UNIT 4 - Grade 5-Curriculum Guide

Grade 5Unit Focus In Unit 4, students will be reading various fiction texts including stories, dramas, and poems, in order to analyze how a character's response to challenges actions/rea

ORANGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

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Grade 5 Unit Plan

Unit 1

Unit planning provides you with a sense of direction and organization that helps the teacher and the class to

achieve significant academic gains within a particular time period “It encourages alignment between teaching practice and three interrelated goals – Acquisition (of knowledge and skills), Meaning Making (understanding of

“big ideas”) and Transfer of learning.” –Wiggins and McTighe

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Grade 5

Unit Focus In Unit 4, students will be reading various fiction texts including stories, dramas, and poems, in order to analyze how a character's response

to challenges (actions/reactions) supports the overall theme of the text By looking at the character’s response to challenges, students will also determine how events may be described differently using another point of view This will require students to identify details from the text which illustrate how the narrator's/speaker's point of view influences how events are described

Students will also dive into texts to determine the meaning and tone based on the visual and multimedia elements Students will do this by analyzing the structure and components of poems, dramas, and stories In this way, they will be able to describe the effect created by an author's use of a particular structure

Additionally, to encourage students to critically think, students will evaluate the similarities and differences (of themes and topics) to determine what approach the author or characters took

Understanding characters, structure, theme, meaning, tone and comparing ideas to other texts expands a reader’s comprehension of a text

Grade Level Standards The K–12 grade-specific standards define end-of-year expectations and a cumulative progression designed to enable students to meet college and career readiness expectations no later than the end of high school While the Standards delineate specific expectations in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language, each standard need not be a separate focus for instruction and assessment Often, several standards can be addressed by a single rich task

(Common Core State Standards adopted 2010).

Focus Standards

Reading: Literature

RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text

RL.5.2 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

RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes

RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem

RL 5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described

RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem)

RL.5.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently

Writing

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W.5.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

a Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally

b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations

c Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events

d Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely

e Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events

W.5.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience (Grade-specific

expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)

W.5.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 5 here.)

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; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting

W.5.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences

Language

L.5.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking

a Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences

b Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses

c Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions

d Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

e Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor)

L.5.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing

a Use punctuation to separate items in a series

b Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence

c Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag questions 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?)

d Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works

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

a Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word of phrase

b Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis)

c Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise

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meaning of key words and phrases.

L.5.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings

a Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context

b Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs

c Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words

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).

Reading Foundations

RF.5.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words

a Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context

RF.5.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

a Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding

b Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings

c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary

Pacing Guide Marking Period 4: April 18 th -June 21 st

Essential Questions

What do readers do when they do not understand everything in a text?

How do readers construct meaning from text?

Why do readers need to pay attention to a writer’s choice of words?

How do I figure out a word I do not know?

How do good writers express themselves? How does process shape the

Good readers compare, infer, synthesize, and make connections (text to text, text to world, text to self) to make text personally relevant and useful

Words powerfully affect meaning

Readers use language structure and context clues to identify the intendedmeaning of words and phrases as they are used in text

Good writers develop and refine their ideas for thinking, learning, communicating, and aesthetic expression

Good writers use a repertoire of strategies that enables them to vary form and style, in order to write for different purposes, audiences, and contexts

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How can discussion increase our knowledge and understanding of an idea(s)?

How do speakers express their thoughts and feelings?

Oral discussion helps to build connections to others and create opportunities for making learning concrete

Questioning and contributing help speakers convey their message, explore issues and clarify their thinking

Learning Outcomes

Student Goals:

To show proficiency, I will:

 Demonstrate independence

 Use the story elements, including setting, characters, theme, plot and so on, in order to analyze a text

 Use various strategies to understand the meaning of unfamiliar words, such as context clues, Latin & Greek prefixes/suffixes, root words, etc

 Analyze characters to identify and understand theme in a text

 Produce writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience

 Use a variety of strategies before, during, and after reading to construct, monitor, and confirm meaning, including

 Use reading strategies such as predicting, asking and answering text-dependent questions, inferring, summarize,

 Compare and contrast themes

 Determine meaning and tone in texts

 Analyze a narrator’s or character’s point of view and how it influences events in a text

 Use speaking and listening to interact with others for the purposes of contributing to a class discussion

 Use academic vocabulary when

 sharing and explaining ideas, viewpoints, and opinions,

Assessments (see terms for definitions)

 On Demand Writing  Exit Tickets

 Anecdotal Notes

 Quizzes

 End of Unit Tests

 Open-Ended Responses to Informational Text

(Students are to select one activity of their choice.)

