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How has inventive thinking, as revealed in fiction and nonfiction, changed our world?
How has inventive thinking, as revealed in fiction and nonfiction, changed our world?
This unit focuses on the inventive thinking of characters real and imagined in response to their environment. We celebrate the creativity of authors who try new formats and techniques in their work, and the creativity of the characters they have invented, too.
This unit focuses on the inventive thinking of characters real and imagined in response to their environment. We celebrate the creativity of authors who try new formats and techniques in their work, and the creativity of the characters they have invented, too.
- RL.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- RL.5.3: Compare and contrast two or more characters, setting, or events in the text
- RL.5.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text
- RI.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- RI.5.2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
- RI.5.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
- RI.5.5: Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
- RI.5.7: Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
- RI.5.8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
- RI.5.9: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
- RF.5.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
- RF.5.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
- W.5.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
- W.5.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- W.5.6: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
- W.5.7: Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
- W.5.8: Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
- W.5.9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
- SL.5.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, group, and teacher-led) on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own ideas clearly.
- SL.5.5: Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
- L.5.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- d. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
- L.5.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- b. Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
- d. Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it!), and to indicate direct address (e.g. Is that you, Steve?).
- e. Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
- L.5.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
- a. Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style
- b. Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems.
- L.5.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
- L.5.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition
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