5 Grade Reading and Language Arts

5th Grade Reading and Language Arts MONTH 1st Trimester

CONTENT/THEME Reading (Eligible Content – Bolded; Resource – PA Teacher’s Desk Reference p. 22-24)

CORE GOALS/SKILLS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Monitoring Comprehension Predicting – p.4 Inferencing – p.4 Affixes (Prefixes and Suffixes) – p.5 Vocabulary in Context – p.6 Multiple Meanings – p.6 Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Homophones – p.6 Summarizing / Retelling – p.7 Literary/Story Elements – p.8 Character Analysis – p.8 Theme – p.8 Making Connections to Text – p.9 Figurative Language –p.10 Narrator’s Point of View – p.10 Nonfiction Text Structure – p.13 Writing Complete Answers for Reading Prompt –p.15 Appreciation of Literature

ASSESSMENT

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

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Practice Book Comprehension Tests Teacher Created Response Activities Class Discussion Teacher Created Assessments

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Harcourt Anthology Harcourt Novels Soar to Success Novels Student Selected Books PSSA prep books Read Alouds

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Teacher Created Assessments Harcourt Assessments Harcourt Practice Book Grammar Page

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Harcourt Writing Journals

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Teacher Created Assessments

Writing See district writing curriculum map for your grade level Grammar • • • • • • • • • Research

Complete Sentences / Fragments Kinds of sentences Subjects / Predicates Capitalization / Ending Punctuation Subject / Predicate Conjunctions Commas in a Series Simple and Compound Sentences Simple and Compound Subjects / Predicates

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Spelling

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Print Resources o Dictionary o Thesaurus o Almanac Media / Computer Resources Spelling Patterns Word Origins Prefixes / Suffixes Spelling Common Words Correctly

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Spelling Workbook Pages Spelling Tests

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Harcourt Word Wall

5th Grade Reading and Language Arts

MONTH 2nd Trimester

CONTENT/THEME Reading (Eligible Content – Bolded; Resource – PA Teacher’s Desk Reference – p. 22 – 24)

CORE GOALS/SKILLS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Monitoring Comprehension Drawing Conclusions – p.4 Making Generalizations – p.4 Inferencing – p.4 Affixes (Prefixes and Suffixes) – p.5 Vocabulary in Context – p.6 Multiple Meanings – p.6 Summarizing/Retelling – p.7 Literary/Story Elements – p.8 Character Analysis – p.8 Theme – p.8 Figurative Language – p.10 Narrator’s Point of View – p.10 Main Idea – p.11 Author’s Purpose and Perspective – p.12 Nonfiction Text Structure – p.13 Essential/Nonessential Information – p.14 Fact and Opinion – p.14 Writing Complete Answers for Reading Prompts – p.15 Appreciation of Literature

ASSESSMENT

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

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Practice Book Comprehension Tests Teacher Created Response Activities Class Discussion Teacher Created Assessments

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Harcourt Anthology Harcourt Novels Soar to Success Novels Student Selected Books PSSA prep books Read Alouds

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Teacher Created Assessments Harcourt Assessments Harcourt Practice Book Grammar Page

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Harcourt Writing Journals

Writing

Grammar

See district writing curriculum map for your grade level • • • • • •

Clauses Case and Person Complex Sentences Common / Proper / Singular / Plural Nouns Pronouns and Antecedents Possessive Pronouns

5th Grade Reading and Language Arts Research

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Adjectives Verb Tenses

Spelling

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Evaluating Bias Primary / Secondary Sources Appropriateness / Evaluation of Websites

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Spelling Patterns Word Origins Prefixes / Suffixes Spelling Common Words Correctly

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Teacher Created Assessments

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Spelling Workbook Pages Spelling Tests

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Harcourt Word Wall

5th Grade Reading and Language Arts

MONTH 3rd Trimester

CONTENT/THEME Reading (Review) (Eligible Content – Bolded; Resource – PA Teacher’s Desk Reference – p. 22 – 24)

CORE GOALS/SKILLS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Monitoring Comprehension Predicting – p.4 Inferencing – p.4 Drawing Conclusions – p.4 Vocabulary in Context – p.6 Summarizing – p.7 Literary/Story Elements – p.8 Character Analysis – p.8 Theme – p.8 Making Connections to Text – p.9 Figurative Language – p.10 Narrator’s Point of View – p.10 Main Idea – p.11 Author’s Purpose and Perspective – p.12 Nonfiction Text Structure – p.13 Essential/Nonessential Information – p.14 Fact and Opinion – p.14 Writing Complete Answers for Reading Prompt – p.15 Appreciation of Literature

ASSESSMENT

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

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Practice Book Comprehension Tests Teacher Created Response Activities Class Discussion Teacher Created Assessments

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Harcourt Anthology Harcourt Novels Soar to Success Novels Student Selected Books PSSA prep books Read Alouds

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Teacher Created Assessments Harcourt Assessments Harcourt Practice Book Grammar Page

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Harcourt Writing Journals

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Information Literacy Grade Level Research Project Teacher Created Assessments

Writing See district writing curriculum map for your grade level Grammar

Research

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Reflexive Pronouns Adjectives and Articles Comparing with Adjectives Adverbs Main and Helping Verbs Regular and Irregular Verbs Paraphrasing Citing Resources

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Organizing and Presenting Research in a Variety of Forms Use of Computer Technology for Writing and Presenting Research

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Spelling Patterns Word Origins Prefixes / Suffixes Spelling Common Words Correctly

Spelling

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Spelling Workbook Pages Spelling Tests

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Harcourt Word Wall