SALTA 5th grade

5 th Grade Scope and Sequence

Unit 5: March 7 – April 22 Recommended Days: 25 Allotted Days: 30

DWSBA #3 March 28- April 29

Unit 5 Theme: Adventurers

Big Question

Writing Focus

Reporting Standards

Writing to Sources OPINION

DWSBA: INFORMATIVE/ EXPLANATORY MARCH 28 – APRIL 29 Optional Review: OPINION

• Identify and summarize main ideas and key details Recognize and compare structures in texts (e.g., sequence, character, digital sources) • Use technology to produce and publish writing • Write opinion pieces using ordered reasons supported by facts and details • Read grade level text fluently with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression to support comprehension

Who goes seeking adventure and why?

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.5.2 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. 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.5.6 Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent. 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. Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s). 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. RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described. 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 can we find adventure in ordinary events?

Week 1

The Skunk Ladder

The Unsinkable Wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic

How does technology help adventurers reach new places?

Week 2

Talk with an Astronaut

Week 3 What is life like for an astronaut? RI.5.8

How do we explore places underground? What adventures helped drive westward expansion?

Journey to the Center of the Earth Ghost Towns of the American West

Week 4

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