Fifth Grade ELA- Comprehensive Curriculum 2008
Unit Five (5)
Poetry
Title
Appro. 4 Weeks
August 12, 2008September 12, 2008
Time Frame
GLEs
Unit One (1)
Tall Tales and
Legends/Folktal
es
5 Weeks
Unit Three (3)
Biography/Auto
biographies
Unit Four(4)
Short Stories
5 Weeks
6 Weeks
5 Weeks
6 Weeks
September 15,
2008-October 17,
2008
October 20, 2008 –
November 21, 2008
December 1, 2008 –
January 23, 2009
January 26, 2009February 27, 2009
March 2-13, 2009 &
April 20, 2009-May
15, 2009
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Harcourt trophies-\
Sounds of Nature p.
64-65
Teachers Edition:
20G
Souvenier p.238
Earth Songs p.340
Celebration and
Eagle Right p.482483
About Notebooks
p.528
 Harcourt
Collections
Arithmetic p.498
Unit Two (2)
Informational
Resources
Unit Six (6)
Novels
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Holistic Reading
Assessment- Tam
and Cam
Harcourt trophiesSally Ann Thunder
Ann Whirlwind
Crockett
Folktales from Asia
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Text Resources
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Roberto
Clemente; World
of William Joyce;
Evelyn Cisneros;
Little by Little;
What’s the Big
Idea, Ben Franklin
Take Home
Books- Wise Ben,
Susan B.
Anthony; Who
Was Poor
Richard?; The
Pirate Hero
Holistic
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Reading
AssessmentCurious Jane
Goodall
Timeless TalesMy Imaginary
World; Lourdes
Lopez: Ballet
Story
Reader’s Choice
Library- Bear
Benjamin
Banneker; And
Then What
Happened Paul
Revere?; The
Tarantula in My
Purse
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Harcourt Trophies
Island of the Blue
Dolphins; Iditarod
Dreamer
Woodsong;
Across the Dark
Wide Sea; Hattie’s
Birthday Box;
Black Frontiers
Timeless TalesPeppermintPeanutbutter
Fudge; Cindy
“Science” Spots
the Clues
Elena
Flying Saucer
Harcourt
Collections
Earthquake Terror
Take Home
Books- Roberto
Clemente
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Harcourt trophies
Dear Rosa Parks,
Summer of Fire,
Educating About
the Internet, Brass
Instruments
Holistic Reading
AssessmentSweet on
Chocolate,
Treasure of the
Plains, Desert
Home
Harcourt
Collections
Mts. Of Fire,
The Many Lives of
Ben Franklin,
Cowboys of the Wild
West,
 , High Flying
Facts
 Take Home
Books- Vivarium
Tips, Taming the
Land, The Great
Barrier Reef,
Energy from
Water, Heroes in
the Flames, The
Record-Breaking
Summer
Check
Comprehensive
Curriculum for
Novels
Unit Five (5)
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Activities: Activities:
1,2,6,7,9,,1011,12,13
,15
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** Narrative writing in
writing packet
Unit One (1)
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Activities:
1,2,4,6,7,8.
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** Activitiy: 3
Unit Three (3)
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Activities:
5,6,7,9,13,14
Unit Four(4)
Unit Two (2)
Unit Six (6)
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Activities:
1,2,5,7,8,9,10,14.
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Activities: 5,6,7,
,1213,14.
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How to Unit in
writing packet;
Activity 3
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Activity 3
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Activities:
1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,
11,12
Comprehensive
Curriculum
Resources
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Language
Resources
Writers Express
Reader’s Handbook
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Additional
Resources
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** Activity: 3
Vermilion Parish
School Board Online Lessons/
Resources Database
 www.poetryteachers.
com
 “Reader’s Handbook:
A Student Guide for
Reading and
Learning” (See
Jeannie)
 “Read and
Understand Poetry”
(See Jeannie)
“Comprehension
Activities in Poetry”
(See Jeannie)
Writers Express
Reader’s Handbook
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Literature Pockets
Tall Tales Grades
4-6
Vermilion Parish
School Board Online Lessons/
Resources
Database
Timed Reading
Plus – “The
Legend of Robin
Hood” & “Sheriff in
the Greenwood”
http://www.aarons
hep.com/stories/
http://42explore.co
m/talltale.htm
Music and lyrics
for John Henry
http://www.ibiblio.
