Curriculum Map of Common Core English / Language Arts
Grade Five Unit Three: January-February
Nonfiction Reading & Essay Writing
Essential Questions
Concepts
Strategies & Skills
CCSS
Standard
Help to make concepts
connected to each other
and to the student’s world
Major Unit Ideas
Unit Objectives: The student
will…
-What are some strategies I Reading:
can use to support reading
nonfiction texts and writing - Use organizational
essays?
structures, text features,
and genre language to
-How do I craft thesisunderstand texts and
driven essays supported by locate information.
the use of evidence?
- Use strategies to infer
-What are the subgenres of meanings of unfamiliar
nonfiction?
words from context and
expand vocabulary.
-What are non-narratives
and essays, and how are
- Make predictions and
they organized?
draw conclusions in
nonfiction texts.
-How can reading other
essayists’ work help essay
- Locate and paraphrase
writers?
main ideas and details in
nonfiction texts.
Reading:
- Understand structures and
features of nonfiction texts.
- Make inferences based on text
evidence.
- Summarize.
- Ask questions.
- Determine main ideas and key
details.
- Use text features.
- Analyze and compare
information.
Vocabulary
Lesson/
Activities
Resources
Assessments
Connect
Skills to the
Content
Strands
Academic
Vocabulary (Tier I,
II, III)
Teacher
Created
Daily
Lessons
and
Activities
Ideas/Materials to Aid
Classroom Instruction
Summative and
Formative
Assessments
RI.5.1
RI.5.2
RI.5.8
W.5.1 (a-d)
W.5.2 (a-e)
W.5.4
W.5.5
SL.5.2
SL.5.4
SL.5.6
L.5.1 (a-e)
L.5.2 (a-e)
L.5.6
RF.5.3 (a)
RF.5.4 (a-c)
Tier 1:
Idea
Argue
Support
Share
Clearly
Briefly
Example
Introduction
Agree
Disagree
Select
Tier II:
Organize
Evidence
Outline
Transition
Interview
Counterargument
http://www.questar.org/info
center/specialeducation/literacy/index.php
Running Records
 Text Exemplar lists (K-12)
 Paperback Book Inventory
 Big Book Inventory
 Math Picture Book
Inventory
 Read Aloud Anthology List
(K-5)
 Literacy Center Resource
List (K-5)
 Teacher
Websites/Resources
Reading Rubrics
 http://connect.rea
dingandwritingproj
ect.org/file/downlo
ad?google_drive_d
ocument_id=0B3yK
jAsMtuECZ0p1LXRi
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https://www.engageny.org/
www.overdrive.com
www.teacherspayteachers.c
Anecdotal Notes
Writing Rubrics
 Lucy Calkins (K-5)
 http://blogs.egusd.
net/ccss/educators
/ela/rubrics-k-12/
 https://www.engag
eny.org/file/16371
/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4
-How can you tell what
type (subgenre) of
nonfiction you are reading?
Why might an author
choose a particular
subgenre?
- Summarize and organize
information in nonfiction
texts.
- Develop vocabulary using
context clues.
- Analyze text structure and
organization.
Writing:
- Identify causes and effects.
-What makes a great
thesis?
- Create organizing
structures appropriate to
purposes and audiences.
- Identify problems and
solutions.
- Communicate ideas and
- Make predictions.
information using clear and
precise descriptive
- Draw conclusions.
language.
Writing:
- Develop strong, clear
thesis statements.
- Craft thesis statements.
- Plan topic sentences and
paragraphs to support
theses.
- Use text features for
organization.
- Gather a variety of information.
- Use mentor texts to craft
engaging leads and
conclude with
restatements.
- Write introductions and
conclusions.
- Use clear, precise descriptive
- Offer possible solutions to language.
address issues.
- Develop thesis statements.
Skills:
- Plan for topics.
-Use knowledge of spelling
patterns to decode
- Craft engaging leads.
Revise
Issue
Elaborate
Conversational
Synonym
Statistic
Citation
Articulate
Compelling
Persuasive
Main idea
Generate
Tier III:
Subgenre
Essayist
Pronoun
Claim
Thesis
Biography
Informational
Reference
Nonfiction
Narrative
Persuasive
Nonfiction text
features
Essay
om
Lucy Calkins Writer’s
Workshop Kits
Common Core ELA Tracker
Grade 5
https://www.engageny.org/r
esource/grades-3-5-elacurriculum-appendix-2graphic-organizers
(Grades 3-5 Graphic
Organizers)
https://www.engageny.org/r
esource/foundationalreading-and-languagestandards-resourcespackage-for-grades-3-5
(Foundational Reading and
Language Standards
Resources Grades 3-5)
https://www.engageny.org/r
esource/grades-3-8-elacurriculum-appendix-1protocols-and-resources
(Grades 3-5 Instructional
Protocols for Promoting
Student Engagement)
http://readingandwritingproj
ect.com/public/themes/rwpr
oject/resources/booklists/no
nfiction%20sets/Fifth_grade
_researchTextSets-2.pdf
(Nonfiction Resources)
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MRt1A (Writing
From Sources 2
Point Rubric – Page
130)
 https://www.engag
eny.org/file/16371
/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4
taqHHchXkgfHkiGJI
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MRt1A (Expository
Writing Rubric
Grades 4-5 – Page
425)
 https://www.engag
eny.org/file/96971
/download/5m2b.p
df?token=dBOHbIC
pDDnGU7m38AP5y
nv3vV93ypzPeHZPgQvh6c
(Informational
Essay Rubric –
Pages 561-562)
Fountas and Pinnell
Benchmark System
Bear Spelling
Inventory
STAR Assessment
Student Writing
Samples:
 http://readingand
unknown words.
