Fifth Grade HMH 2015-2016
Month/Week
Week
Unit 1: School Spirit!
*Aug. 23-26
Aug. 29-Sept.2
Week 1
Week 2
*Sept. 6-9
Sept. 12-16
Sept. 19-23
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Unit 2: Wild Encounters
*Sept. 26-29
Oct. 3-7
Oct. 10-14
Oct. 17-21
*Oct. 24-27
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Oct.31-Nov. 4
Week 11
Unit 3: Revolution!
*Nov. 9-11
Nov. 14-18
Week 12
Week 13
*Nov. 21, 22
Nov. 28-Dec. 2
Week 14
Week 15
Dec. 5-9
Dec. 12-16
Week 16
Week 17
Units
Main Selection Story
Strategy
Skill
Essential Questions: What funny events lead Louis to Mrs. Jewls classroom? How can graphics help you learn
about space? What can our difference teach us? What events lead a team to learn double dutch?
HMH Unit 1 Lesson 1
A Package for Mrs. Jewls
Summarize
Story Structure
HMH Unit 1 Lesson 2
Blasting Off to Space
Question
Text and Graphic Features
Academy
HMH Unit 1 Lesson 3
Off and Running
Infer/Predict
Compare and Contrast
HMH Unit 1 Lesson 4
Double Dutch
Monitor/Clarify
Sequence of Events
HMH Unit 1 Lesson 5
Elisa’s Diary
Visualize
Theme
Writing
Domain Scored Writing Prompt Week 2
Traits Writing
Unit 1-Getting Started
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Prewriting

Drafting

Revising

Editing

Finishing/Publishing
Trait Benchmark Paper Scored
Essential Questions: What effect can one person have on a stranded sea turtle? Can nature bring out the best in a character? What persuades us to
protect the environment? What conclusions can we draw about the sea? What are the most important ideas about cougars?
HMH Unit 2 Lesson 6
Interrupted Journey
Question
Cause and Effect
Unit 2: Expository
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Ideas-finding a topic
HMH Unit 2 Lesson 7
Old Yeller
Visualize
Understanding Characters

Organization-Creating the Lead
HMH Unit 2 Lesson 8
Everglades Forever
Analyze/Evaluate
Persuasion

Voice-Establishing a Tone
Conclusions/Generalizations
HMH Unit 2 Lesson 9
Storm Warriors
Infer/Predict
Benchmark Paper Trait Scored
HMH Unit 2 Lesson 10
Cougars
Monitor/Clarify
Main Idea/Details
Reteach/Remediate/Enrich
Essential Questions: What effect can one person have on history? How did people’s opinions lead to a
revolution? How do individual acts of bravery shape history? What events led James Forten to fight for
freedom? How did two young people’s heroic actions differ?
HMH Unit 3 Lesson 11
Dangerous Crossing
Visualize
Cause and Effect
HMH Unit 3 Lesson 12
Can’t You Make Them
Question
Fact and Opinion
Behave
Reteach/Remediate/Enrich
HMH Unit 3 Lesson 13
They Called Her Molly
Analyze/Evaluate
Conclusions/Generalizations
Pitcher
HMH Unit 3 Lesson 14
James Forten
Summarize
Sequence of Events
HMH Unit 3 Lesson 15
We Were There Too!
Monitor/Clarify
Compare and Contrast
Unit 3: Narrative

Word Choice-Applying Strong Verbs

Sentence Fluency-Well Built Sentences

Ideas-Focusing the Topic
Benchmark Paper Trait Scored
Unit 4: Persuasive

Organization-Sequence & Transition
Words

Voice-Conveying the Purpose

Word Choice-Striking Words/Phrases
Benchmark Paper Trait Scored
Winter Break
Unit 4: What’s Your Story?
Essential Questions: Why does an author want to tell a story? What problem does the character face? What part do facts and opinions play in a story? How do
you persuade people to support your ideas? How do the beliefs of a character affect a story?
Jan. 2-6
Jan.9-13
*Jan. 17-20
HMH Unit 4 Lesson 16
HMH Unit 4 Lesson 17
Remediation/Enrichment
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Lunch Money
Lafff
Monitor/Clarify
Infer/Predict
Author’s Purpose
Story Structure
Unit 5: Expository

