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Grade 5

• Communication and Multimodal Literacies

  • 5.C.1
  • 5.C.1.A
  • 5.C.2
  • 5.C.2.A
  • 5.C.3
  • 5.C.3.A
  • 5.C.3.B
  • 5.C.4
  • 5.C.4.A

• Language Usage

  • 5.LU.1
  • 5.LU.1.A
  • 5.LU.1.C
  • 5.LU.2
  • 5.LU.2.D

• Research

  • 5.R.1
  • 5.R.1.B
  • 5.R.1.C
  • 5.R.1.E
  • 5.R.1.F

• Reading Informational Text

  • 5.RI.1
  • 5.RI.1.C
  • 5.RI.3.B

• Reading Literary Text

  • 5.RL.1
  • 5.RL.1.B
  • 5.RL.1.C
  • 5.RL.2
  • 5.RL.2.B
  • 5.RL.2.C

• Reading and Vocabulary

  • 5.RV.1
  • 5.RV.1.E
  • 5.RV.1.F
  • 5.RV.1.H
  • 5.RV.1.I

• 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.3
  • 5.W.3.A
  • 5.W.3.B

Virginia ELA Standard: 5.W.1.A

Write personal or fictional narratives in prose or poetic form that organize the writing around a central problem, conflict, or experience using descriptions or dialogue to develop the experience(s).

St. Patrick and Other Legends

How would real people feel about the legends that have been created about them?

Holiday Emoji Story 🍪

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

Emoji Stories 🚗

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

Thanksgiving Photo Writing

Starting with an old-timey photo, students will write from a particular item’s point of view.

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!?

Showing A Character’s Trait

We tell students to ‘show, not tell’ — but that advice is useless until they experience the difference. This lesson makes it click.

Better Stories Part 5: Plot Structure

Ever read a student’s story that was just event after event after event and then a very sudden ending? They lack an understanding of a plot’s structure. With the help of Finding Nemo, I break down how to set up a well-structured plot.

Better Stories Part 2: Types of Conflict

If your students’ stories are packed with endless ninja fights or arguments between frenemies, it’s time to expose them to a wider range of conflicts.

Better Stories Part 3: Literary Themes

A typical student narrative includes plot and characters but lacks a larger idea to hold it all together. This is where a lesson on themes comes in…

Better Stories Part 4: Character Archetypes

Are students’ characters a bit flat? Archetypes give them a strong foundation on which to build their own characters as well as a tool to analyze existing stories.