 Published Writing Pieces

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 Quick-Writes

 Notebook Entries

 Summaries & Reflections

 Text Dependent Questions (TDQs)

 Running Records (Reading Levels A-I)

 Create a diary entry based on an event from one of your memoirs

Integrated StandardsReading: Informational 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.5.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently

Writing

W.5.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information

a Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose

b Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details

c Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically)

d Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented

W.5.2 Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly

a Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension

b Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic

c Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially)

d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic

e Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented

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

a Apply grade 5 Reading standards to literature (e.g., "Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or a drama, drawing on specific

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details in the text [e.g., how characters interact]").

b Apply grade 5 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., "Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text,

identifying which reasons and evidence support which point[s]"")

Speaking and Listening

SL.5.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly

a Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion

b Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles

c Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others

d Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions

SL.5.2 Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally

SL.5.3 Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence

SL.5.4 Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace

SL.5.5 Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas

-Connection -Active engagement

-Teaching Point -Link

Independent Reading:

Students read at the independent level

using the strategies they have learned to

work towards their individual goal

Student role: stop and jot, and or writing

in reader’s notebooks

Teacher Role: Reading conferences,

guided reading and or small group

instruction

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Share:

Brief review of lesson, set up for

tomorrow or share from student work

*teach through interactive read aloud or mini lesson; will plan during CPTs

Student Assessment/Evidence/ Research

Extended Text (Select 1) (Grade appropriate full-length novels

Including but not limited to the list below)

 I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education

and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) by

Malala Yousafzai Level T

 Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper Level S

Short Texts (Select 5-9)

(Literature includes adventure stories, folktales, legends,

fables, fantasy, realistic fiction, myth, poetry and drama)

The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Relatives Came (Cynthia Rylant)

A Day's Work (Eve Bunting)

Thank You Mr Falker by Patricia Polacco (Read Aloud)

Ish by peter Reynolds

Talking Walls by Margy Burns Knight

Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting

Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant

Terrible Things by Eve Bunting)

Additional Texts in StoryWorks

(Informational Texts include biographies & autobiographies,

books about history, social studies, science, the arts, technical

texts—directions, forms—and information displayed in graphs,

charts, maps, etc.)

Science (Select 1-2)

Amazing True Story of Owen and Mzee by Craig Hatkof

Owen & Mzee: Language of Friendship by Isabella Hatkof

Blasting Off to Space Academy by Susan E Goodman

Connect to Science: Profile of a Spacewalker by Carole

Choose 2-3 for the week:

-From Seed to Theme pg 206 -The Real World In My Book pg 208 -Identifiers, Identity, and Ideas pg

215

-Character Change Can Reveal Lessons pg 211

Choose 2-3 EACH WEEK

-Who’s Telling the Story? pg 175 -Reader’s Ask themselves Questions

pg 210-Interactions Can Lead to Inferences

pg 179The Influence on Character pg 181-Blind Spots pg 189

-Modify the strategy Character Comparisons pg 176 Teach students how to compare the characters’ thoughts & reactions to the problem and events in the story.