Sentence Fluency-Varying Sentence
Types

Ideas-Developing the Topic

Organization-Structuring the Body
Benchmark Paper Trait Scored
Month/Week
Week
Units
Main Selection Story
Strategy
Skill
*Jan. 25-27
Week 21
HMH Unit 4 Lesson 18
Jan. 30-Feb.3
Week 22
HMH Unit 4 Lesson 19
Darnell Rock Reporting
Summarize
Persuasion
Feb. 6-10
Week 23
HMH Unit 4 Lesson 20
Don Quixote and the
Windmills
Question
Understanding Characters
Feb. 13-17
Unit5:
Week 24
Remediate/Enrich
Feb. 20-24
Feb. 27-Mar. 3
*Mar. 6-8
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
Mar 13-17
Week 28
Mar. 20-24
Week 29
*Mar. 27-30
Week 30
Unit 6: Journey to Discovery
April 3-7
April 17-21
April 24-28
Week 31
Week 32
Week 33
May 1-5
Week 34
May 8-12
May 15-19
May 22-26
*May 30-June 2
June 5-9
Week 35
Week 36
Week 37
Week 38
Week 39
The Dog Newspaper
Analyze/Evaluate
Fact and Opinion
Writing
Unit 6: Narrative

Voice-Creating a Connection to the
Audience

Word Choice-Specific and Accurate
Words

Sentence Fluency-Smooth and
Rhythmic Flow
Benchmark Paper Trait Scored
Essential Questions: What events take the children across a changing land? How does knowing the right actions change events? Which ideas about
vaqueros sow how American changed? Why does a pioneer traveler record events in a journal? How does the author feel about Lewis and Clark?
HMH Unit 5 Lesson 21
Tucket’s Travels
Visualize
Sequence of Events
Unit 7: Persuasive
HMH Unit 5 Lesson 22
The Birchbark House
Infer/Predict
Theme
st

Ideas-Using Details
HMH Unit 5 Lesson 23
Vaqueros: America’s 1
Summarize
Main Idea/Details

Organization-Ending With a Sense of
Cowboys
Resolution
HMH Unit 5 Lesson 24
Rachel’s Journal: Pioneer
Analyze/Evaluate
Cause and Effect

Voice-Taking Risks to Create Voice
Girl
Benchmark Paper Trait Scored
HMH Unit 5 Lesson 25
Lewis and Clark
Monitor/Clarify
Author’s Purpose
Reteach/Remediate/Enrich
Essential Questions: How do graphics and captions help to show the paths animals take? What lessons can be learned from other cultures? What facts
and opinions have people assembled about fossils? How do people sort through information to reach conclusions? Which details help to explain the
important ideas about mazes and paths?
HMH Unit 6 Lesson 26
Skywoman’s Rescue
Visualize
Text and Graphic Feature
Unit 8: Expository

Word Choice-Choosing Words That
HMH Unit 6 Lesson 27
Mysteries at Cliff Palace
Analyze/Evaluate
Theme
Deepen Meaning
HMH Unit 6 Lesson 28
Fossils: A Peek into the
Question
Fact and Opinion

Sentence Fluency-Breaking the “Rules”
Past
to Create Fluency
HMH Unit 6 Lesson 29
Fossils Fish Found!
Infer/Predict
Conclusions/Generalization

All Traits
Benchmark Paper Trait Scored
HMH Unit 6 Lesson 30
*Denotes a holiday or workday in that week.
Journey to Cuzco
SOL Review/TESTS
SOL Review/TESTS
SOL Review/TESTS
End of Year Activities
Summarize
Main Idea/Details
Unit 9: Wrapping Up the Year

Reflections as a Writer
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Activities using all Traits
Benchmark Paper Trait Scored