Sudan ISD Teacher Instructional Plan
Teacher: Joyce Welty joycewelty@sudanisd.net
Campus: Sudan Elementary
806-227-2431
Course Title: 5th-6th ELAR
School Year: 2025-2026
First 6-Weeks and Second Six Weeks
Focus: nonfiction and poetry
Learn Key Terms and Vocabulary; read and discuss comprehension; analyze text; summarizing; citing text evidence; text features, text structures, author’s purpose; poetic analysis: process of examining a poem to understand its meaning, structure, and the techniques used by the poet, looking at the poem’s, form, language, and imagery (descriptive or figurative) to reveal its deeper layers of meaning and the poet's intent
Short Constructed (SCR) and Extended Constructive (ECR) tied to reading material; planning, writing, revising, editing, and publishing
Grammar/Punctuation
Spelling: Roots, Affixes, and Suffixes
Porch Talk: A Conversation About Archaeology in the Texas Panhandle by John Erikson
Archaeology poems: “Digging Into Texas History” and “The Archaeologist’s Quest”
Veterans Day reading passages and Veterans Day essay
Activities:
ECR
SCR
Venn Diagrams
Graphic Organizer
Handouts for Porch Talk
Poetry Handouts
Third 6-weeks
Focus: fiction and drama
Literary Elements: plot, characterization,conflict, theme, setting, inferences, drawing conclusions, point of view, figurative language, author’s purpose, foreshadowing/flashback
Short Constructed (SCR) and Extended Constructive (ECR) tied to reading material; planning, writing, revising, and editing
Grammar/Punctuation
Spelling
Roots, Affixes, and Suffixes
Veterans Day reading passages
Watsons Go to Birmingham for 5th
Bearstone by Will Hobbs for 6th
Various reading passages for 6th grade:
WW II: Tuskagee Airmen, Flying Tigers, and Navajo Codetalkers
WW II: Economic Effects
STAAR Passages
Various reading passages for 5th grade:
Yo Yo Ma
Making of a Baseball Bats
American Revolution
Activities:
ECR
SCR
Venn Diagrams
Graphic Organizer
Handouts for each novel and other texts
Fourth 6-weeks
Focus: argumentative and persuasive, narrative nonfiction, and drama
Learning Objective: to read and analyze a text that presents arguments on both sides of a debate, then take a stand
Drama Learning Objective: to analyze a character’s actions, motivations, and conflicts in a play
Key terms, vocabulary, opinion, research, and reading comprehension
Scope: Flint Water Crisis in the December/January issue
Scope: February issue Heroes From the Hill" A narrative nonfiction article that tells how an ambulance crew in Pittsburgh rose above racial injustice—and changed emergency medical care forever.
Learning Objective: to identify key ideas and details in a narrative nonfiction article
Scope: February issue Drama: Into to the Deep
Classwork.com: poem and article about Flint Water Crisis; various quizzes on reading passages from Scope
Short Constructed (SCR) and Extended Constructive (ECR) tied to reading material,
planning, writing, revising, determining the critical issues in the topic, research, note-taking, citing support/evidence, and documentation
Grammar/Punctuation
Spelling
Roots, Affixes, and Suffixes
Fifth 6-Weeks and Sixth 6-Weeks
Focus informational
Key terms, central idea, facts, details, evidence, graphic features, making inferences, predictions, generalizations, summarizing,
Establish: research and compose informational texts
Grammar/Punctuation
Spelling
Roots, Affixes, and Suffixes
“Two Days With No Phone” ™
“From Battering to Bills: The History of Money” ™
“Get Your ZZZZs! ™
“Getting Lost in a Good Book Will Keep You Healthy” TM
Activities:
ECR
SCR
Venn Diagrams
Graphic Organizer
Article Handouts
Focus: STAAR REVIEW utilizing a variety of texts covering all of the STAAR testable skills.
A variety of short reads from Scope magazine:
“How Candy Took Over America”: A fascinating short article that explains the rise of candy in America.
“Bringing Back the Dire Wolf”: Is de-extinction a good idea?
“Why Do Things Go Viral?” the science and technology behind what catches on
Paired Texts from Scope
“Ancient. Adored. Endangered “ and Infographic: “All About Axolotls”
“The Rise of the Internet and the Print Revolution”
“The Peacemaker” story based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy
Activities:
ECR
SCR
Venn Diagrams
Graphic Organizer
Skill Worksheets (paper and online)
Sixth 6-Weeks
Fiction/Flash Fiction
Skill review using a variety of Scope passages
“Island Rodeo Queen”
“All the Tiny Teeth“
"Gone Again"
“Bag for Life”
Activities:
ECR
SCR
Venn Diagrams
Graphic Organizer
Skills Worksheets for each passage
Key Instructional Resources
Novels
Other Core Resources Used Throughout Year
Scope Magazine
Various passages concerning topics covered
Utilizing teachermade.com (classwork.com) for passages and comprehension.
*The above syllabus is intended as a general guide and may be subject to change depending on circumstances and needs.
Grading
The following letters are used for course grades:
A - 90 - 100%
B - 80 - 89%
C - 70 - 79%
D - 60 - 69%
F - Below 60%
Summative and Formative Assessments may include:
Reading selection tests/quizzes
Projects
Presentations
Benchmark Assessments
Homework Assignments
Goals for Students
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts with independence.
Develop vocabulary and a strong understanding of literary devices.
Become proficient in discussing and writing about what they have read, using textual evidence to support their ideas.
Students will utilize a checklist to monitor their progress. Be sure to check their reading binder. These will be placed in their binders by the 3rd week of the first six weeks.
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