SALTA 5th grade

5 th Grade Scope and Sequence

Unit 6: April 25 – May 26 Recommended Days: 24 Allotted Days: 24

Unit 6 Theme: The Unexpected

Big Question

Writing Focus

Reporting Standards

Writing to Sources NARRATIVE

DWSBA Optional Review: INFORMATIVE/ EXPLANATORY 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 narrative text to develop real or imagined experiences with a well-developed conclusion • Use grammar skills when writing or speaking • Apply grade level spelling when writing

What can we learn from encounters with the expected?

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 The Truth About Austin’s Amazing Bats The Mystery of St. Matthew Island

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.5.5 Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts. 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.5.9 Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics. 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). RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. 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.

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How can unplanned situations have positive outcomes? What unexpected effects can humans have on nature?

How can we learn from the results of our actions?

King Midas and the Golden Touch

How can unexpected encounters reveal hidden dangers?

The Hindenburg

What unexpected influence do we have on those around us?

Sweet Music in Harlem