Mrs. Pierre - Literacy

Literacy Overview

Fifth grade reading continues from fourth grade as a "reading to learn" year. We use a variety of reading strategies and continue working with text features to improve comprehension of both fiction and nonfiction text. Students will work to write letters, narratives, opinions, and research pieces. Through authentic writing, students will also work on grammar and mechanics.

What this means is that students read text and take information from that text to increase knowledge and understanding of a given topic. We focus primarily on informational text, which supports learning in topic areas such as science and social studies. Students will also spend time reading literature and analyzing stories.

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Unit 1 Journeys

Essential Question: How do journeys change us?

Unit Goals:

Collaborate with others to determine how journeys change us.
Learn about different types of informational text and understand their structures and features.
Use language to make connections between reading and writing.
Use elements of narrative writing to write a personal narrative.

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Unit 2 Observations

Essential Question: How do we learn through our observations?

Unit Goals:

Collaborate with others to explore how we learn through observations.
Learn about Different types of informational text and understand their structures and features.
Use elements of informational writing to write an informational article.

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Unit 3 Reflections

Essential Question: How do experiences of others reflect our own?

Unit Goals:

I can collaborate with others to explore how the experiences of others reflect our own.
I know about different types of fiction and understand their elements.
I can use elements of opinion writing to write an essay.

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Unit 4 Liberty

Essential Question: What does it mean to be free?

Unit Goals:

I can collaborate with others to determine what it means to be free.
I know about different types of fiction and understand the elements of historical fiction.
I can use elements of fiction to write a science fiction story.

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Unit 5 Systems

Essential Question: How do elements of systems change?

Unit Goals:

I can collaborate with others to explore how elements of system change.
I know about different types of informational texts and understand their structures and features.
I can use elements of poetry to write a poem.