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Elementary Elementary Language Arts Grade 5

Suggested Prerequisites

N/A

Description

In this course, students will engage in a variety of topics as they explore the world of reading and writing. Students will put their skills to work as they learn all about word construction, cursive writing, spelling, context clues, vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar, and the writing process. They will write narrative, expository, and opinion essays. In this course, students will participate in engaging lessons that include interactives, informational and literary texts, graphic organizers, videos, and various practice activities.

Module 1: Southern Mysteries

-Roots and affixes

-Cursive writing

-Fluency: accuracy, rate, and expression

-Story elements

-Context clues

-Character's perspective

-Correct subject-verb agreement

-Narrative writing

-Multi-media element


Module 2: Exploration

-Spelling

-Cursive writing

-Fluency: accuracy, rate, and expression

-Roots and affixes

-Text structures

-Context clues and multiple-meaning words

-Central idea and relevant details

-Vocabulary

-Appositives, main clauses, and subordinated clauses

-Expository writing


Module 3: Midwest Rescues

-Spelling

-Roots and affixes

-Fluency: accuracy, rate, and expression

-Cursive writing

-Theme

-Present information orally

-Vocabulary

-Principal modals

-Argumentative writing

-Summary


Module 4: Navigation

-Roots and affixes

-Fluency: accuracy, rate, and expression

-Cursive writing

-Spelling

-Homophones

-Author's claim

-Subject-verb agreement

-Expository writing

-Multimedia element


Module 5: Northwest to New York

-Fluency: accuracy, rate, and expression

-Cursive writing

-Spelling

-Figurative language

-Roots and affixes

-Vocabulary

-Poetic elements

-Shifts in tense and number

-Narrative writing

Module 6: Liberation

-Spelling

-Fluency: accuracy, rate, and expression

-Cursive writing

-Roots and affixes

-Decoding

-Central ideas and relevant details

-Present information orally

-Compare and contrast

-Primary and secondary sources

-Verbals

-Argumentative writing


Module 7: Let's Go West

-Fluency: accuracy, rate, and expression

-Cursive writing

-Roots and affixes

-Decoding

-Character’s perspective

-Story elements

-Figurative Language

-Pronouns

-Characterization

-Narrative writing


Module 8: Transportation

-Fluency: accuracy, rate, and expression

-Cursive writing

-Roots and affixes

-Decoding

-Synonyms and antonyms

-Author's claim

-Vocabulary

-Sentence structure

-Expository writing


Module 9: Dazzling Destinations

-Fluency: accuracy, rate, and expression

-Cursive writing

-Roots and affixes

-Decoding

-Figurative language and poetic elements

-Present information orally

-Theme

-Vocabulary

-Comparative and superlative adjectives

-Argumentative writing


Module 10: Predictions

-Fluency: accuracy, rate, and expression

-Cursive writing

-Roots and affixes

-Decoding

-Author’s purpose and author’s perspective

-Primary and secondary sources

-Context clues

-Homophones, homonyms

-Double negatives

-Expository writing