org/john_henry/m
usic1.html
** Research unit
in writing packet
Activity 3
**Business LetterWriting Packet
 Activity 3
Writers Express
Reader’s Handbook
Writers Express
Reader’s
Handbook
Writers Express
Reader’s Handbook
Writers Express
Reader’s Handbook
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Vermilion Parish
School Board Online Lessons/
Resources
Database
 www.unitedstream
ing.com search
word “Jean Fritz”
 “Reader’s
Handbook: A
Student Guide for
Reading and
Learning” (See
Jeannie)
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Vermilion Parish
School Board Online Lessons/
Resources
Database
Vermilion Parish
School Board Online Lessons/
Resources
Database
 “Reader’s
Handbook: A
Student Guide for
Reading and
learning” (See
Jeannie)
 Informational
Resource Packet
(See Jeannie)

Vermilion Parish
School Board Online Lessons/
Resources
Database
Unit Five (5)
Unit One (1)
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Unit Three (3)
Unit Four(4)
Unit Two (2)
Unit Six (6)
Activity 2:
www.vrml,k12.la.u
s/tnunez
Activity 3: Teacher
Activity
Activity 4: From
Teacher’s List
Vermilion Parish
School Board Online Lessons/
Resources
Database
www.unitedstream
ing.com search
“folktales”
http://teacher.scho
lastic.com/writewit
/mff/
Readers’ Theaters
www.aaronshep.c
om/rt/RTE26.html
http://www.americ
anfolklore.net/
http://mcs.k12.in.u
s/les/ihnen/folktale
.htm
http://www.toptags
.com/aama/tales/t
ales.htm
Types of folklore
http://www.geociti
es.com/varda_val
ar/papers/typesFlk
.htm
Timed Reading
Plus “A ModernDay Fable”
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** Language Teachers Note Double Asterisks
** Language Teacher is responsible for the following skill: Punctuation- parenthesis, commas, quotation marks (parentheses and commas in
direct quotations) Capitalization- titles, proper nouns Sentence Structure- 4 kinds of sentences, simple and compound, agreement of
subject/verb in complex sentences, double negatives, fragments and run-ons Parts of Speech- verb tense, nouns, pronouns, verb use
** Spelling- Spell high frequency words and commonly misspelled words correctly, use of informational resources to spell frequently misspelled
words
I-LEAP
Review March 16-31, 2009
I-LEAP TESTING!! April 1-3 and 6-7 2009
Language Pacing 2008-09
Week
1. Aug. 18
2. Aug. 25
3. Sept. 2
4. Sept. 8
5. Sept. 15
6. Sept 22
7. Sept. 29
8. Oct. 6
9. Oct. 13
10. Oct. 20
11.Oct. 27
12. Nov. 3
13.Nov. 10
14.Nov. 17
15.Dec. 1
16.Dec. 8
17.Dec. 15
18.Jan. 5
19. Jan. 12
20.Jan. 20
21.Jan. 26
22.Feb. 2
23.Feb. 9
Grammar Skill
Sentences— four types, punctuating sentences
Subjects/Nouns – complete, simple, compound
Predicates/Verbs – complete, simple, compound
Simple and Compound Sentences – semicolons and conjunctions
More Nouns – common, proper, singular, plural, abbreviations
Possessive Nouns – singular, plural and apostrophes
Action and Linking Verbs--- forms of the verb Be
Main and Helping Verbs—contractions with Not
Simple Tenses --- past, present , future, and subject- verb agreement
More about Verb Tenses --- principal parts, using Do and See correctly
Irregular Verbs
Review skills previously taught for iLEAP practice
The Perfect Tenses
Pronouns—subject and object and antecedents
More Pronouns—possessives, reflexive and contractions
Adjectives
Adverbs
Combined adjectives and adverbs
Prepositions
Phrases and clauses
Phrases and clauses cont.
Complex Sentences
Run ons, comma splices
24.Feb. 16
25. Feb. 26
26. Mar. 2
27.Mar. 9
28.Mar. 16
29.Mar. 23
30.Mar. 30
31.April 6
32.April 20
33.April 27
34.May 4
35.May 11
36.May 18
37.May 22
Commas
Review
Quotation Marks, and Colons
Punctuation—titles, using hyphens
Review Usage Problems
iLEAP Review – cover skills addresses at the bottom of ELA Pacing Chart
iLEAP Review and Testing
iLEAP test
Activities related to the Novels, revisit previously taught skills
Activities related to the Novels, revisit previously taught skills
Activities related to the Novels, revisit previously taught skills
Activities related to the Novels, revisit previously taught skills
Activities related to the Novels, revisit previously taught skills
Activities related to the Novels, revisit previously taught skills
**** Note--- Dates are subject to change due to Parish Writing Assignments