Scholar Zone Summer Reading & Writing | Gr5 Scope & Sequence

Scope and Sequence READING AND WRITING

GRADE 5

Scope and Sequence Grade 5 • Reading

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Skills

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: It Takes a Leader Read-Aloud: March On! The Day My Brother Changed the World Memoir Small-Group Instruction Introduce Book Club Choices With Booktalks

• Analyze poetic language and imagery • Analyze style/language and first-person point of view

1

• Learn about book club choices

Writing Introduce Opinion Writing Student Samples

• Understand purpose of opinion writing

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: It Takes a Leader Read-Aloud: Planting the Trees of Kenya Biography

• Analyze lyrical prose • Evaluate how illustrations contribute to the narrative • Analyze tone and narrative

2

Small-Group Instruction Read The Great Serum Race (Informational Text)

• Multiple-meaning words

Writing Opinion Writing

• Share ideas about opinion writing

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: It Takes a Leader Read-Aloud: Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything Biography

• Analyze sequence of events • Analyze setting • Analyze author’s and illustrator’s notes and organization • Expand oral language: Discuss the physical characteristics of sled dogs that enable them to do their jobs • Discuss how their owners take care of them

3

Small-Group Instruction Read The Great Serum Race (Informational Text)

Writing Write About The Great Serum Race Write and Respond (Opinion Writing)

• Write about the most amazing traits or actions of the dogs

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: It Takes a Leader Read-Aloud: Now & Ben Biography

• Compare and contrast • Analyze illustrations • Analyze organization and humor

4

Small-Group Instruction Read The Tale of Despereaux (Fantasy) Writing Write About Now & Ben Write and Respond (Opinion Writing)

• Draw conclusions

• Create an outline and write an essay about a few of Benjamin Franklin’s inventions or accomplishments

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Grade 5 • Reading

Scope and Sequence Grade 5 • Reading

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Whole-Group Instruction Unit: It Takes a Leader Read-Aloud: So You Want to Be President? Biography Small-Group Instruction Read The Tale of Despereaux (Fantasy) Writing Write About The Tale of Despereaux (Opinion Writing) Whole-Group Instruction Unit: It Takes a Leader Introduce All the Unit Projects Small-Group Instruction Read Detector Dog (Informational Text) Writing Write About Detector Dog Write a Letter to the Editor (Opinion Writing)

• Analyze style and use of humor • Analyze author’s purpose and end matter

• Expand oral language: Discuss how light and dark is used to suggest love and goodness and fear and despair in this book, and in other stories

1

• Compare opinions about the two main characters

• Learn about unit projects

2

• Determine main ideas and key details

• Write a letter to the editor

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: It Takes a Leader Meet With Book Clubs 1 & 2

• Discuss thematic elements in book club books

Small-Group Instruction Read Detector Dog (Informational Text)

• Expand oral language: Discuss dogs the students found particularly interesting

3

Writing Write About Detector Dog (Opinion Writing) Whole-Group Instruction Unit: It Takes a Leader Meet With Book Clubs 3 & 4 Small-Group Instruction Booktalks

• Write a paragraph with an opinion about detector dogs’ retirements

• Discuss thematic elements in book club books

4

• Present a booktalk

Writing Unit Wrap-Up: Write About One Leader (Opinion Writing)

• Write an opinion about the leader the student most admires

2

Grade 5 • Reading

Scope and Sequence Grade 5 • Reading

Week Day

Lesson

Skills

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Under the Surface Read-Aloud: X-Treme X-Ray Informational Text

• Analyze text features including photographs and text boxes • Analyze author’s purpose and mood

1

Small-Group Instruction Introduce Book Club Choices With Booktalks

• Learn about book club choices

Writing Introduce Narrative Writing Student Samples Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Under the Surface Read-Aloud: Charles Drew Biography

• Understand purpose of narrative writing

• Analyze sequence of events • Analyze author’s purpose • Analyze historical photos and contemporary illustrations

2

Small-Group Instruction Read Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy (Fantasy)

• Understanding text structure

Writing Narrative Writing

• Review narrative writing

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Under the Surface Read-Aloud: Bones: Our Skeletal System Informational Text

• Analyze features of informational text • Analyze descriptive language and genre

3

Small-Group Instruction Read Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy (Fantasy) Writing Write About Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy Extending Meaning Through Writing (Narrative Writing) Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Under the Surface Read-Aloud: The Brain: Our Nervous System Informational Text Small-Group Instruction Read Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (Fantasy)

• Expand oral language: Discuss the interactions among characters

• Write a short story from Ollie’s point of view

• Analyze features of informational text • Analyze style • Analyze genre and evidence

4

• Understand dramatic elements

Writing Write About The Brain: Our Nervous System (Narrative Writing)

