First Marking Period

BOYERTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

GRADE 5 READING PACING GUIDE

First Marking Period
Comprehension Strategies / Literature / Assessments
Independent & Content Reading Strategies:
·  Using Prior Knowledge and Experiences
·  Monitoring and Clarifying
·  Synthesizing
- Summarize key details
- Use story details to recount info story map
·  Making Connections
Literary Elements:
·  Character
·  Setting
·  Plot
Literary Devices:
·  Hyperbole
·  Dialect
·  Dialogue
Notes:
1. Monitoring and clarifying comprehension is a strategy that we’ll focus on throughout the whole year in order to consistently teach context clues and affixes.
2. References to Coach are suggested
additional resources, and should be used as mini-lessons in conjunction with “real” reading.
3. Previously introduced skills should be reinforced throughout the year.
4. Teachers may feel free to use additional anthology stories and resources. / Anthology #1: Meeting Challenges
Anthology #2: Doing the Right Thing
Read Aloud:
Blood On The River by Elisa Carbone (W)
Core Shared Reading:
Frindle (Clements)
http://andrewclements.com (teacher resource)
Core Anthology Stories:
“Thunder Rose”
“Satchel Paige”
“The Ch’i-Lin Purse”
Small Group Guided Reading:
Leveled Readers
Independent Reading:
Self-Selected Literature / ·  4Sight Baseline Assessment #1
·  Determine guided reading levels (Fountas and Pinnell Assessment Leveling)
·  4Sight Benchmark Assessment #2
·  Reading Response Journal
·  Reading Log
·  Study Island: Anchor B.1.1 and B.1.2
·  Optional: End of Selection Tests / Novel Assessments
·  DIBELS – this will be used as a fluency check
(This will be provided by your Reading Specialist.)
Grade 5 “Exclusive” List
Tale of Despereax (DiCamillo)
Perloo (Avi)
The Best Wor
st School Year Ever (Robinson)
Surviving The Applewhites (Tolan)
Shades of Gray (Reder)
Sign of the Beaver (Speare)
Esperanza Rising (Ryan)
Hoot (Hiassen)
The Barn (Avi)
Woods Runner (Paulsen)
Talking Earth (George)
Resources:
http://www.elisacarbone.com/books/Blood_on_the_River.html
http://www67.studyisland.com/
Second Marking Period
Comprehension Strategies / Literature / Assessments
Independent & Content Reading Strategies:
·  Determining What’s Important in Text
- Author’s purpose
·  Predicting
·  Visualizing
·  Evaluating
Literary Elements:
·  Conflict
·  Theme
Literary Devices:
Sound Techniques:
·  Rhyme
·  Rhythm
·  Repetition
·  Alliteration
Notes:
1. Monitoring and clarifying comprehension is a strategy that we’ll focus on throughout the whole year in order to consistently teach context clues and affixes.
2. References to Coach are suggested
additional resources, and should be used as mini-lessons in conjunction with “real” reading.
3. Previously introduced skills should be reinforced throughout the year.
4. Teachers may feel free to use additional anthology stories and resources. / Anthology #2: Doing the Right Thing
Anthology #3: Inventors and Artists
Core Read Aloud: (Choose at least 1 of the following:)
·  Holes (Sachar)
·  Captain Grey (Avi)
Core Shared Reading:
Shiloh (Naylor)
www.kidsreads.com (author resource)
Literature Circle:
·  On My Honor (Bauer)
Core Anthology Stories:
“The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins”
“Jane Goodall”
Core Anthology Poems:
Unit 1: “The Microscope” (Rhyme) pg. 134
Unit 2: “For Peace Sake” (Repetition) pg. 254
Unit 5: “A Path to The Moon” (Alliteration & Repetition) pg. 626
Unit 6: Limericks (Rhyme)
“Sun Flakes” (Rhyme & Imagery) pg. 754
“The Bat” (Rhyme & Imagery) pg. 755
Small Group Guided Reading:
Leveled Readers / ·  Determine guided reading levels (A-Z Readers or running records)
·  4Sight Benchmark Assessment #3
·  Reader’s Response Journal
·  Reading Log
·  DIBELS fluency check
·  Study Island
Grade 5 “Exclusive” List
Tale of Despereax (DiCamillo)
Perloo (Avi)
The Best Worst School Year Ever (Robinson)
Surviving The Applewhites (Tolan)
Shades of Gray (Reder)
Sign of the Beaver (Speare)
Esperanza Rising (Ryan)
Hoot (Hiassen)
The Barn (Avi)
Woods Runner (Paulsen)
Talking Earth (George)
Resources:
http://www67.studyisland.com/
Poetry Website:
http://georgiaheard.com/
Third Marking Period
Comprehension Strategies / Literature / Literature Con’t
Independent & Content Reading Strategies:
·  Questioning
·  Determining What’s Important in Text
·  Inferring (www.mysterynet.com/learn/ (teacher resource)
- Cause / Effect
- Drawing Conclusions
- Making Generalizations
Literary Elements:
·  Point of View
Literary Devices:
·  Rhyme
·  Idiom
·  Metaphor
·  Simile
·  Imagery
Notes:
