Reading - Common Core Curriculum
The following is the instructional sequence given by DeKalb County. It will be modified as needed to align with our school writing program and student needs.
FIFTH GRADE
AUGUST: Unit 1 - Craft and Structure
Priority Standards
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the
overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or
characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally
Use narrative techniques,such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop
experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations
Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events
Supporting Standards
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multi-syllabic words in context and out of context.
Reading expands our understanding of the world, people, and ourselves.
People communicate their feelings and thoughts through various literary and figurative language.
A narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
A rich vocabulary enables us to understand and communicate more effectively.
Authors create an organizational structure and logically group their ideas to support their point of view.
Authors develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique and descriptive details.
Reading and Writing Skills
Interpret the theme of a story using details in text.
Use context clues to determine how characters in a story respond to challenges.
Summarize the text.
Construct an opinion piece on topics or texts.
Cite reasons from texts or topics to support point of view.
Create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.
Produce clear and coherent writing.
Develop and organize writing appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.
NOV - DEC: CLUES TO A CULTURE
Primary Focus: Informational Text
Unit Overview: This unit begins with students collectively defining and discussing the word culture. Students compare nineteenth-century America from various points of view. In order to glean the similarities and differences across nations, students read a variety of informational and literary texts; they also listen to music and examine art from a variety of Native American cultures. Class discussions reinforce awareness of how someone’s perspective can affect their view of events and people.
Enduring Understandings - Reading and Writing
Stories from various cultures help us find similarities and differences in cultures.
Investigation of different aspects of a culture can be found using several sources.
A text should be quoted accurately when explaining what the text says explicitly.
Written evidence from informational texts supports analysis, reflection and research.
Concrete words, phrases, and sensory details serve to convey experiences and events precisely.
Narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, help in showing the responses of characters to various situations.
Reading and Writing Skills
Analyze multiple accounts of the same topic.
Distinguish the important similarities and differences in the point of view.
Investigate information from several texts on the same topic.
Classify relevant information from experiences on a chart.
Summarize information from print and digital sources.
JAN - MAR: AMERICA IN CONFLICT
Primary Focus: Literary Text (historical fiction)
Unit Overview: Students will read historical fiction and informational text about the Civil War in the United States and compare and contrast the ways in which each type of text describes key historical events.
Enduring Understandings - Reading and Writing
Historical events from the past impact our lives in the present day and in the future.
The causes and consequences of the Civil War are revealed through literature and informational text.
Visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone or beauty of a text.
Writers produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task, purpose, and
audience.
Writers develop real or imagined experiences or events by using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Writers use transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
Reading and Writing Skills
Analyze texts on the same topic.
Quote accurately.
Cite evidence to support analysis, reflection and research.
MAR - MAY: COMING OF AGE
Primary Focus: Informational Text
Unit Overview: Students will read informational texts about the Great Depression such as Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp and Children of the Great Depression. Students compare and contrast the various perspectives as they read and view videos about the Depression. Coming of age is the recurring theme in the literary texts for this unit. The informational texts provide the historical context behind literary novels such as Bud, Not Buddy and A Long Way From Chicago. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the era beyond what they read, students listen to music and examine the art of the Great Depression.
Enduring Understandings - Reading and Writing
Language helps give voice to experiences and events that take us from childhood to adulthood.
The past influences the present and the future.
Effective speakers use oral and nonverbal communication skills to reach their audience.
Writers support their point of view by giving reasons and information.
Authors use organizational structure to support their writing purpose.
Writers draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Reading and Writing Skills
Cite evidence to support the main ideas.
Summarize the text through a critique.
Compare the relationships or interactions through two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts.
Write and convey ideas and information clearly.
Develop an opinion with quotations and examples.
FIFTH GRADE
AUGUST: Unit 1 - Craft and Structure
Priority Standards
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the
overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or
characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally
Use narrative techniques,such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop
experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations
Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events
Supporting Standards
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multi-syllabic words in context and out of context.
Reading expands our understanding of the world, people, and ourselves.
People communicate their feelings and thoughts through various literary and figurative language.
A narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
A rich vocabulary enables us to understand and communicate more effectively.
Authors create an organizational structure and logically group their ideas to support their point of view.
Authors develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique and descriptive details.
Reading and Writing Skills
Interpret the theme of a story using details in text.
Use context clues to determine how characters in a story respond to challenges.
Summarize the text.
Construct an opinion piece on topics or texts.
Cite reasons from texts or topics to support point of view.
Create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.
Produce clear and coherent writing.
Develop and organize writing appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.
NOV - DEC: CLUES TO A CULTURE
Primary Focus: Informational Text
Unit Overview: This unit begins with students collectively defining and discussing the word culture. Students compare nineteenth-century America from various points of view. In order to glean the similarities and differences across nations, students read a variety of informational and literary texts; they also listen to music and examine art from a variety of Native American cultures. Class discussions reinforce awareness of how someone’s perspective can affect their view of events and people.
Enduring Understandings - Reading and Writing
Stories from various cultures help us find similarities and differences in cultures.
Investigation of different aspects of a culture can be found using several sources.
A text should be quoted accurately when explaining what the text says explicitly.
Written evidence from informational texts supports analysis, reflection and research.
Concrete words, phrases, and sensory details serve to convey experiences and events precisely.
Narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, help in showing the responses of characters to various situations.
Reading and Writing Skills
Analyze multiple accounts of the same topic.
Distinguish the important similarities and differences in the point of view.
Investigate information from several texts on the same topic.
Classify relevant information from experiences on a chart.
Summarize information from print and digital sources.
JAN - MAR: AMERICA IN CONFLICT
Primary Focus: Literary Text (historical fiction)
Unit Overview: Students will read historical fiction and informational text about the Civil War in the United States and compare and contrast the ways in which each type of text describes key historical events.
Enduring Understandings - Reading and Writing
Historical events from the past impact our lives in the present day and in the future.
The causes and consequences of the Civil War are revealed through literature and informational text.
Visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone or beauty of a text.
Writers produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task, purpose, and
audience.
Writers develop real or imagined experiences or events by using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Writers use transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
Reading and Writing Skills
Analyze texts on the same topic.
Quote accurately.
Cite evidence to support analysis, reflection and research.
MAR - MAY: COMING OF AGE
Primary Focus: Informational Text
Unit Overview: Students will read informational texts about the Great Depression such as Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp and Children of the Great Depression. Students compare and contrast the various perspectives as they read and view videos about the Depression. Coming of age is the recurring theme in the literary texts for this unit. The informational texts provide the historical context behind literary novels such as Bud, Not Buddy and A Long Way From Chicago. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the era beyond what they read, students listen to music and examine the art of the Great Depression.
Enduring Understandings - Reading and Writing
Language helps give voice to experiences and events that take us from childhood to adulthood.
The past influences the present and the future.
Effective speakers use oral and nonverbal communication skills to reach their audience.
Writers support their point of view by giving reasons and information.
Authors use organizational structure to support their writing purpose.
Writers draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Reading and Writing Skills
Cite evidence to support the main ideas.
Summarize the text through a critique.
Compare the relationships or interactions through two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts.
Write and convey ideas and information clearly.
Develop an opinion with quotations and examples.