Homework Essential: Students need to take home an example of how to solve problems—that they prepare so they can practice correctly. Encourage math turn math flashcards into “fast math” activities in which students quickly tell the answer – reinforce times tables, division facts. Daily kinds of assessment: __glossary __journal __my own example __solve a problem, explain it __ _______________ __ _________________________________ Weekly kinds of assessment: __solve problem, explain patterns and strategies __write math booklet __make my own “anchor chart” __make “math path”—steps to solution __ __________________________ __ ________________ Common Core Fifth Grade Literacy Competencies Emphasized Reading standard 1 is developed in conjunction with all other reading standards— Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. READING LITERATURE READING NONFICTION KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS 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. 2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. 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). 3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
stanza structure summarize summary support suspense symbol symbolism symbolize synecdoche tale tall tale theme third person third person objective third person omniscient title title page tone trait viewpoint voice word play world literature Analyze Craft and Structure CCSSR5 (writer’s choices) and CCSSR6 (purpose) Students should be able to interpret the writer’s use of these techniques to communicate the theme of a story or central idea of nonfiction. Story Writers Poets Nonfiction Writers Biographers action colloquialism descriptive details dialogue figurative language flashback foreshadowing hyperbole idiom imagery irony metaphor mood narrator first person second person third person omniscient onomatopoeia plot twist point of view repetition satire sensory detail simile story within a story suspense symbolism narration tone visual detail voice alliteration figurative language hyperbole imagery irony metaphor meter mood narrator onomatopoeia paradox personification point of view repetition rhyme rhythm satire sensory detail simile symbolism tone visual detail voice allusion analogy anecdote argument boldface captions compare contrast data debate description details dialogue examples figurative language graph headings humor illustrations imagery narrative point of view quotations sarcasm satire sequence text structure: cause-effect description problem-solution sequence table A biographer may use many of the nonfiction writer’s techniques as well as techniques of the story writer. Usually, these techniques are part of a biography. challenges commentary conflict conflict resolution context details dialogue mood quotations perspectives tone
What do you like to write? What do you want to learn more about? animals, countries, famous people, music, sports, or another topic? Fifth Grade: First Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 3-4 Week of September 17 Week of September 24 Literature Genre _ folk tale __tall tale _fable _ fantasy _poem _myth __mystery _realistic fiction __play _ folk tale __tall tale _fable _ fantasy _poem _myth __mystery _realistic fiction __play 5.2—determine theme 5.5-analyze writer’s choices literature terms: problem; solution; message; character development; narrator Analyze the plot: What choices do characters make, what problems do they face, how do they resolve them? How does the narrator help explain what happens? Why do you think the writer set up this problem and message did the author want you to understand? INTEGRATE WRITING: Add dialogue to a story. Analyze the plot and character development: What choices do characters make, what problems do they face, how do they resolve them? How does the narrator help explain what happens? Why do you think the writer set up this problem and solution—what is the writer’s message? How does the writer help you understand the characters and situation? INTEGRATE WRITING: Add dialogue. Nonfiction Sources topic book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas _video __textbook __encyclopedia topic/trade book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas _video __textbook __encyclopedia or CCSSRI.5.2 Identify and support ideas literacy terms: text features; complexity of text; central idea ; text structure Identify important words (often boldfaced) and start glossary. Describe how a text groups information into general categories Adjust rate of reading to complexity of text Use text structure to identify main ideas. Then determine central idea. Identify how the writer uses text features and illustrations to communicate the ideas. Continue glossary (ongoing) Describe how a text groups information into general categories Adjust rate of reading to complexity of text Use text structure to identify main ideas. Then determine central idea. Explain how the writer uses text features and illustrations to communicate the ideas. narrative CCSSW2 Narrate a problem and solution---science, social studies, or fiction