARCC
-illustrations of poems
-informative speech
-Shiloh letter to Judd Travers
-Maniac Magee letter to Old
Ragpicker
-end of novel book review
-essay questions for novels
Growing Your
Vocabulary:learning
Greek & Latin Roots
Ch. 16-20
Ipad
Maniac Magee,
Shiloh,
Take A Bite out of
Rhyme
Grade 5th
Women’s History
project/speech
Quarter 3
Month Jan - Feb
Essential
Questions
Key Reading
and Language
Standards
Assessments
DOK
Suggested Materials
Grade 5th
Quarter 12
Month Nov. – Dec.
Essential
Questions
Key Reading
and Language
Standards
Assessments
DOK
Suggested Materials
Grade 5th
Quarter 12
Month Nov. – Dec.
Essential
Questions
Key Reading
and Language
Standards
Assessments
DOK
Suggested Materials
Grade 5th