SALTA 5th grade

5 th Grade Scope and Sequence

Unit 4: January 24- March 4 Recommended Days: 24

ELA Writing DWSBA # 2: Jan 31-Feb 11

Allotted Days: 28

Unit 4 Theme: Adapting

Big Question How do people and animals adapt to different situations?

Writing Focus

Reporting Standards

DWSBA: INFORMATIVE/ EXPLANATORY Jan 31-Feb 11

Writing to Sources

• Engage effectively in conversations by coming prepared, following discussion rules, building upon other’s ideas, draw conclusions, and summarize key ideas • Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding by quoting accurately when referring to the text and drawing inferences • Describe and analyze points of view • Use context clues, affixes, and roots to determine the meaning of vocabulary words and phrases • Recognize and apply grade-level phonics in multisyllable words

INFORMATIVE/ EXPLANATORY

Additional writing resources found in Google Team Drive

Unit Planning BEGIN by using Reading Standards

Question of the Week

Text Aligned Reading Standards

Main Selection

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). RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize 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. RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem. 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).

How do people adapt to difficult situations?

Week 1

Weslandia

Tripping Over the Lunch Lady Exploding Ants The Stormi Giovanni Club

Week 2

How do people overcome obstacles?

Week 3

How do animals adapt to survive?

Week 4

How do people adapt to new places?

Why do people try to change themselves?

Week 5

The Gymnast

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