Year at a Glance

Language Arts 

 

Year at a Glance:

 

 

YEAR AT A GLANCE (YAG)

Grade

5

 Subject             

ELA

Essential Understandings  1.

                                                 2.

Units

Day

SCCS/

Core

Indicators

Essential Question

Critical

Supporting

Embedded

1: Getting to know you (Ideas)             

10

5.1, 5.4, 5.6

5-1.7, 5-1.8, 5-1.11 (Reading)  

5-4.1, 5,-4.3 (Writing)               

5-6.7 (Research), 5-4.4 (Past Part. Agreement)

 

What are the appropriate strategies in choosing a just right book?

2:  Mystery Genre Study   (Voice)          

21

5.1, 5.3,

5.4

5.5, 5.6

5-1.1, 5-1.2, 5-1.4, 5-1.10, 5-5.2  

5-4.1, 5-4.4, 5-4.3, 5 (Writing)               

5-6.7(Research), 5-4.4 (Past Part. Agreement) 5-1.11, 5-3.2, 5-3.4

 

What are the essential elements needed to create a mystery?

3:  Legends    (Sentence Fluency)         

24

5.1, 5.2,

5.4

5.5, 5.6

5-1.8, 5-1.3, 5-4.2, 5-4.4, 5-4.6, 5-5.4               

5-1.2, 5-1.4, 5-4.4, 5-1.10               

5-6.7 5-4.4, 5-1.11, 5-4.3, 5-2.9

 

How do readers differentiate between tall tales,

 folk tales, legends, and myths?

 

4:  Text Features   (Organization)     

 

20

5.1, 5.2,

5.4

5.5, 5.6

5-6.1, 5-6.3, 5-6.4, 5-2.1, 5-2.3, 5-5.1, 5-6.8

5-6.2, 5-6.6, 5-2.6, 5-2.7, 5-2.5, 5-4.6, 5-6.9

5-6.7 5-4.4, 5-1.11, 5-4.3, 5-2.9

 

What features do readers use to comprehend informational text?

5:  Written Communication

8

5.3,

5.4

5.5, 5.6

5-5.3, 5-4.6

5-4.1, 5-4.2, 5-4.3, 5-4.4 

5-6.7,  5-1.11, 5-4.3      

 

6:  Informational Writing

21

5.1,

5.2 5.3,

5.4

5.5, 5.6

5-5.1, 5-3.1, 5-6.5, 5-4.4  

5-5.4, 5-6.8, 5-6.9, 5-4.4

5-2.9, 5-4.4, 5-1.11, 5-6.7

 

How do researchers gain information to create a written piece to entertain a specific audience?

7. Literary Non-Fiction (Speech Writing)           

20

5.1, 5.3,

5.4

 

5-1.6, 5-1.8, 5-2.4 

5-1.2. 5-1.4, 5-1.10, 5-2.3

5-4.4, 5-1.11, 5-2.9

How do readers comprehend and respond to literary nonfiction text?

8. Poetry

24

5.1, 5.3,

5.4

5-1.9, 5-3.3

5-1.1, 5-1.3, 5-1.5, 5-3.1

5-4.4, 5-1.11