• Write a travel diary of a walk-through of the brain, using the glossary as a guide

3

Grade 5 • Reading

Scope and Sequence Grade 5 • Reading

Week Day

Lesson

Skills

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Under the Surface Read-Aloud: You Wouldn’t Want to Be an

• Analyze style and illustrations • Analyze use of humor • Analyze tone and organization

Egyptian Mummy! Informational Text

1

Small-Group Instruction Read Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (Fantasy) Writing Write About Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland Extending Meaning Through Writing (Narrative Writing)

• Expand oral language: Discuss the cat’s advice to Alice—to think for herself

• Write an extension to the play in which Alice returns home

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Under the Surface Introduce All the Unit Projects Small-Group Instruction Read The Great Cow Race (Fantasy)

• Learn about unit projects

2

• Draw conclusions

Writing Write About The Great Cow Race Extending Meaning Through Writing (Narrative Writing)

• Select a section of the book and rewrite it as a narrative

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Under the Surface Meet With Book Clubs 1 & 2

• Discuss thematic elements in book club books

Small-Group Instruction Read The Great Cow Race (Fantasy) Writing Write About The Great Cow Race (Narrative Writing)

• Expand oral language: Discuss rumors—how they start and what impact they can have

3

• Write a short story in graphic novel format

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Under the Surface Meet With Book Clubs 3 & 4 Small-Group Instruction Booktalks

• Discuss thematic elements in book club books

4

• Present a booktalk

Writing Unit Wrap-Up: True Stories Extending Meaning Through Writing (Narrative)

• Write a narrative about a topic in science

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Grade 5 • Reading

Scope and Sequence Grade 5 • Reading

Week Day

Lesson

Skills

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Dealing With Change Read-Aloud: Dreaming of America: An Ellis Island Story Historical Fiction

• Evaluate use of dialogue and culturally specific expressions • Analyze genre and author’s purpose

1

Small-Group Instruction Introduce Book Club Choices With Booktalks Writing Introduce Informative/Explanatory Writing Student Samples

• Learn about book club choices

• Understand purpose of informative/explanatory writing

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Dealing With Change Read-Aloud: Zen Shorts Fantasy

• Analyze use of dialogue in the main story • Analyze descriptive language in traditonal tales • Analyze theme and mood

2

Small-Group Instruction Read Looking at Lincoln (Biography) Writing Review informative/explanatory writing Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Dealing With Change Read-Aloud: Grandma’s Records Memoir Small-Group Instruction Read Looking at Lincoln (Biography)

• Context clues

• Share ideas about informative/explanatory writing

• Evaluate impact of first-person narration • Analyze genre and author’s purpose

3

• Expand oral language: Discuss leaders and leadership

Writing Write About Looking at Lincoln Write a Newspaper Article (Informative/Explanatory )

• Write a newspaper article

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Dealing With Change Read-Aloud: Scaredy Squirrel Fantasy Small-Group Instruction Read Chasing Vermeer (Mystery) Writing Write About Chasing Vermeer Extending Meaning Through Writing

• Analyze theme • Analyze humor • Analyze features of informational text

4

• Understanding plot

• Select a section of the book and then write a letter from Ms. Hussey to her students, retelling the episode from her point of view

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Grade 5 • Reading

Scope and Sequence Grade 5 • Reading

Week Day

Lesson

Skills

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Dealing With Change Read-Aloud: Crow Call Memoir

• Evaluate use of imagery and poetic language to create mood • Analyze illustrations and genre

1

Small-Group Instruction Read Chasing Vermeer (Mystery) Writing Write About Crow Call (Informative/Explanatory Writing) Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Dealing With Change Introduce All the Unit Projects Small-Group Instruction Read Drawing From Memory (Memoir) Writing Write About Drawing From Memory Write About Inspiration (Informative/Explanatory Writing)

• Expand oral language: Discuss the coincidences in the book and in students’ lives

• Describe the book with statements of fact only

• Learn about unit projects

• Develop fluency

2

• Write an addition to the story

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Dealing With Change Meet With Book Clubs 1 & 2

• Discuss thematic elements in book club books

Small-Group Instruction Read Drawing From Memory (Memoir) Writing Write About Drawing From Memory (Informative/Explanatory Writing)

3

• Expand oral language: Discuss talents

• Summarize the sequence of events in Allan Say’s artistic development

Whole-Group Instruction Unit: Dealing With Change Meet With Book Clubs 3 & 4 Small-Group Instruction Booktalks

• Discuss thematic elements in book club books

4

• Present a booktalk

Writing Unit Wrap-Up : Write About Personal Response to Change (Informative/Explanatory Writing)

• Write about important changes that can take place in a person’s life

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