- Take positions on issues.
-Increase repertoire of high
frequency words.
Skills:
-Identify word meanings.
-Continue to develop and
utilize word solving actions
to decode unknown words.
-Use of commas.
-Notice and use frequently
appearing long-vowel patterns
that appear in multi-syllable
words.
- Read and write high frequency
words rapidly and automatically.
-Choose words and phrases - Understand the concept of
for effect.
plurals and plural forms.
-Identify and use
conjunctions and
prepositions.
- Use word parts to derive
words’ meanings.
- Use context of sentences,
paragraphs, or whole texts to
determine precise meanings of
words.
- Connect words related to each
other because they have same
base or root word.
- Identify homophones.
- Read/write compound words.
-Understand nouns.
http://bowenpeters.weebly.
com/writing.html
(Large Selection of 5th Grade
Resources)
https://learnzillion.com/less
onsets/255-5th-gradeargumentative-writingopinion-essay-1
(Video Clips)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/16371/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4taqHHchX
kgfHkiGJIVuZXnX8UmPpQu
MRt1A
(KWL Chart – Page 50)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/16371/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4taqHHchX
kgfHkiGJIVuZXnX8UmPpQu
MRt1A
(Gist Graphic Organizer)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/16371/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4taqHHchX
kgfHkiGJIVuZXnX8UmPpQu
MRt1A
(Text Features Venn
Diagram)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/16371/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4taqHHchX
kgfHkiGJIVuZXnX8UmPpQu
writingproject.org/
resources/studentwork/studentwriting
 Lucy Calkins
Writer’s Workshop
Discs (K-5)
Tools For Thoughtful
Assessment (Resource
Book for Teachers)
MRt1A
(Note Catcher – Page 189)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/16371/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4taqHHchX
kgfHkiGJIVuZXnX8UmPpQu
MRt1A
(AQUA Graphic Organizer –
Page 260)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/16371/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4taqHHchX
kgfHkiGJIVuZXnX8UmPpQu
MRt1A
(Close Reading Note Catcher
– Page 263)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/16371/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4taqHHchX
kgfHkiGJIVuZXnX8UmPpQu
MRt1A
(Tracking My Progress –
Page 308, 754-755)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/16371/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4taqHHchX
kgfHkiGJIVuZXnX8UmPpQu
MRt1A
(Paragraph Writing Graphic
Organizer – Page 421)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/16371/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4taqHHchX
kgfHkiGJIVuZXnX8UmPpQu
MRt1A
(Paraphrasing and
Quotations Anchor Chart –
Page 493)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/16371/download/5m2a.p
df?token=lCXzF9x4taqHHchX
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MRt1A
(Praise-Question-Suggest
Note Catcher – Page 623)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/96971/download/5m2b.p
df?token=dBOHbICpDDnGU
7m38AP5ynv3vV93ypzPeHZPgQvh6c
(Text Structure Resource
Page – Page 187)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/96971/download/5m2b.p
df?token=dBOHbICpDDnGU
7m38AP5ynv3vV93ypzPeHZPgQvh6c
(Main Idea/Summary
Graphic Organizer – Page
311)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/96971/download/5m2b.p
df?token=dBOHbICpDDnGU
7m38AP5ynv3vV93ypzPeHZPgQvh6c
(Dissecting a Vocabulary
Word Anchor Chart – Page
334)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/96971/download/5m2b.p
df?token=dBOHbICpDDnGU
7m38AP5ynv3vV93ypzPeHZPgQvh6c
(Vocabulary Strategies Chart
– Page 335)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/96971/download/5m2b.p
df?token=dBOHbICpDDnGU
7m38AP5ynv3vV93ypzPeHZPgQvh6c
(Making Inferences Anchor
Chart – Page 355)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/96971/download/5m2b.p
df?token=dBOHbICpDDnGU
7m38AP5ynv3vV93ypzPeHZPgQvh6c
(Painted Essay Template &
Lesson Plan – Page 461-466)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/12491/download/5m3a.p
df?token=IEdnJwPFaYQF76JxpREI7bW
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(Opinion/Evidence Graphic
Organizer – Pages 72-73)
https://www.engageny.org/f
ile/12491/download/5m3a.p
df?token=IEdnJwPFaYQF76JxpREI7bW
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(Tracking My Progress –
Pages 450-452)