Grade Five Curriculum Quarter 3
Suggested timeline / Learner Outcomes/Objectives / Suggested Resources / Sample Assessments/RubricsBiography Unit – Reading Skills
These activities will be ongoing for the duration of the unit. / Independent Reading in biography genre: biography, autobiography, memoir / Biography book list by lexile level. / Final biography report
Reader’s Response letters on book.
*see rubric
Crafting a reader’s response letter using evidence from a text. / Interactive read-alouds:
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Looking Back by Lois Lowry
(1 period for each read-aloud)
Mini-lesson on writing a Reader’s Response letter.
(1 period) / Reader’s Response letters throughout the unit
*see rubric
Understanding the wide genre of biography.
Differentiating between biography, autobiography and memoir. / Class experiences with the suggested picture books and short biographies; see bibliographies and mini-lessons for suggestions. / Reader’s Response letters
Multiple choice and short answers on ELA practice
- See rubric
Two class periods / Sequencing
Creating a timeline / Robert Munsch autobiography
Sample double-sided timeline / Completion of double-sided timeline
Answers to sequencing questions on ELA practices.
One class period / Understanding the use of flashback / Erika’s Story (or other picture book that employs ‘flashback’)
One week / Analyzing and annotating text.
Participating in a book circle discussion using annotations as evidence. / Book circle activity with biography picture books.
Mini-lesson on book circles
Introduction fishbowl activity with Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson (or other shared read-aloud) / Group leader (teacher) anecdotal notes on discussion participation.
- See rubric
One class period / Reading informational text and understanding text features.
GRASP – Guided Reading and SummarizingProcedure for taking notes and from and summarizing short, informational text. / Models can be from any informational text that has a variety of text features. Use one short passage, about one page in length, to teach GRASP. / Summaries for multi-genre biography project
Two class periods / Researching a chosen author for a biography project / School library collection
Internet articles / Multi-genre Biography Project
Two class periods / Answering a constructed response paragraph using text evidence / Lesson on RAFT (paragraph writing) using Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Independent biography books / Completion of constructed response question for independent biography
Completion of constructed response questions on practice ELA
One class period / Understanding characterization and inference (information that is implied rather than stated).
Using text evidence to support and answer / Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan
Minilesson on character traits
Overhead on character traits and text evidence / Questions on practice ELA
Performance on Reader’s Response letters
Biography Unit – Writing Skills
One class period / Using RAFT to construct a complete and detailed paragraph / Lesson on RAFT (paragraph writing) using Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson / Completion of constructed response question for independent biography
Completion of constructed response questions on practice ELA
One week / For Author Report: Writing summaries using GRASP / Research notes
One week / For Author Report: Using the writing process – drafting, revising, editing, publishing.
For Author Report: Using mentor texts as models for various writing modes: PictureBook;Series of Fact Cards; Letters; Journal; Brochure; Newspaper; Poem Collection / Samples of each of the writing modes.
*See professional texts and articles related to this topic / Final Mulitgenre Author Report
3 weeks / Writing Anecdotes using the writing process above
Using collected personal anedcotes as a ‘picture autobiography’ / Looking Back: A Book of Memories by Lois Lowry
Mini-lesson on Picture Autobiography / Completed picture autobiography
Two class periods / Writing poetry from models
Students will use line breaks to create a free verse poem from a paragraph. / Various biography poems.
Mini-lesson on modeling poetry / Completed poems
Two class periods / Writing a free verse poem using line breaks. / Mini-lesson on Found Poems: Turning Paragraphs into Free Verse / Complete poems
Biography Unit – Poetry Skills
Duration of unit in one class sessions / Understanding various types of poetry
Noticing poets’ use of poetic devices: simile, metaphor, rhyme scheme, onomatopoeia / Minilesson on ‘people poems’
Any poetry anthologies containing poems about ‘people’ / Questions about poetry on practice ELA
Correct annotation of poetic devices on self-selected poetry
Biography Unit – Word Study
Two class periods / Understanding word structure: roots, prefixes, suffixes
Finding the information to fill in a word map / Mini-lesson on word parts / Word Map activity
Duration of unit; explanation in one class period / Independently collecting vocabulary acquired through reading
Using a thesaurus to locate synonyms and antonyms / Word collection activity / Completion of word collection
Vocabulary questions on practice ELA
Biography Unit – Grammar Skills
One class period / Recognizing and correcting run-on sentences / Mini-lesson on run-on sentences / ELA proofreading practice
Editing on all final drafts for reading and writing tasks
One class period / Understanding the spelling principles for plural words / Minilesson on Spelling Principles for Plurals
Student practice sheet / ELA proofreading practice
Editing on all final drafts for reading and writing tasks
Biography Unit – Listening and Speaking Skills
Duration of unit: These are the activities that will foster listening and speaking skills throughout this unit. The activities have already been mentioned in other curriculum areas / Listening to appreciate, understand and relate to a text / Whole class read-alouds:
Looking Back
Zora Neal and the Chinaberry Tree
Show Way
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
Any other biography read-alouds / Student contribution to class discussions.
Student completion of independent assignments related to group read-alouds
Participating in a small group discussion that requires students to listen to other group members and response appropriately / Book Circle Activity / Participation Rubric
Reading aloud a poem with expression and fluency / People poem activities
Poem writing activities / Anecdotal teacher notes on student expressive fluency
Two-three class periods / Listening for the purpose of taking notes in order to answer questions / ELA Practice Listening Activity “Amelia Earheart” / Completion of activity
*see rubric