Reading Workshop ~ Unit Overview: 5th grade
WEEKS 1-6
Lesson Seed #1 RL.5.10 and RI.5.10
Texts: Comprehension Connections by T. McGregor; Don’t Laugh at Me by Seskin & Shamblin
 Becoming Metacognitive Readers
Lesson Seed #2 RL.5.4
Text: I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor
 Becoming Word Conscious
Lesson Seed #3 RL.5.10
Text: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan; Lucy Caulkins’ Reading Units of Study
 Gathering Information about Characters and Setting
Lesson Seed #4 RL.5.10
Text: The Lightning Thief
 Keeping Track of Characters
Lesson Seed #5 RL.5.3
Text: The Lightning Thief
 Comparing and Contrasting Two Settings
Lesson Seed #6 RL.5.3
Text: The Lightning Thief
 Comparing and Contrasting two or more Characters
Lesson Seed #7 RL.5.4
Text: The Lightning Thief
 Using Context Clues to Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words
Lesson Seed #8 RL.5.2
Text: (poem) “World of a Blossom”
 Determining the Theme of a Poem
Suggested Instructional Texts:
Classroom Library (CL), Text Exemplar (E), Science (S), Social Studies (SS),
Toolkit Texts (TT), Comprehension Quarterlies (CQ) from Rigby (R)
Also see: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Gheens/Curriculum%20Maps/2012_2013/INS_Elem_ELA.html
Reading Workshop ~ Unit Overview: 5th grade
Lesson Seed #9 RL.5.4
Text: (poem) “World of a Blossom”
 Understanding Figurative Language
Lesson Seed #10 RI.5.2
Text: “Hard at Work” from The Comprehension Toolkit; Lucy Caulkins’ Reading Units of Study
Determining two or more Main Ideas
Lesson Seed #11 RI.5.2
Text: “Hard at Work” from The Comprehension Toolkit
 Explaining how Key Details support Main Ideas
Lesson Seed #12 RI.5.1
Text: “We Were Here, Too” (TT)
 Inferring Accurately From the Text
Suggested Instructional Texts:
Classroom Library (CL), Text Exemplar (E), Science (S), Social Studies (SS),
Toolkit Texts (TT), Comprehension Quarterlies (CQ) from Rigby (R)
Also see: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Gheens/Curriculum%20Maps/2012_2013/INS_Elem_ELA.html
Reading Workshop ~ Unit Overview: 5th grade
WEEKS 7-12
Lesson Seed #1 RL.5.5
Text: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
 Understanding how chapters build upon the reader’s understanding of a character
Lesson Seed #2 RL.5.2
Text: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
 Summarizing poetry
Lesson Seed #3 RL.5.2
Texts: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan; Lucy Caulkins’ Reading Units of Study
 Exploring a stories theme
Lesson Seed #4 RL.5.5
Text: Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
 Understanding the meaning of phrases
Lesson Seed #5 RL.5.4 and L.5.4b
 Exploring common Greek and Latin Roots
Lesson Seed #6 RI.5.3
Text: Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki
 Understanding interactions/relationships between individuals in historical texts
Lesson Seed #7 RI.5.3
Text: Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki
 Understanding relationships between events in historical texts
Lesson Seed #8 RI.5.5
Texts: “Jack Roosevelt Robinson: Baseball’s First Black Superstar” (TT);
“Chocolate: The Happy Food” (TT); “The Scoop on Dino Poop” (TT);
“Firefighting Through the Ages” (TT)
 Comparing and contrasting text structures
Suggested Instructional Texts:
Classroom Library (CL), Text Exemplar (E), Science (S), Social Studies (SS),
Toolkit Texts (TT), Comprehension Quarterlies (CQ) from Rigby (R)
Also see: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Gheens/Curriculum%20Maps/2012_2013/INS_Elem_ELA.html
Reading Workshop ~ Unit Overview: 5th grade
WEEKS 13-18
Lesson Seed #1 RI.5.5
Text: Seed Folks by Paul Fleischman
 Compare/contrast the structure by the author of an informational text
Lesson Seed #2 RL.5.3
Texts: Seed Folks by Paul Fleischman; or Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and
Star of Fear, Star of Hope by Hoestlandt, Kang, & Polizzotti
 Compare/contrast how two different characters were affected by the same event
Lesson Seed # 3 RL.5.3
Texts: The Tiger Rising and Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo;
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan;
The Great Gilly Hopkins (Katherine Paterson) & Fall Comes to Appalachia: A Story of Frontier Life (CQ);
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Gennifer Choldenko) and Rules (Cynthia Lord)
 Compare/contrast how different characters respond when faced with a similar problem
Lesson Seed # 4 RL.5.3
Text: The Sign of the Beaver (Elizabeth George Speare)
 Compare/contrast two characters living in the same setting
Lesson Seed #5 RL.4.3, RL.5.3
Text: Seed Folks (E)
 Infer what an unfamiliar setting looks like and how it feels
Lesson Seed #6 RL.5.3
Text: Seed Folks (E)
 Analyze a setting to better understand the characters and the plot
Lesson Seed #7 RL.5.3
 Compare/contrast a setting
Lesson Seed #8 RI.5.3
Text: George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer (CL)
 Explain the relationship between ideas in a historical text
Lesson Seed #9 RI.5.3.
