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
5
Grade 5 • Reading
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