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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.2
  • 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.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.10

• Writing Foundational Skills

  • 5.WF.1
  • 5.WF.1.a
  • 5.WF.1.b

Arizona ELA Standard: 5.RL.7

Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the purpose, meaning, or tone of the text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, and poem).

Halloween Worksheets

Crosswords, image analysis, and writing prompts for Halloween!

Power and Symbols

A skull and crossbones says “danger” faster than any sentence can. So why can’t a symbol say “I forgive you, but I’m still upset”?

Halloween Emoji Story 🕷️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 🏰

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Holiday Writing: Packing Crates

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

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.

Writing About Art: Chōshi in Shimosha

Get your students writing some pretty darn impressive poetry based on Japan’s most famous artist.

Writing About Art: Twilight in the Wilderness

Look closely at Twilight in the Wilderness. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Writing About Art: The Scream

Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.

Thinking With Art: Head Down

One artist, two paintings. Notice details, compare, synthesize, then find a parallel in another creator’s work.

Inferring With Art: A Man

What’s going on in this painting? Who is that guy? What’s his job? And where’s his other boot?

Art Lesson: One-Point Perspective

Let’s give our students an art history lesson while teaching them how to enhance their drawings using one-point perspective.

Self Portraits: Pointillism

Turn your students into a bunch of Monets with q-tips and some tempera paint.

Characters Dressed as Other Characters for Halloween

What if one character dressed up as another for Halloween? Would the Cat in the Hat pick Captain Jack Sparrow, because they’re both chaotic yet good-natured people? Would Elsa dress up as The Ice King since they are both lonely?

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.

Student Introductions With Depth and Frames

Want to introduce the tools of Depth and Complexity and learn more about your students and introduce the Frame graphic organizer? Have I got the activity for you!

Describing Author’s Voice

What if… Edgar Allen Poe wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?

Improving Presentations 3: The Storyboard and Slides

It’s time to turn that outline into a storyboard and then some actual slides.

Persuasion and Packaging: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

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

Elements of The Fantasy Genre

Every fantasy story has patterns hiding underneath the magic. Once your students see the elements, they’ll spot them everywhere — and use them in their own writing.

Introduce Symbolism with Pixel Art

Create a pixelated icon that represents the essence of a character!

Add Layers To Direct Instruction

For Teachers

Take direction instruction beyond a monotonous practice of the same skill over and over.

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.