Planning and Pacing
Each session may be accomplished in one day. If a session takes longer, just complete it the next day. Pacing is flexible, and you may adapt it to meet your needs. You may also choose to reorder sessions based on the needs of your students. Pacing Guide: Grade 5, Volume 3
1 S
2 S
3 S
4 S
Reading Time: Rock Star, pp. 4–5
Think It Through, pp. 6–7
Ready, Set, Read, Write!, p. 8 Word Work, p. 9
Write About the Read-Aloud, p. 10 My Journal, p. 11
• Read Informational Text: Build knowledge about a young woman who became a professional rock climber despite her disability
• Practice:
• Practice: Building comprehension of a passage by making inferences; Practicing
• Practice: To identify the key ideas and details in an informational text • Write: To write a letter
Identifying key ideas and details, drawing conclusions, and asking questions to build comprehension of an informational article; Building on and making personal connections to text ideas
vocabulary and building words
5 S
6 S
7 S
8 S
Reading Time: Athena vs. Poseidon, pp. 12–13 • Read Literary Text: Read a myth about the Greek goddess Athena and how the city of Athens, Greece, received its name
Write About Reading, pp. 14–15
Ready, Set, Read, Write!, pp. 16–17
Write About the Read-Aloud, p. 18 My Journal, p. 19
• Write: To use story details to write an original narrative; To envision a scene that takes place in a myth
• Practice: Comparing and contrasting genres and completing a riddle activity; Practicing
• Practice:
Identifying the problems and solutions in an informational text • Write: To convey an imagined experience
vocabulary and building words
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