Grade 5 Unit 1 : Taking a Stand Essential Question: Why do people take action to support what they believe in? and s Word Study Study s Start Smart and Text Reading Monitoring Comprehension Multi-syllabic 6 Syllable Types N/A Vocab. Routines & Morphology Dictionary / Thesaurus s : & Establish Yearly Goals N/A Introduction to MH Reading Connections Process Goin Someplace Special Shiloh Maya Lin, Architect of Memory Literary Nonfiction/ Autobio. Biography Analyze Story Structure Self-Selected Use Analyze Story Structure Short Vowels Short Vowels Context Clues: Homophones Long Vowels Long Vowels Dictionary: Idioms and Adages with /ū/, / /, and /ü/ with /ū/, / /, and /ü/ Inflectional Endings and Intonation/ Time Line Process Photographs and Captions Using the Internet s Process: Texas Traits Process The Night of San Juan Sleds on Boston Common Inform. Vowels /är/, /âr/, /ôr/ Vowels er, ir, ur Vowels /är/, /âr/, /ôr/ Vowels er, ir, ur Suffixes Word Families and Diagrams Meter and Alliteration s Adjectives, Prepositional Phrases Process Descriptive Paragraph
Grade 5 Unit 2 : Investigations Essential Question: How do scientists learn about the natural world? and s Hidden Worlds Rattlers! Written by Ellen Lambeth These Robots Are Wild! Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight Hurricanes Show What You Know Main Idea/Details Charts Folktale Procedural Text Analyze Text Structure Description Main Idea & Details Fact & Opinion Description Variant vowel /ô/; Diphthongs /oi/, /ou/ Variant vowel /ô/; Diphthongs /oi/, /ou/ Greek and Plurals Plurals Context Clues Inflectional Endings Inflectional Endings Greek and Contractions Contractions Greek Roots Closed Closed Dictionary: Multiple- Meaning -Word Parts -Greek & Latin Roots -Context Clues -Multiple- Meaning Rate and Study s Rhythm and Rhyme Scheme Hero and Personification Using the Library/Media Center Simile and Metaphor Personification, Imagery, and Onomatopoeia -Rhythm & Rhyme Scheme -Hero -Personification -Simile & Metaphor -Imagery -Onomatopoeia -Library/Media Center Specific Nouns, Pronouns, Capitalization, Commas, Apostrophes Verbs s Interjections, Punctuating Dialogue Subject-Verb Agreement, Variety, End Punctuation, Commas Descriptive Descriptive Paragraph Across the Curriculum for the Texas Assessment
Grade 5 Unit 3 : Using Your Wits Essential Question: How can you use your intelligence to outwit others? and s The Catch of the Day: A Trickster Play The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring Tricky Tales Blancaflor The Unbreakable Code Show What You Know Compare & Contrast Context Clues Metaphor Time Line Fable Fairy Tale Folktale Analyze Story Structure Compare and Contrast Visualize Compare and Contrast Visualize Author s Perspective - - -Compare & Contrast -Author s Perspective Open Open Analogies: Antonyms/ Synonyms Open (V/V) Vowel Team Consonant + le Vowel Open (V/V) Vowel Team Consonant + le Vowel Homophones Rate and Study s Metaphor and Moral Quotations : Book Venn Diagram Combining, Verb Tenses, Right Word, Punctuation Homographs Study s Based on Context Clues: Figurative Language Context Clues -Analogies -Homophones -Homographs -Context Clues/Figurative Language -Context Clues Rate Tables Right Word, Pronouns, Variety, Effective s Consonance and Symbolism -Metaphor & Moral -Venn Diagrams -Study -Tables -Consonance & Symbolism s Based on s Based on : Book Across the Curriculum for the Texas Assessment : Nonfiction Article
Grade 5 Unit 4 : Team Up to Survive Essential Question: How can teamwork help in a difficult situation? Literature Selection Spirit of Endurance Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to Space Academy Heroes in Time of Need Zathura Skunk Scout Show What You Know Genre Myth Science Fict. Persuas. Comprehension and s Author s Perspective Problem/Solution Main Idea & Details Fact/Opinion Character/Setting with Final /əl/ and /ən/ Study s with Final /əl/ and /ən/ Root, Prefix, Suffix Rate and Prefixes Prefixes Context Clues and Homographs Homographs Greek and with /chər/ and /zhər/ with -ance and -ence with /chər/ and /zhər/ with - ance and -ence Analogies: Synonyms Dictionary: Multiple- Meaning -Root, Prefix, Suffix -Context Clues -Greek/ -Analogies/Synonyms -Dictionary/Mulitple- Meaning Primary Sources/ Journals and Letters Symbolism and Moral : Commas, Word Choice, Parts of Speech Combining, Capitalization, Parts of a Book Prepositional Phrases, Commas and Toolbar and Link s Interview Adjectives, Collective Nouns, s, -Primary Sources -Symbolism & Moral -Parts of a Book -Toolbar & Link -Interview s : Quotation : Quotation
Grade 5 Unit 5 : The American West Essential Question: How did the American West change during our country s early years? and s Valley of the Moon Black Cowboy Wild Horses A Historic Journey Davy Crockett Saves the World When Esther Morris Headed West Show What You Know Text/ Literary Nonfiction/ Bio. Literary / Text/ Folktale/Tall Tale Text/ Literary Nonfiction/ Biography Text/ Monitor Comprehension Cause and Effect Monitor Comprehension Cause and Effect Analyze Text Structure Cause and Effect Main Idea and Details Analyze Story Structure Plot and Setting Main Idea and Details Cause & Effect Plot & Setting Fact & Opinion Study s Suffixes Suffixes Thesaurus: Synonyms Time Line s Homophones Homophones Analogies: Antonyms Rate Repetition and Assonance Prefixes Prefixes Thesaurus: Antonyms Using a Dictionary/ Thesaurus Suffixes -less and -ness Suffixes -less and -ness Compound -ion -ion Dictionary: Word Origins -Thesaurus: Synonyms -Analogies: Antonyms -Work Parts: Compound -Word Origin Punctuating Dialogue, Interjections, Errors, Right : Commas, Capitalization, Verb Tenses, Punctuating Dialogue Toolbar and Link s Time Line Prepositions Hyphens Time Lines, Maps, Links, Repetition, Assonance, Using a Dictionary, Thesaurus s Creative : Creative : Creative : Tall Tale Creative : Poems Creative : Poems Creative : Poems
Grade 5 Unit 6 : Changes Essential Question: What events can help you change the way you think? and s Miss Alaineus Bravo, Tavo! A Dream Comes True Weslandia The Gri Gri Tree Show What You Know Text/ Fantasy Character and Plot Character and Plot Persuasion Persuasion Character/Plot Problem/Solution Persuasion with Greek Roots with Latin Roots from Mythology Number Prefixes uni-, bi-, tri-, cent- with Greek Roots with from Mythology Number Prefixes uni-, bi-, tri-, cent- Context Clues: Synonyms Context Clues Intonation/ Study s Photographs and Captions Diagrams and Headings Context Clues Everyday Communications Dictionary: Word Origins -ible, -able -ible, -able -Context Clues: Synonyms -Context Clues: Word Origin - Hyperlink and Key Word Parts of Speech Editing for Mechanics: Punctuation Active/Passive Verbs, Structure, Mechanics Prepositions, s, Mechanics Rate Graphs Mechanics : Multimedia Presentation Photographs/Captions Diagram Heading Hyperlink Key Word Graphs Everyday Communications s : Giving Speeches