Unit 1 "Introduction to Stories"
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.
Summarize the text.
Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense and aspect.
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
Unit 2 "A Family Hero"
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details.
Summarize the text.
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense and aspect.
Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
Unit 3 "Battle of the Books"
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.
Summarize the text.
Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.
Compare and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense and aspect.
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.
Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
Unit 4 "Order in the Court"
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence supports which point(s).
Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
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.
Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
Unit 5 "Fractured Fairytales"
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.
Summarize the text.
Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.
Compare and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
Unit 6 "Save Our Shores"
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details
Summarize the text.
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence supports which point(s).
Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
