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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.SL.1.d

Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions based on information and knowledge gained from the discussions.

Power and Traditions

We compare the power of traditions shared by millions with smaller traditions shared by perhaps just one family.

Power in Autumn

Autumn was once powerful because of the harvest. What gives Fall its power now?

Power can be Visible or Invisible

What are examples of unseen Power? And can invisible power be more powerful than visible power?

Hero or Not A Hero?

Students will determine what makes a hero a hero.

New Uses For A Cardboard Tube

So, what can a cardboard tube be used for other than holding wrapping paper?

Student Introductions With Depth, Complexity, and Frames: Level Two

Once students know the prompts of Depth and Complexity, let’s take them much higher up Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Natural Disasters Tournament

Earthquake vs. hurricane. Tsunami vs. wildfire. Students set the criteria, argue their case, and crown a champion. Warning: it gets heated.

Van Gogh Self-Portrait Tournament

Who will win the tournament of Van Gogh self-portraits!?

New Uses For An Aluminum Can

So, what CAN a CAN be used for other than storing liquids?

Zig Zag Cipher (Codes Part 3)

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

Discussing An Important Decision from History

How would people with two different perspectives discuss a decision from history?

Chess Variant: Monster Chess

What if you had really weak chess pieces, but you could always move twice?

The Pros and Cons of Producers and Consumers

Sure, students might know the difference between a producer and a consumer… but have they considered how they feel about each other? What, in a producer’s opinion, are the pros and cons of a consumer?

Game: Snakes

In this grid-based strategy game, who will be the last to add to the snake?

Think Like A Philosopher

What would Socrates have thought if he watched Frozen?

How Renewable Is That Resource?

Which resource is more renewable? And which is easier to find?

Paradox: Crocodile Dilemma

A crocodile makes a deal. But the deal creates a paradox. Can your students untangle a 2,000-year-old logic puzzle?

Improving Presentations 1: Watching The Greats

Get better at giving presentations by studying the greats!

Depth and Complexity: ❓ Unanswered Questions

This underutilized tool focuses students on what we don’t yet know and even what we can’t know.

Depth and Complexity: ⚖️ Ethics

Want to add drama to any topic? Use the Ethics prompt!

Motivation and Moral Development

Can someone do the right thing, but for the wrong reason?

Teaching Empathy With Faberge Eggs

The story of the Fabergé Eggs is heartbreaking. It’s also the perfect way to build empathy in your classroom.

Intellectual Intensity

Do you know someone who becomes a bit overexcited by ideas?

Think Like An Economist

How would an economist read Goldilocks? How would they see a rainforest? How would they study the American Revolution?