Reading Street Writing, Grammar, Spelling Skills by week 5th grade Unit Week 1 2 1 3 4 5 Unit 1 - Wrap Up Unit Week 1 2 2 3 4 5 Unit 2 – Wrap Up Unit Week 1 2 3 3 4 5 Unit 3 - Wrap Up Voice Writing Trait Weekly Focus Character Sketch Grammar 4 kinds of sentences Spelling Short vowel vccv, vcv Word Choice Tall Tale Subject and predicates Long vowel vcv Organization Paragraphs Friendly Thank You Long vowel digraphs Word Choice Feature Article Word Choice Narrative Writing Independent and dependent clauses Compound and complex sentences Common and proper nouns Grammar Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns Possessive Nouns Spelling Digraphs th, sh, ch, ph Action and Linking Verbs Main and Helping Verbs Subject-Verb Agreement Vowel Sounds with r Adding –ed, -ing Contractions Personal Narrative Writing Trait Focus/Ideas Weekly Focus Summary Focus/Ideas Story Review Organization Paragraphs Word Choice News Review Organization Paragraphs How-to Report Interview Writing Trait Conventions Focus/Ideas Organization Paragraphs Word Choice Sentences Rules Weekly Focus Skit Question and answer survey Feature story Description Expository writing Compare and Contrast Essay Grammar Past, Present, and Future Tenses Principal parts and regular verbs Principal parts and irregular verbs Troublesome Verbs Prepositions and prepositional phrases Irregular Plurals Final Syllables -en, -an, -el, -le, -il Final Syllables er, ar, or Spelling Schwa Compound Words Consonant Sounds /j/, /ks/, /sk/, and /s/ One Consonant or two Prefixes un-, de-, dis- Unit Week 1 2 4 3 4 5 Writing Trait Conventions Writing Focus E-Mail Focus/Ideas Journal Entry Word Choice Tell a Story About an Animal Advice Voice Grammar Subject and Object Pronouns Pronouns and Antecedents Possessive Pronouns Spelling Words From Many Cultures Prefixes over-, under-, sub-, super-, outHomophones Indefinite and Reflexive Pronouns Using Who and Whom Suffixes -ible, -able Grammar Contractions and Negatives Adjectives and Articles Spelling Multisyllabic Words Greek Word Parts Spelling Suffixes -ous, -sion, ion, -ation Final Syllable -ant, -ent, -ance, -ence Words with ei and ie Word Choice Tell How You Achieved a Goal Writing Trait Focus/Ideas Writing Focus Editorial Word Choice Sentences Problem/Solution Essay Biographical Sketch Choice Persuasive Letter Sentences Advertisement This, That, These, and Those Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Adverbs Writing Trait Conventions Writing Focus Expository Writing Grammar Modifiers Focus/Ideas Taking Notes Conjunctions Voice Humorous Poem Commas Organization/Paragraphs Outlining Sentences Informational Article Quotations and Quotation Marks Punctuation Negative Prefixes Unit 4 - Wrap Up Unit Week 1 2 5 3 4 5 Unit 5 - Wrap Up Unit Week 1 2 6 3 4 5 Unit 6 - Wrap Up Unusual Spellings Latin Roots Related Words Persuasive Essay Research Report Compound Words Easily Confused Words