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Week 1 Meeting a Need (5 days) August 2226 Week 2 Trial and Error (5 days) August 29 September 2 Week 3 Seeing for Yourself Labor Day September 5 (4 days) September 69 Week 4 Inventions (5 days) September 1216 Week 5 New Technology (5 days) September 1923 Week 6 (5 days) September 2630
Unit 1 Eureka! I’ve Got It! The Big Idea: Where can an idea begin? August 15 September 30 (34 days) START SMART (5 days) August 1519 Essential Question: How do we get the things we need? Genre: Realistic Fiction Comprehension Strategy: Reread; Comprehension Skill: Sequence Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues; Vocabulary: afford, loan, profit, prosper, risk, savings, scarce, wages Grammar: Sentences Essential Question: What can lead us to rethink an idea? Genre: Realistic Fiction Comprehension Strategy: Reread; Comprehension Skill: Problem and Solution Vocabulary Strategy: Idioms; Vocabulary: accomplish, anxious, assemble, decipher, distracted, navigate, options, retrace Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Essential Question: How can experiencing nature change the way you think about it? Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions; Comprehension Skill: Text Structure: Cause and Effect Vocabulary Strategy: Homographs; Vocabulary: debris, emphasis, encounter, generations, indicated, naturalist, sheer, spectacular Grammar: Compound Sentences Essential Question: How does technology lead to creative ideas? Genre: Biography Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions; Comprehension Skill: Text Structure: Sequence Vocabulary Strategy: Greek Roots Vocabulary: breakthrough, captivated, claimed, devices, enthusiastically, envisioned, passionate patents Grammar: Complex Sentences Essential Question: What are the positive and negative effects of new technology? Genre: Persuasive Article Comprehension Strategy: Reread; Comprehension Skill: Author’s Point of View Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin Prefixes; Vocabulary: access, advance, analysis, cite, counterpoint, data, drawbacks, reasoning Grammar: RunOn Sentences Unit 1 Assessment – 2 sessions Option – Reader’s Theater: “It Couldn’t Be Done” Option – Reading Digitally: Time for Kids “Take It From Nature” Option – Research / Inquiry: Research Skill – Beginning Research
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Grade 5 Reading Wonders Pacing Guide 201617
Week 1 Reaching a Compromise (5 days) October 37 Week 2 Seeking the Answer (4 days) Elementary Plan Day October 14 October 1013
Week 3 Investigations (3 days) Do Days 13 only. No weekly assessment October 1921 Week 4 A Plan of Action (5 days) October 2428 Week 5 Making It Happen (5 days) October 31 November 4 Week 6 (5 days)
Unit 2 Taking the Next Step The Big Idea: What does it take to put a plan into action? October 3 November 11 (27 days) Essential Question: What do good problem solvers do? Genre: Expository Text Comprehension Strategy: Reread; Comprehension Skill: Text Structure: Problem and Solution Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues; Vocabulary: committees, convention, debate, proposal, representatives, resolve, situation, union Grammar: Kinds of Nouns Essential Question: What can you do to get the information you need? Genre: Fairy Tale Comprehension Strategy: Make Predictions; Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting, Plot: Compare and Contrast Vocabulary Strategy: Simile and Metaphor; Vocabulary: circumstances, consideration, consults, destiny, expectations, presence, reveal, unsure Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns Essential Question: How do we investigate questions about nature? Genre: Biography Comprehension Strategy: Reread; Comprehension Skill: Text Structure: Sequence Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin Suffixes; Vocabulary: behaviors, disappearance, energetic, flurry, migrate, observation, theory, transformed Grammar: More Plural Nouns Essential Question: When has a plan helped you accomplish a task? Genre: Folktale Comprehension Strategy: Make Predictions; Comprehension Skill: Theme Vocabulary Strategy: Personification; Vocabulary: assuring, detected, emerging, gratitude, guidance, outcome, previous, pursuit Grammar: Possessive Nouns Essential Question: What motivates you to accomplish a goal? Genre: Poetry: Narrative and Free Verse Literary Elements: Repetition and Rhyme; Comprehension Skill:Theme Vocabulary Strategy: Homographs; Vocabulary: ambitious, free verse, memorized, narrative, repetition, rhyme, satisfaction, shuddered Grammar: Prepositional Phrases Unit 2 Assessment – 2 sessions Option – Reader’s Theater: “A Boy Named Abe” Option – Reading Digitally: Time for Kids – “Road to Ruin” Option – Research / Inquiry: Research Skill – Gathering and Integrating Information
November 711 ● ITBS and CoGAT ––Each building develops their testing schedule. You will need to adjust your schedule as needed to accommodate for testing.