Text: George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer (CL)
 Explain how events in history influenced relationships of the time using specific
information from the text
Suggested Instructional Texts:
Classroom Library (CL), Text Exemplar (E), Science (S), Social Studies (SS),
Toolkit Texts (TT), Comprehension Quarterlies (CQ) from Rigby (R)
Also see: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Gheens/Curriculum%20Maps/2012_2013/INS_Elem_ELA.html
Reading Workshop ~ Unit Overview: 5th grade
WEEKS 19-24
Lesson Seed #1 RI.5.5
Text: “The Moonlit Road to Freedom” (CQ)
 Compare/contrast the structures used in narrative and expository informational writing
Lesson Seed #2 RI.5.5
Texts: “The Moonlit Road to Freedom” (CQ); King George III: America’s Enemy (CL)
 Compare/contrast the structures of a narrative informational text and literary texts
Lesson Seed #3 RI.5.5
Text: “Dive Right In” (CQ)
 Describe how a text’s structure helps me understand information
Lesson Seed #4 RI.5.5
Texts: “The Moonlit Road to Freedom” (CQ); “The Importance of Paul Revere’s Ride”
 Compare and contrast the overall structure of two texts
Lesson Seed #5 RI.5.4, RL.5.4
Text: Time for Kids or Weekly Reader
 Determine the meaning of words and phrases within a text
Lesson Seed #6 RI.5.3
Text: “Frog Watching” (TT)
 Explain how ideas in informational text are related
Lesson Seed #7 RI.5.3
Text: 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet (CL) by Dennis Denenberg & Lorraine Roscoe
 Explain how an idea(s) influenced an individual
Lesson Seed #8 RI.5.3
Text: “The Greenhouse Effect” from The Comprehension Toolkit
 Explain the interaction between scientific concepts using specific information in a text
Suggested Instructional Texts:
Classroom Library (CL), Text Exemplar (E), Science (S), Social Studies (SS),
Toolkit Texts (TT), Comprehension Quarterlies (CQ) from Rigby (R)
Also see: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Gheens/Curriculum%20Maps/2012_2013/INS_Elem_ELA.html
Reading Workshop ~ Unit Overview: 5th grade
Lesson Seed #9 RI.5.7
Texts: “Mini Pages Global Warming” (article); “Global Climate Change for Kids” (online);
“Global Warming for Kids” (online); “Frog Watching” and “The Greenhouse Effect”
 Use information from multiple sources to solve a problem or answer a question
Lesson Seed #10 RL.5.2
Text: “Icebergs: Floating Snow Cones” (TT)
 Summarize a literary text
Lesson Seed #11 RI.5.2
Text: Steal Away Home by Lois Ruby (CL)
 Summarize informational text
Lesson Seed #12 RL.5.3
Text: Freedom Summer (E) by Deborah Wiles
 Compare and contrast a setting
Lesson Seed #13 RL.5.6
Text: Freedom Summer (E) by Deborah Wiles
 Analyze a text and determine a character’s point of view
Suggested Instructional Texts:
Classroom Library (CL), Text Exemplar (E), Science (S), Social Studies (SS),
Toolkit Texts (TT), Comprehension Quarterlies (CQ) from Rigby (R)
Also see: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Gheens/Curriculum%20Maps/2012_2013/INS_Elem_ELA.html
Reading Workshop ~ Unit Overview: 5th grade
WEEKS 25-30
Lesson Seed #1 RL.5.5
Texts: My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada (CL); Susu & the Magic Mirror;
“Casey at the Bat” from 101 Great American Poems (poetry exemplar)
 Explain how a series of chapters fit together to provide an overall story structure
 Explain how a series of scenes or acts fit together to provide an overall structure for a drama
Lesson Seed #2 RL.5.5
Texts: “Windy Nights” by Robert Louis Stevenson from The Random House Book of Poetry for Children;
“The Secret Song” by Margaret Wise Brown; “Who Has Seen the Wind?” by Christina Rossetti
 Explain how a series of stanzas fit together to provide overall poem structure
Lesson Seed #3 RL.5.6
Text: Sitti’s Secrets by Naomi Shihab (E); Steal Away Home by Louis Ruby (CL);
“How Heather Got Its Blossoms” (from RPA 2)
 Determine the point of view from which a story is told
Lesson Seed #4 RL.5.6
Text: Steal Away Home
 Determine a character’s point of view
