English Language Arts Curriculum

5th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will apply foundational skills to critically read and analyze grade level texts. Students will evaluate spoken language to compare and contrast point of view. Students will support formal writing with explanations and text evidence from multiple sources.

Outcomes and Components:

LA.5.4

Students will construct, write, and publish a research project or paper, using technology.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.5.4.1

Create a project through research and investigation, using at least two sources, including the internet.

5.W.6

5.W.7

 

LA.5.4.2

Draw evidence from an informational text to support and present on different aspects of a given topic.

5.W.9b

 

LA.5.4.3

Summarize and/or paraphrase information, providing a list of sources.

5.W.8

 

LA.5.4.4

Compose sentences using correct verb tenses, and correlative conjunctions. 

5.L.1c

5.L.1e

 

LA.5.4.5

Read grade level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

5.RF.4

 

LA.5.4.6

Utilize media components and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the main idea or theme.

5.SL.5

 

LA.5.4.7

Analyze multiple accounts of the same topic noting similarities and differences in point of view and perspective. 

5.RI.6

 

LA.5.4.8

Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write and speak logically.

5.RI.9

Academic Vocabulary: cite, source, research, plagiarism, reflection, 

Content Vocabulary: ghetto, upstander, diversity, Pearl Harbor, invasion, Nazi, World War II