Scope and Sequence Grade 5 • Reading
Week Day
Lesson
Skills
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
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