SALTA 5th grade

5 th Grade Scope and Sequence

Unit 3: November 22-January 21 Recommended Days: 26

ELA Writing DWSBA # 2: Jan 31-Feb 11

Allotted Days: 30

Unit 3 Theme: Inventors and Artists

Big Question

Writing Focus

Reporting Standards

What do people gain from the work of inventors and artists?

DWSBA: OPINION Jan 31-Feb 11

Writing to Sources OPINION

• Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding by quoting accurately when referring to the text and drawing inferences • Identify and summarize main ideas and key details • Write opinion pieces using ordered reasons supported by facts and details

Additional writing resources found in Google Team Drive

• Use technology to produce and publish writing • Use grammar skills when writing or speaking Unit Planning BEGIN by using Reading Standards

Question of the Week

Text Aligned Reading Standards

Main Selection The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine

RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. RI.5.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s). RI.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. RI.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. RI.5.7 Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

How do inventors inspire our imaginations?

Week 1

How do artists inspire future generations? How can paleontologists help us understand the past?

Week 2

Leonardo’s Horse

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins

Week 3

Week 4 How does an artist use music to inspire others?

Mahalia Jackson

How do artists create special effects to entertain us?

Special Effects in Film and Television

Week 5

Flexible days can be used at any time within a unit for the purpose of: 1) Extending time on a standard(s) 2) Reviewing, extending, frontloading 3) Incorporating performance tasks

Flexible Days