1. Monitoring and clarifying comprehension is
a strategy that we’ll focus on throughout the whole year in order to consistently teach context clues and affixes.
2. References to Coach are suggested additional resources, and should be used as mini-lessons in conjunction with “real” reading.
3. Previously introduced skills should be reinforced throughout the year.
4. Navigating Nonfiction (Scholastic) and the QAR resource (Wright Group) can be used to teach text structures, text features and questioning.
5. Teachers may feel free to use additional anthology stories and resources. / Anthology #4: Adapting
Core Read Aloud: (Choose 1 of the following)
·  Pinballs (Byars)
·  Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of Nimh (O’Brien)
·  Bud, Not Buddy (Curtis)
Core Shared Reading: (Choose 1)
Finding Buck McHenry or The Fighting Ground
www.avi-writer.com/ (author resource)
Core Anthology Stories:
“Exploding Ants”
Teaching Poetry:
Suggested Poems for Mini-lessons::
Unit 3: “Chemistry 101” (Metaphor) pg. 384
Unit 3: “The Bronze Horse” (Metaphor) pg. 385
Unit 3: “The Drum” (Metaphor) pg. 505
Unit 5: “Share the Adventure” (Metaphor) pg. 627
Unit 4: “Under The Back Porch” (Imagery) pg. 410
Unit 4: “The Tortoise” (Imagery) pg. 506
Unit 4: “The Camel” (Imagery) pg. 507
Unit 6: “The Bat” (Rhyme & Imagery) pg. 755
Unit 6: “Almost Human” (Point of View)
Suggested Poetry Study:
Love That Dog (Creech)
Hate that Cat (Creech)
Joyful Noise (Fleischman)
Big Talk: Poems for Four (Fleischman)
Casey at the Bat (Bing) / Literature Circles: (Jean Fritz titles)
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution (GRL: T)
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?(GRL: O)
What’s The Big Idea Ben Franklin? (GRL: O)
Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? (GRL: R)
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?(GRL: R)
Why Don’t You Get a Horse Sam Adams?(GRL: R)
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?(GRL: Q)
*Be sure to check United Streaming for video versions of some of these titles.*
Assessments
·  Determine guided reading levels (A-Z Readers or running records)
·  4Sight Benchmark Assessment #4
·  Reader’s Response Journal
·  Reading Log
·  DIBELS fluency check
·  Study Island
Grade 5 “Exclusive” List
Tale of Despereax (DiCamillo)
Perloo (Avi)
The Barn (Avi)
The Best Worst School Year Ever (Robinson)
Surviving The Applewhites (Tolan)
Shades of Gray (Reder)
Sign of the Beaver (Speare)
Esperanza Rising (Ryan)
Hoot (Hiassen)
Woods Runner (Paulsen)
Talking Earth (George)
Fourth Marking Period – Author Study: Gary Paulsen
Comprehension Strategies / Literature / Assessments
Independent & Content Reading Strategies:
·  Predicting
·  Inferring
·  Synthesizing
·  Evaluating
Literary Elements: (Paulsen author study)
·  Character
·  Setting
·  Plot
·  Conflict
·  Theme
·  Point of View
Literary Devices:
·  Flashbacks
·  Foreshadowing
·  Mood
·  Suspense
·  Symbolism
Notes:
1. Monitoring and clarifying comprehension is a strategy that we’ll focus on throughout the whole year in order to consistently teach context clues and affixes.
2. References to Coach are suggested additional resources, and should be used as mini-lessons in conjunction with “real” reading.
4. Previously introduced skills should be reinforced throughout the year.
4. Teachers may feel free to use additional anthology stories and resources. / Anthology #5: Adventurers
Anthology #6: The Unexpected
Core Read Aloud:
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen or
Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George
Core Shared Reading:
Hatchet (Paulsen) – Level R
Author Study Literature Circles:
The River (Level R)
My Life in Dog Years (Level S)
Cookcamp (Level S)
Woodsong (Level T)
Tracker (Level T)
Mr. Tucket (Level U)
Dogsong ( Level V)
(These books are additional books in the Hatchet sequel.)
Brian’s Hunt (level R)
Brian’s Return (level T)
Brian’s Winter (level R)
Independent Reading:
Self-Selected Literature / ·  Determine guided reading levels (Fountas and Pinnell Assessment Leveling System)
·  4Sight Benchmark Assessment #5
·  Reader’s Response Journal
·  Reading Log
·  DIBELS fluency check
·  Study Island
Grade 5 “Exclusive” List
Tale of Despereax (DiCamillo)
Perloo (Avi)
The Best Worst School Year Ever (Robinson)
Surviving The Applewhites (Tolan)
Shades of Gray (Reder)
Sign of the Beaver (Speare)
Esperanza Rising (Ryan)
Hoot (Hiassen)
The Barn (Avi)
Woods Runner (Paulsen)
Talking Earth (George)
Resources:
Talking Earth:
http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/0064402126.asp
http://www67.studyisland.com/

07/10