Choose 1 strategy for Monday and Tuesday:

-Compare Lessons Across Books in a Series pg 202

ORBook- to- Book Connections pg 204Wednesday-Friday: Teach students how to construct a response to

Stop and JotsReader’s Notebook Entries

Book LogsResponses to LiteratureDaily Reading

Conferences -Stop and Jots

Reader’s Notebook Entries

Book LogsResponses to LiteratureDaily Reading

ConferencesBegin administering 3rd

Running Records (DUE JUNE 3)

Stop and Jots

-Reader’s Notebook Entries

Book LogsResponses to LiteratureDaily Reading

ConferencesRunning Records (DUE

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Gerber

Additional Texts in StoryWorks

Social Studies/The Arts

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes by David

Roessel

To Be A Slave by Julius Leter

Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx by Jonah

Winter

Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What

the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull

The Great Migration by Jacob Lawrence

Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the

World by Cynthia Chin-Lee

Language

Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and

Metaphors? By Brian Cleary

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb? By Brian

Bringing Words to Life by Isabel Beck

students will be writing about reading on those days during the reading block, allow for a protected independent reading time

Wednesday: Body Paragraph (Teach what the meaning and tone

of a text is Use poems, graphic novels, fables, stories, etc as your mentor text Model how certain elements of the text and pictures help you identify the meaning and tone of a text (see ELA webpage for resources)

-Teach students parts of a story, poem, and drama Students should

-be able to understand how events fit together, therefore prompt themwith comprehension questions about the texts

*use Reader’s Theater to address drama

*see ELA webpage for resources -Word Relationship in a Phrase pg

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Be Alert for Word Choice pg 322Get to the Root pg 323

Teach students parts of a story, poem, and drama Students should

-be able to understand how events fit together, therefore prompt them

JUNE 3)

Stop and Jots

-Reader’s Notebook Entries

Book LogsResponses to LiteratureDaily Reading

ConferencesRunning Records (DUE JUNE 3)

Stop and Jots

-Reader’s Notebook Entries

Book LogsResponses to LiteratureDaily Reading

ConferencesRunning Records (DUE JUNE 3)

Stop and Jots

-Reader’s Notebook Entries

Book Logs

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-June 6-10

ReviewEnd of Unit Assessment

-June 13-21

Reflect and Reteach

with comprehension questions about the texts)

*use Reader’s Theater to address drama (see ELA webpage for resources)

Review strategies from the Unit or Use this time to catch up if PARCC has put you behind in pacing

-Administer Unit 4 Post Assessment

Reflect and Reteach using the samestrategies during independent reading and reading conferences

-Responses to LiteratureDaily Reading

ConferencesRunning Records (DUE JUNE 3)

Stop and Jots

-Reader’s Notebook Entries

Conferences

UNIT 4 POST ASSESSMENT 6.10.16

Stop and Jots

-Reader’s Notebook Entries

Sample Writer's Workshop Schedule Mini Lesson:

Students work alone or with their writing partner, applying strategies learned to their

own writing Here, students will be at different stages of the writing process

The teacher’s role is the facilitator…circulating the room, monitoring, encouraging,

conferring, and providing help as needed The teacher can confer with individual

students or small groups Peer conferring may also take place

25 minutes

Share:

Brief review of lesson, set up for tomorrow or students share work 10 minutes

Assessment/Evidence Text

Lucy Calkins Units of Study-Memoir I, II, and III

On-Demand WritingWriter’s Notebook entriesResponse to Texts

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Memoirs (2)

 Two pieces reflective of the writing process

 Two On-Demand Pieces

Suggestions for Integrating Opinion and Informational

Writing during Reader’s Workshop

Sample Personal Narrative Topics

For ideas, students can use:

 heart maps

 writing territories

 writer’s notebooks

Sample Opinion Essay Topics (Response to Texts)

 Articles from Storyworks

 Articles from ELA News

Sample Informative Topics (Response to Informational

Texts)

 The Election Process, The Electoral College-Explain

how a president is elected.

 Women & Minorities Gaining the Right to

Vote-Explain the role specific historical leaders took in

order to gain the right to vote

 Articles from Storyworks or ELA News

*Be sure to refer to the Getting Ready section for each session before planning for your students.

you will have forty-five minutes to write an opinion

or argument text in which you will write your opinion or claim and tell reasons why you feel that way When you

do this, draw on everything you know about essays, persuasive letters, and reviews If you want to find and use information from a book or another outside source, you may bring that with you tomorrow Please keep in mind that you’ll have forty-five minutes to complete this, so you will need to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one sitting.”

In your writing, make sure you:

 Use transition words

 Write a conclusion

Session 1: What Makes a

Memoir (analyzing various memoirs to identify similarities and differences in

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