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Grade 5 Reading Wonders Pacing Guide 201617 Unit 3 Getting From Here to There The Big Idea: What kinds of experiences can lead to new discoveries? *To be completed by the end of first semester. November14 December 22 (25 days) Week 1 Essential Question: What can learning about different cultures teach us? Cultural Exchange Genre: Realistic Fiction (0 days) Comprehension Strategy: Summarize; Comprehension Skill: Theme *To complete Unit 3 Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues; Vocabulary: appreciation, blurred, by the end of the complimenting, congratulate, contradicted, critical, cultural, misunderstanding semester, skip Week Grammar: Action Verbs 1 lessons. Week 2 Essential Question: How can learning about nature be useful? Being Resourceful Genre: Fantasy (5 days) Comprehension Strategy: Summarize; Comprehension Skill: Theme Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues; Vocabulary: civilization, complex, cultivate, November 1418 devise, fashioned, resourceful, shortage, tormentors Grammar: Verb Tenses Week 3 Essential Question: Where can you find patterns in nature? Patterns Genre: Expository Text (6 days) Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details Vocabulary Strategy: Greek Roots; Vocabulary: contact, erode, formation, moisture, November 21 particles, repetition, structure, visible December 2 Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs Week 4 Essential Question: What benefits come from people working as a team? Teamwork Genre: Expository Text (5 days) Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions; Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details Vocabulary Strategy: Latin Roots; Vocabulary: artificial, collaborate, dedicated, flexible, function, mimic, obstacle, techniques December 59 Grammar: Linking Verbs Week 5 Essential Question: How do we explain what happened in the past? Into the Past Genre: Persuasive Article (5 days) Comprehension Strategy: Summarize; Comprehension Skill: Author’s Point of View Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues; Vocabulary: archaeologist, era, fragments, historian, intact, preserved, reconstruct, remnants Grammar: Irregular Verbs December 1216 Week 6 Unit 3 Assessment – 2 sessions (4 days) Option –– Reader’s Theater: A Thousand Miles to Freedom Option –– Reading Digitally: Time for Kids: “Animal Survivors” December 1922 Option –– Research/Inquiry: Research Skill –– Taking Notes
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Jan. 46 (3 days) Week 1 Sharing Stories (5 days) January 913 Week 2 Discoveries (4 days) Jan. 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 1720 Week 3 Take Action (5 days) January 2327 Week 4 Consider Our Resources (5 days) January 30 February 3 Week 5 Express Yourself (5 days) February 610 Week 6 (4 days) Feb 17 Plan Day February 1316
Unit 4 It’s Up to You The Big Idea: How do we decide what’s important? January 4February 16 (28 days) ReSTART SMART Essential Question: What kind of stories do we tell? Why do we tell them? Genre: Tall Tale Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill: Point of View Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms and Antonyms Vocabulary: commenced, deeds, exaggeration, heroic, impress, posed, sauntered, wring Grammar: Pronouns and Antecedents Essential Question: What can you discover when you give things a second look? Genre: Mystery Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill: Point of View Vocabulary Strategy: Adages and Proverbs; Vocabulary: astounded, concealed, inquisitive, interpret, perplexed, precise, reconsider, suspicious Grammar: Kinds of Pronouns Essential Question: What can people do to bring about a positive change? Genre: Biography Comprehension Strategy: Summarize Comprehension Skill: Author’s Point of View Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes and Suffixes; Vocabulary: anticipation, defy, entitled, neutral, outspoken, reserved, sought, unequal Grammar: PronounVerb Agreement Essential Question: Why are natural resources valuable? Genre: Expository Text Comprehension Strategy: Summarize Comprehension Skill: Author’s Point of View Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues; Vocabulary: absorb, affect, circulates, conserve, cycle, glaciers, necessity, seeps Grammar: Possessive Pronouns Essential Question: How do you express something that is important to you? Genre: Poetry: Lyric and Free Verse Literary Elements: Stanzas and Meter; Comprehension Skill: Theme Vocabulary Strategy: Simile and Metaphor Vocabulary: alliteration, barren, expression, lyric, meaningful, meter, plumes, stanza Grammar: Pronouns and Homophones
Unit 4 Assessment – 2 sessions Option – Reader’s Theater: “The Golden Door” Option – Reading Digitally: Time for Kids: “Droughtbusters” Option – Research / Inquiry: Research Skill – Creating a Bibliography
