Course Overview:
In Language Arts Grade Five, students will engage in a variety of topics as they explore the world of reading and writing. Students will put their skills to work as they learn all about word construction, cursive writing, spelling, context clues, vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar, and the writing process. They will write narrative, expository, and opinion essays. In this course, students will participate in engaging lessons that include interactives, informational and literary texts, graphic organizers, videos, and various practice activities.
Prerequisites:
Grade 4 (Recommended)
Segment One
- Decoding
- Roots and affixes
- Cursive writing
- Fluency
- Spelling
- Story elements
- Character’s perspective
- Context clues
- Subject verb agreement
- Sentence structure
- Narrative writing
- The writing process
- Text structure and features
- Central idea
- Appositives, main clauses, and subordinate clauses
- Expository writing
- Theme
- Summarize
- Modal verbs
- Argumentative writing
- Author’s purpose and perspective
- Author’s claim
- Conjunctions
- Homophones
- Figurative language and purpose of poetic elements in a poem
- Shifts in tense and number
Segment Two
- Decoding
- Roots and affixes
- Cursive writing
- Fluency
- Spelling
- Central ideas(s)
- Relevant details
- Oral presentation
- Compare and contrast
- Primary and secondary sources
- Context clues
- Verbals
- Argumentative writing
- Expository writing
- Narrative writing
- Poetic elements
- Argument development
- Author’s claim
- Author’s purpose
- Text structure
- Text features
- Theme
- Sentence structure
- Pronouns
- Figurative language
- Story elements
- Characterization
- Character’s perspective
- Digital writing tools
- The writing process
Required Materials:
- cell phone to take photos or videos of student work or a scanner to scan and submit student work
- coloring materials (crayons, markers, colored pencils)
- disk space on your computer, as well as an external device to back up your files (flash drive, external hard drive, CD–Rom, etc.)
- erasers
- general household objects for activities
- glue
- headset or earbuds
- lined paper
- multi-colored paper
- notebook or binder for course resources
- pencils and pens
- printer
- printer paper
- ruler
- scissors
- stapler
- Tape
Syllabus:
Module 01: Southern Mysteries
- 01.00 Southern Mysteries: Pretest
- 01.01 Southern Mysteries: Word Study
- 01.02 Southern Mysteries: Ready To Read
- 01.03 Southern Mysteries: Text Time
- 01.04 Southern Mysteries: Grammar
- 01.05 Southern Mysteries: Narrative Writing
- 01.07 Southern Mysteries: Assessment
Module 02: Exploration
- 02.00 Exploration: Pretest
- 02.01 Exploration: Word Study
- 02.02 Exploration: Ready To Read
- 02.03 Exploration: Text Time
- 02.04 Exploration: Grammar
- 02.05 Exploration: Expository Writing
- 02.06 Exploration: Literacy Skills Assessment
- 02.07 Exploration: Assessment
Module 03: Midwest Rescues
- 03.00 Midwest Rescues: Pretest
- 03.01 Midwest Rescues: Word Study
- 03.02 Midwest Rescues: Ready To Read
- 03.03 Midwest Rescues: Text Time
- 03.04 Midwest Rescues: Grammar
- 03.05 Midwest Rescues: Argumentative Writing
- 03.07 Midwest Rescues: Assessment
Module 04: Navigation
- 04.00 Navigation: Pretest
- 04.00 Navigation: Word Study
- 04.00 Navigation: Ready To Read
- 04.00 Navigation: Text Time
- 04.00 Navigation: Grammar
- 04.00 Navigation: Expository Writing
- 04.00 Navigation: Assessment
Module 05: Northeast to New York
- 05.00 Northeast to New York: Pretest
- 05.01 Northeast to New York: Word Study
- 05.02 Northeast to New York: Ready To Read
- 05.03 Northeast to New York: Text Time
- 05.04 Northeast to New York: Grammar
- 05.05 Northeast to New York: Narrative Writing
- 05.06 Northeast to New York: Literacy Skills Assessment
- 05.07 Northeast to New York: Assessment
Module 06: Liberation
- 06.00 Liberation: Pretest
- 06.01 Liberation: Word Study
- 06.02 Liberation: Ready To Read
- 06.03 Liberation: Text Time
- 06.04 Liberation: Grammar
- 06.05 Liberation: Argumentative Writing
- 06.07 Liberation: Assessment
Module 07: Let's Go West
- 07.00 Let's Go West: Pretest
- 07.01 Let's Go West: Word Study
- 07.02 Let's Go West: Ready To Read
- 07.03 Let's Go West: Text Time
- 07.04 Let's Go West: Grammar
- 07.05 Let's Go West: Narrative Writing
- 07.06 Let's Go West: Literacy Skills Assessment
- 07.06 Let's Go West: Assessment
Module 08: Transportation
- 08.00 Transportation: Pretest
- 08.01 Transportation: Word Study
- 08.02 Transportation: Ready To Read
- 08.03 Transportation: Text Time
- 08.04 Transportation: Grammar
- 08.05 Transportation: Expository Writing
- 08.07 Transportation: Assessment
Module 09: Dazzling Destinations
- 09.00 Dazzling Destinations: Pretest
- 09.01 Dazzling Destinations: Word Study
- 09.02 Dazzling Destinations: Ready To Read
- 09.03 Dazzling Destinations: Text Time
- 09.04 Dazzling Destinations: Grammar
- 09.05 Dazzling Destinations: Argumentative Writing
- 09.06 Dazzling Destinations: Literacy Skills Assessment
- 09.07 Dazzling Destinations: Assessment
Module 10: Predictions
- 10.00 Predictions: Pretest
- 10.01 Predictions: Word Study
- 10.02 Predictions: Ready To Read
- 10.03 Predictions: Text Time
- 10.04 Predictions: Grammar
- 10.05 Predictions: Expository Research Writing Project
- 10.07 Predictions: Assessment
