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Grade 5

• Composition

  • C.5.1
  • C.5.1.a
  • C.5.1.b
  • C.5.1.c
  • C.5.1.d
  • C.5.1.e
  • C.5.1.f
  • C.5.2
  • C.5.2.a
  • C.5.2.b
  • C.5.2.c
  • C.5.2.d
  • C.5.2.e
  • C.5.2.f
  • C.5.2.g
  • C.5.2.h
  • C.5.3
  • C.5.3.a
  • C.5.3.b
  • C.5.3.c
  • C.5.3.d
  • C.5.3.e
  • C.5.3.f
  • C.5.3.g
  • C.5.4
  • C.5.5
  • C.5.6
  • C.5.7

• Language

  • L.5.1
  • L.5.1.a
  • L.5.1.c
  • L.5.1.d
  • L.5.1.e
  • L.5.2
  • L.5.2.b
  • L.5.2.e
  • L.5.3
  • L.5.3.a
  • L.5.3.b
  • L.5.4
  • L.5.4.a
  • L.5.4.b
  • L.5.4.d
  • L.5.5
  • L.5.5.a
  • L.5.5.b
  • L.5.5.c

• Reading: Foundational Skills

  • RF.5.3
  • RF.5.3.a
  • RF.5.4.a
  • RF.5.4.c

• Reading: Informational

  • RI.5.1
  • RI.5.2
  • RI.5.3
  • RI.5.5
  • RI.5.6
  • RI.5.7
  • RI.5.8
  • RI.5.9
  • RI.5.10

• Reading: Literature

  • RL.5.1
  • RL.5.2
  • RL.5.3
  • RL.5.4
  • RL.5.5
  • RL.5.6
  • RL.5.7
  • RL.5.9
  • RL.5.10

KAS ELA Standard: C.5.1.c

Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.

Chaos Makes Sense (Later)

In the moment, a chaotic event makes no sense. But later, that same event can feel like it was part of a larger story.

Order to Chaos: Dominoes or Dam?

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

Order and Chaos Hide Inside Each Other

Chaos can contain order. Order can contain chaos! Is chaos ever truly random?

Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date

Wouldn’t some holidays be better on a certain day of the week? Should Thanksgiving have a set date?

Natural Disasters Tournament

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

Charge of the Light Brigade – Chess Variant

What if one side played with THREE QUEENS and the other had SEVEN KNIGHTS!? What if?

Horde Chess Variant

What if one player had, say, 32 pawns?

Propaganda and Logical Fallacies

Let’s see how propaganda techniques can make even something great seem bad.

Persuasion and Packaging: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

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