Reading & Writing

Core Knowledge Language Arts

*Building background knowledge (history, science, literature, arts)
*Engaging content-rich texts
*Connected skills - read & write simultaneously
*Building strong vocabulary
*Student personal readers and activity books
*Online access
*Caregiver letter for parental support

5th Grade Units

1. Personal Narratives

2. Early American Civilizations

3. Poetry

4. Adventures of Don Quixote

5. The Renaissance

6. The Reformation

7. William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

8. Native Americans

9. Chemical Matter

CKLA - What's Included 3—5Amplify CKLA Grades 3–5 curriculum presents domain-based units that build on content knowledge and skills from the earlier grades. Click here for more information!

Integrated Skills

Reading

analyzing key idea and details
analyze characters
draw inferences
compare/ contrast
determine theme
study vocabulary
use context clues
improve fluency
determine theme
analyze figurative language
read poetry
find connections

Writing

integrated within reading curriculum
paragraph organization
include details
attend to conventions - punctuation, quotations, verb tenses, spelling
use technology

Speaking & Listening

partner reading and discussion of texts
sharing writing with classmates
listen to others' ideas and providing feedback

Math

Place Value with Decimal Fractions
Base Ten Operations
Add & Subtract Fractions
Multiply & Divide Fractions
Volume, Area, & Shapes
The Coordinate Plane

Science

Web of Life

(energy, food chains, decomposers, environment)

Watery Planet

(Earth’s systems, impact of human activity)

Spaceship Earth

(universe, stars, solar system)

Chemical Magic

(matter, molecules, explosions)

Social

questions/inquiries
fact/opinion
evidence/sources
civics - rules/laws, government
consensus & voting
U.S. history
- Bill of Rights
- Gettysburg
- The Chicago Fire
- colonists
- monuments/ memorials
- women history
- civil rights
point of view
cause and effect
global interactions
tourism
economy & business

Also integrated within CKLA reading.

Illinois State Board of Education

Learning Standards Documents:

ELA Standards 5th.pdf

Math Standards.5th.pdf

Science 5th.pdf

ss-stds-grade5-012716.pdf

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