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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.5

Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

Holiday Writing: Packing Crates

An old photograph. A holiday scene. Pick one object in the picture and write from its point of view.

Gr 1-8

Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!”

Can your students come up with a one-syllable word to sum up their time away from school? And then rewrite The Beatles’ song Help!?

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons

Look closely at Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 1-8

Remixing A Holiday Poem

Let’s take a classic Christmas poem and remix it to work with another holiday!

Gr 1-8

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

Writing Sample: The Fall of the House of Usher

A passage from “The Fall of the House of Usher” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

What Would Poetry Think About Prose?

Poetry and Prose meet at a party. What would they say to each other? How would they feel about each other’s style?

Gr 1-8

Studying and Remixing “The Raven”

Ready to push kids beyond the boring, old ABAB rhyme scheme and into something a bit more complex?

Gr 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Romeo and Juliet Summary

Romeo and Juliet in just about five minutes.

Gr 1-8

“Much Ado About Nothing” Summary

Shakespeare’s Much Ado summarized in just five minutes!

Gr 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Twelfth Night Summary

An animated summary of Shakespeare’s utterly ridiculous “Twelfth Night.”

Gr 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Hamlet Summary

It’s Hamlet in just about five minutes!

Gr 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 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