5th grade Instructional Guide

5th Grade Scope & Sequence

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION

● Provide a graphic organizer (may be found in the Reading/Writing Companion) and model how to select a central idea for a topic and fnd relevant and supporting details. ● Point out the word banks in the Reading/Writing Companion or provide one if not available when students are completing writing or speaking tasks to support their responses. ● For extended writing prompts, provide the Student Model found in Writer’s Notebook>Teacher Resources>Unit 5 highlighting the language and structure a student will need in order to be able to reproduce their own personal narrative. ● For extended writing prompts, provide the Writer’s Outline in the Writer’s Notebook >Teacher Resources>Unit 5. Newcomers may only be able to complete the outline and/or a paragraph with word banks using a mix of their home language and English. ● In discussion, model and have students use the sentence frames provided and word banks to support their responses. ● Provide the Visual Vocabulary cards to build content knowledge.

Skill Building

Extension

Digital Tool: Inquiry Space Performance Task: Investigate Solar Energy. Wonders Connect to Content: Science. Reading/Writing Companion p. 102-107. Research and Inquiry Projects (Teacher or Student Choice) ● “A Better World With Satellites” (T26) Product: Podcast ● “Shared Experiences” (T108) Product: Collage ● “Leaving a Trace” (T184) Product: Mock Blog Report

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS

Social Studies

Wonders TE T106: Students research and present on the Great Depression using primary and secondary sources.

Social Studies Standard 5.5.3: Craft an evidence-based argument for why a particular event should be considered the most signifcant moment in US history from 1900-now (for example, Stock Market Crash of 1929, Great Depression, Voting Rights Act of 1965, terrorist attack on 9/11, the launch of the Internet).

Arts Integration Resources