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Grade 5

• Literacy Foundations

  • 5.LF.1
  • 5.LF.3
  • 5.LF.4
  • 5.LF.5
  • 5.LF.8
  • 5.LF.9
  • 5.LF.9.a
  • 5.LF.9.b
  • 5.LF.9.c
  • 5.LF.10
  • 5.LF.10.a
  • 5.LF.11
  • 5.LF.12
  • 5.LF.12.a
  • 5.LF.12.b
  • 5.LF.12.c
  • 5.LF.12.d
  • 5.LF.12.e
  • 5.LF.13
  • 5.LF.14
  • 5.LF.15
  • 5.LF.16
  • 5.LF.17
  • 5.LF.18
  • 5.LF.19
  • 5.LF.20
  • 5.LF.21
  • 5.LF.22
  • 5.LF.23
  • 5.LF.23.a
  • 5.LF.23.b
  • 5.LF.24
  • 5.LF.24.a
  • 5.LF.24.b
  • 5.LF.25
  • 5.LF.26
  • 5.LF.26.a
  • 5.LF.26.b
  • 5.LF.26.c
  • 5.LF.26.d
  • 5.LF.26.e
  • 5.LF.27
  • 5.LF.28
  • 5.LF.29
  • 5.LF.29.a
  • 5.LF.29.b
  • 5.LF.30
  • 5.LF.31
  • 5.LF.32
  • 5.LF.33
  • 5.LF.34
  • 5.LF.35
  • 5.LF.36
  • 5.LF.37
  • 5.LF.38
  • 5.LF.38.c
  • 5.LF.39
  • 5.LF.39.a
  • 5.LF.39.b
  • 5.LF.39.c
  • 5.LF.39.d
  • 5.LF.39.e
  • 5.LF.39.f
  • 5.LF.40
  • 5.LF.40.c
  • 5.LF.41

• Standards

  • 5.R1
  • 5.R2
  • 5.R3
  • 5.R4
  • 5.R5
  • 5.R6

Alabama ELA Standard: 5.LF.24

Determine and evaluate the effectiveness of digital and print text features and structures, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, and cause and effect.

Holiday Worksheets

Writing prompts, non-fiction analysis, and science topics related to Christmas and Hanukkah.

Gr 1-8

Order to Chaos: Dominoes or Dam?

Sometimes outside forces turn order into chaos. But sometimes chaos comes from within.

Gr 2-8

Power and Symbols

When does a simple symbol have more power than a word?

Gr 1-8

Power – Blue Whale vs Krill

Sure, a Blue Whale is huge. But does a tiny krill have more power?

Gr 1-8

Halloween Problems and Solutions

When we try to solve a problem, sometimes we end up creating new problems. Which lead to new solutions. Which lead to new problems.

Gr 1-8

A System Similar to a Cell

Which parts of a cell serve a similar job to the parts of a cruise ship, human body, computer, or other system?

Gr 1-8

Zig Zag Cipher (Codes Part 3)

Let’s try a cipher that doesn’t substitute new letters or shapes. We just mix things up.

Gr 1-8

Create A Civ: Capital City

Every great capital is part geography, part human design. Research real ones, then build your own from scratch.

Gr 1-8

Think Like A Historian

Here’s how effects be causes and causes can be effects!

Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8

Paragraphs: Systems of Sentences

Blow up a paragraph into individual sentences. Now reassemble it. The clues hiding in each sentence will surprise you.

Gr 1-8

Content Imperatives: Parallel

Get students thinking broadly by exploring similarities across multiple topics. Combine with Depth and Complexity for bonus points!

Gr 1-8

Content Imperatives: Contribuition

Pull on one thread and watch the whole topic move. Contribution asks: what single factor is quietly shaping everything else?

Gr 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Persuasion and Packaging: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

How does a drink’s packaging affect us emotionally and logically?

Gr 4-8

Depth and Complexity: 📈 Trends

Has something been changing recently? What might be causing that? What are the effects?

Gr 2-8

Depth and Complexity: Patterns

Can your students spot anything that repeats? Or that has stopped repeating?

Gr 2-8

Teach Non-Fiction Writing Structure With Fractals

Did you ever notice that the structure of an essay is very similar to the structure of a paragraph? Hmm…

Gr 1-8

Better Stories Part 1: The Big Idea

We open our unit on narrative writing with a big idea: “structure increases creativity.” I show how this is true by bringing in examples from across all disciplines.

Gr 1-8