Scholar Zone Summer Reading & Writing | Gr5 Scope & Sequence

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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