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Grade 5 Reading Wonders Pacing Guide 201617 Unit 5 What’s Next? The Big Idea: In what ways can things change? February 21 April 7 (29 days) Week 1 Essential Question: What experiences can change the way you see yourself and the New Perspectives world around you? (4 days) Genre: Realistic Fiction Feb. 20 No School Comprehension Strategy: Make Predictions Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting, Plot: Compare and Contrast Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues; Vocabulary: disdain, focused, genius, perspective, prospect, stunned, superb, transition February 2124 Grammar: Clauses Week 2 Essential Question: How do shared experiences help people adapt to change? Better Together Genre: Historical Fiction (5 days) Comprehension Strategy: Make Predictions Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting, Plot: Compare and Contrast Vocabulary Strategy: Idioms; Vocabulary: assume, guarantee, nominate, obviously, rely, supportive, sympathy, weakling February 27 March Grammar: Complex Sentences 3 Week 3 Essential Question: What changes in the environment affect living things? Our Changing Earth Genre: Expository Text (5 days) Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Text Structure: Compare and Contrast Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues; Vocabulary: atmosphere, decays, gradual, March 610 impact, noticeably, receding, stability, variations Grammar: Adjectives Spring Break March 1317 Week 4 Essential Question: How can scientific knowledge change over time? Now We Know Genre: Expository Text (5 days) Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Text Structure: Cause and Effect Vocabulary Strategy: Greek Roots:; Vocabulary: approximately, astronomical, calculation, criteria, diameter, evaluate, orbit, spheres Grammar: Adjectives That Compare March 2024 Week 5 Essential Question: How do natural events and human activities affect the environment? Scientific Viewpoints Genre: Persuasive Article (5 days) Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions; Comprehension Skill: Author’s Point of View Vocabulary Strategy: Root Words; Vocabulary: agricultural, declined, disorder, identify, probable, thrive, unexpected, widespread March 2731 Grammar: Comparing with Good and Bad Week 6 Unit 5 Assessment – 1 passage with 10 MC, 1 CR, GUM10 MC, meaningful sentences (5 days) Option – Reader’s Theater: “Jane Addams and Hull House” Option – Reading Digitally: Time for Kids – “Is Anybody Out There?” Option – Research / Inquiry: Research Skill – Interviewing April 37
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Grade 5 Reading Wonders Pacing Guide 201617 Unit 6 Linked In The Big Idea: How are we all connected? April 10 – May 24 (30 days) Week 1 Essential Question: How do different groups contribute to a cause? Joining Forces Genre: Historical Fiction (4 days) Comprehension Strategy: Summarize; Comprehension Skill: Theme April 14 No School Vocabulary Strategy: Homophones; Vocabulary: bulletin, contributions, diversity, April 1013 enlisted, intercept, operations, recruits, survival Grammar: Adverbs Week 2 Essential Question: What actions can we take to get along with others? Getting Along Genre: Realistic Fiction (4 days) Comprehension Strategy: Summarize; Comprehension Skill: Theme April 17 No School Vocabulary Strategy: Connotation and Denotation; Vocabulary: abruptly, ally, April 1721 collided, confident, conflict, intervene, protective, taunting Grammar: Adverbs that Compare Week 3 Essential Question: How are living things adapted to their environment? Adaptations Genre: Expository Text (4 days) Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions April 28 Plan Day Comprehension Skill: Text Structure: Cause and Effect Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues; Vocabulary: adaptation, agile, cache, dormant, April 2427 forage, frigid, hibernate, insulates Grammar: Negatives Week 4 Essential Question: What impact do our actions have on our world? Making a Difference Genre: Biography (5 days) Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Text Structure: Problem and Solution Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms and Antonyms; Vocabulary: export, glistening, May 15 influence, landscape, native, plantations, restore, urged Grammar: Sentence Combining Week 5 Essential Question: What can our connections to the world teach us? Out in the World Genre: Poetry: Lyric and Narrative (5 days) Literary Elements: Assonance and Consonance; Skill: Point of View Vocabulary Strategy: Personification; Vocabulary: assonance, blares, connection consonance, errand, exchange, imagery, personification May 812 Grammar: Prepositional Phrases Week 6 Essential Question: How can you build on what came before? (5 days) Unit 56 Assessment – 2 sessions Option – Reader’s Theater: “Round the World with Nelly Bly” Option – Reading Digitally: Time for Kids – “The Tortoise and the Solar Plant” Option – Research / Inquiry: Research Skill – Giving a Presentation May 1519 May 2224 Research and Inquiry (3 days)
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