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Grade 5

• Language

  • 5.L.1
  • 5.L.1.a
  • 5.L.1.b
  • 5.L.1.c
  • 5.L.1.d
  • 5.L.1.e
  • 5.L.1.f
  • 5.L.2
  • 5.L.2.b
  • 5.L.2.c
  • 5.L.2.e
  • 5.L.3
  • 5.L.3.a
  • 5.L.3.b
  • 5.L.4
  • 5.L.4.a
  • 5.L.4.b
  • 5.L.5
  • 5.L.5.a
  • 5.L.5.b
  • 5.L.5.c
  • 5.L.6

• Reading: Foundational Skills

  • 5.RF.3
  • 5.RF.3.b
  • 5.RF.3.c
  • 5.RF.3.d
  • 5.RF.4.a
  • 5.RF.4.b
  • 5.RF.4.c

• Reading: Informational

  • 5.RI.1
  • 5.RI.2
  • 5.RI.3
  • 5.RI.4
  • 5.RI.5
  • 5.RI.6
  • 5.RI.7
  • 5.RI.8
  • 5.RI.9
  • 5.RI.10

• Reading: Literature

  • 5.RL.1
  • 5.RL.2
  • 5.RL.3
  • 5.RL.4
  • 5.RL.5
  • 5.RL.6
  • 5.RL.7
  • 5.RL.9
  • 5.RL.10

• Speaking & Listening

  • 5.SL.1
  • 5.SL.1.a
  • 5.SL.1.b
  • 5.SL.1.c
  • 5.SL.1.d
  • 5.SL.3
  • 5.SL.4
  • 5.SL.5
  • 5.SL.6

• Writing

  • 5.W.1
  • 5.W.1.a
  • 5.W.1.b
  • 5.W.1.c
  • 5.W.1.d
  • 5.W.2
  • 5.W.2.a
  • 5.W.2.b
  • 5.W.2.c
  • 5.W.2.d
  • 5.W.2.e
  • 5.W.3
  • 5.W.3.a
  • 5.W.3.b
  • 5.W.3.c
  • 5.W.3.d
  • 5.W.3.e
  • 5.W.4
  • 5.W.5
  • 5.W.6
  • 5.W.7
  • 5.W.8
  • 5.W.9
  • 5.W.9.a
  • 5.W.9.b
  • 5.W.10

• Writing Foundational Skills

  • 5.WF.1
  • 5.WF.1.a
  • 5.WF.1.b

Arizona ELA Standard: 5.RL.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

Super Specific Similes: Quick Baby

Let’s make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes: Loud Class

Let’s make this simile about a loud class super specific!

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes: Stinky Seaweed

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

Gr 1-8

Idioms About Money

Five sets of idioms related to money.

Gr 1-8

Idioms About Fire

Five sets of idioms related to fire!

Gr 3-8

Idiom Tasks

Four fantastically terrific tasks for a weekly idiom study.

Gr 3-8

Idioms about Weather

Five sets of idioms related to the weather.

Gr 1-8

Idioms About Red

Five sets of idioms related to the color red.

Gr 1-8

Sets of Idioms Related to Numbers

Two sets of idioms related to numbers.

Gr 1-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

Gr 1-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Move the Simile

What if we started a sentence with the simile?

Gr 3-8

What’s In My Brain: Cute Baby vs Fast Cheetah

Can students spot similes vs metaphors?

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

Sets of Idioms

Why do we say ‘break a leg’? Five themed sets of idioms your students will actually remember.

Gr 1-8

Jabberwocky and Context Clues

Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words (“Jabberwocky”) and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it’s only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.

Gr 1-8