 Identify information that helps me understand a character’s point of view
Lesson Seed #5 RL.5.6
Texts: January’s Sparrow by Patricia Polacco (E); The Three Little Pigs and Cinderella
 Describe how point of view affects how events are described
Lesson Seed #6 RL.5.7
Texts: Sitti’s Secrets; My Name is Maria Isabel
 Analyze how visual elements contribute to meaning or tone of story
Lesson Seed #7 RL.5.9
Texts: Steal Away Home; Sara’s Secret (CQ); January’s Sparrow
 Compare and contrast approaches to similar themes and topics
Suggested Instructional Texts:
Classroom Library (CL), Text Exemplar (E), Science (S), Social Studies (SS),
Toolkit Texts (TT), Comprehension Quarterlies (CQ) from Rigby (R)
Also see: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Gheens/Curriculum%20Maps/2012_2013/INS_Elem_ELA.html
Reading Workshop ~ Unit Overview: 5th grade
Lesson Seed #8 RI.5.6
Texts: Titanic First Hand Accounts (online) and First Hand Accounts of Immigrants (online);
Memories of Childhood’s Slavery Days by Annie Burton; Leon’s Story by Leon Walter Tillgate;
“We Were Here, Too” (TT); George vs. George by Rosalyn Schanzer or
“Multiple Perspectives Create a New Nation” (5th grade SBGP)
 Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic
 Compare and contrast point of view from multiple accounts
Lesson Seed #9 RI.5.8
Texts: “Queen Alliquippa, Seneca Leader” (TT); “My Name is Now . . .” (TT);
“Seeing the Needs of Others: Guide Dog, Puppy Raisers” (TT)
 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points
Lesson Seed #10 RI.5.9
Text: Toolkit Texts and Mini Pages Archives
 Integrate information from several texts
 Speak knowledgeably about a text
Lesson Seed #11 RI.5.9
 Integrate information from several texts
 Write knowledgeably about a subject
Suggested Instructional Texts:
Classroom Library (CL), Text Exemplar (E), Science (S), Social Studies (SS),
Toolkit Texts (TT), Comprehension Quarterlies (CQ) from Rigby (R)
Also see: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Gheens/Curriculum%20Maps/2012_2013/INS_Elem_ELA.html
Reading Workshop ~ Unit Overview: 5th grade
WEEKS 31-36
Lesson Seed #1 RL.5.10
Texts: My Brother Sam is Dead; Bud, Not Buddy; The Watsons Go to Birmingham all by
Christopher Paul Curtis; or The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (Betty Bao Lord);
Sarah Plain and Tall (MacLachlan); The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare;
or any book from the “Dear America” series; The Memory Coat by Elvira Woodruff;
“Fall Comes to Appalachia” (CQ)
 Analyze the characteristics of a historical fiction story
 Understand how the setting is part of the problem
Lesson Seed #2 RI.5.4, RL.5.4, L.5.6
Text: Taberski’s Comprehension from the Ground Up
 Determining the meaning of grade-appropriate words and phrases
Lesson Seed #3 RI.5.9
Text: “All Wrapped Up” or “Help Wanted” (TT); Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers (CL) or
Mummies and Pyramids (CL)
 Integrating information from several texts on the same topic
Lesson Seed #4 RL.5.10
Text: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry; Star of Fear, Star of Hope
 Preview a historical fiction book, gather information about the character(s), setting, plot
Lesson Seed #5 RL.5.3
Text: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
 Using details to determine the emotional atmosphere of a historical fiction text.
Lesson Seed #6 RL.5.10
Text: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
 Keeping track of multiple characters
Lesson Seed #7 RL.5.10
Text: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
 Using details from the text to construct a time line of the story and backstory
Lesson Seed #8 RL.5.2
Text: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
 Developing and growing theories about characters
Suggested Instructional Texts:
Classroom Library (CL), Text Exemplar (E), Science (S), Social Studies (SS),
Toolkit Texts (TT), Comprehension Quarterlies (CQ) from Rigby (R)
Also see: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Gheens/Curriculum%20Maps/2012_2013/INS_Elem_ELA.html