| week | Unit | Text Selections | Weekly Learning Target | Common Core ELA Standards Covered | Reading Street Textbook Location | Suggested Lesson Plans | Suggested Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Intro | Teacher’s Choice | Students can follow basic procedures and rules for ELA class. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 2 | Meeting Challenges | Red Kayak What Will I Do in an Emergency? | Students can determine the meaning of homographs by using context. Students can understand the details in a text to complete a task, solve a problem, or perform an action. Students can write an essay with specific facts, details, and examples. Students can use several sources to build knowledge about a topic. | RL5.6 RF5.3 |
Book 5.1 Unit 1 pg 18-49 |
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| Week 3 | Thunder Rose Measuring Tornadoes |
Students can determine the meaning of homonyms by using context clues. Students can interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context. Students can summarize and paraphrase information in a text. Students can write their own tall tale with a clear focus, plot, and point of view. | RL5.4 RI5.5 |
Unit 1 pg 50-81 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 4 | Island of the Blue Dolphins Seven Survival Questions |
Students can use a dictionary or glossary to determine the meaning of an unknown word. Students can link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses. Students can make inferences using evidence from the text. Students can identify and use independent and dependent clauses. | RL5.1 RL5.2 |
Unit 1 pg 82-109 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 5 | Satchel Paige Roberto Clemente: A Baseball Hero |
Students can differentiate between facts and opinions using a graphic organizer. Students can integrate information from several texts on the same topic for writing or speaking. Students can show agreement between nouns and verbs in complex and compound sentences. | RI5.9 RF5.3 |
Unit 1 pg 110-139 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 6 | Ten Mile Day Working on the Railroad |
Students can spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. Students can analyze how the organization of a text affects it. Students can understand and use collective nouns. Students can provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation provided. | RI5.3 RI5.5 |
Unit 1 pg 140-169 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 7 | Teacher’s Choice Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 8 | Doing the Right Thing | At the Beach The Eagle and the Bat | Students can compare and contrast the themes of works of fiction from different cultures. Students can analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to a text. Students can identify and use different stages of writing like planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. Students can use commas in compound sentences. | RL5.3 RL5.6 |
Book 5.1 Unit 2 pg 174-201 |
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| Week 9 | Hold the Flag High How to Fold the American Flag |
Students can provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. Students can use the appropriate language based on setting. Students can write an informal letter using correct conventions. Students can compare and contrast stories of the same genre. Students can form and use singular and plural possessive nouns. | RL5.9 RI5.1 |
Unit 2 pg 202-229 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 10 | The Ch’i-lin Purse The Story of Phan Ku | Students can use their knowledge of Greek and Latin root words to determine the meaning of a word. Students can provide evidence from a text to support understanding. Students can make connections between texts with similar topics or ideas. Students can write poems using figurative language. | RL5.1 RL5.3 |
Unit 2 pg 230-257 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 11 | A Summer’s Trade Thunderbird and Killer Whale | Students can use prior knowledge to read unfamiliar multisyllabic words. Students can identify and explain the meaning of common adages and sayings. Students can explain the roles and functions of characters, including their relationships and conflicts. Students can write a personal narrative. | RI5.1 RI5.6 |
Unit 2 pg 258-287 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 12 | The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere The Heroic Paul Revere | Students can used the endings –s, -ed, and –ing to help determine the meaning of a word. Students can acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases. Students can show subject-verb agreement in writing. | RI5.1 RI5.8 |
Unit 2 pg 288-317 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 13 | Teacher’s Choice Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 14 | Inventors and Artists | The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine The Toy Space Shuttle Is Here! | Students can recognize exaggerated or misleading statements in a text. Students can use context to confirm comprehension. Students can use the correct verb tense to convey meaning. Students can summarize the points of a speaker. Students can write creative stories with dialogue. | RI5.2 RI5. |
Book 5.1 Unit 3 pg 322-353 |
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| Week 15 | Leonardo’s Horse A Job for Michelangelo | Students can use their knowledge of Greek and Latin root words to determine the meaning of a word. Students can form and use the perfect verb tenses. Students can use the correct verb tense to convey meaning. Students can provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details in writing. | RI5.1 RI5.2 |
Unit 3 pg 354-387 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 16 | The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins A Model Scientist | Students can identify and explain the meaning of common idioms. Students can make connection between ideas within and across texts. Students can recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tenses. Students can provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details in writing. | RL5.7 RI5.1 |
Unit 3 pg 388-423 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 17 | Mahalia Jackson Perfect Harmony | Students can determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases. Students can read independently. Students can use and understand the function of verbs in their writing. Students can give organized presentations that communicate ideas effectively. | RI5.2 RI5.4 |
Unit 3 pg 424-447 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 18 | Special Effects in Film and Television Searching for Animation | Students can use the prefixes pre- and re- to determine the meaning of words. Students can use prior knowledge to read unfamiliar multisyllabic words. Students can write essays with strong introductions and conclusions. Students can use and understand the function of prepositions and prepositional phrases. | RI5.1 RI5.2 |
Unit 3 pg 448-473 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 19 | Teacher’s Choice Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 20 | Adapting | Weslandia Under the Back Porch/Keziah | Students can use the endings –ed, ing, and –s to help determine the meaning of unknown words. Students can read aloud texts and understand what is read. Students can use images to enhance their writing. Students can use proper punctuation and spacing for quotations. | RL5.1 RL5.2 |
Book 5.2 Unit 4 pg 18-45 |
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| Week 21 | Tripping Over the Lunch Lady Square Dancing | Students can recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. Students can identify the author’s viewpoint and explain the relationship among ideas in a text. Students can explain the function of conjunctions in a text. Students can write letters using the correct format and style. | RL5.1 RF5.3 |
Unit 4 pg 46-75 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 22 | Exploding Ants The Art of Mimicry | Students can determine the meaning of a synonym by using the context of the sentence. Students can interpret information in graphics like maps and charts. Students can read with sufficient accuracy and fluency. Students can find information in multiple sources. Students can write using formal voice | RI5.1 RI5.2 |
Unit 4 pg 76-103 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 23 | The Stormi Giovanni Club The Extra Credit Club | Students can explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem. Students can use and understand the function of indefinite pronouns. Students can write a narrative poem. | RL5.1 RL5.5 |
Unit 4 pg 104-135 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 24 | The Gymnast All About Gymnastics | Students can determine the meaning of words with suffixes –ion and –ish. Students can cite evidence and examples from a text. Students can differentiate the usage of the pronouns who and whom. Students can write a personal narrative following the correct conventions. | RI5.1 RF5.3 |
Unit 4 pg 136-161 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 25 | Teacher’s ChoiceReview | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 26 | Adventurers | The Skunk Ladder Books and Adventure | Students can use the prefix ex- and the suffix –ation to determine the meanings of words. Students can use a graphic organizer to list a character’s traits. Students can compare and contrast stories of the same genre. Students can write poems using techniques like alliteration and onomatopoeia. | RL5.1 RL5.2 |
Book 5.2 Unit 5 pg 166-197 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 27 | The Unsinkable Wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic Shipwreck Season | Students can determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases. Students can identify different genres and determine elements and devices of that genre. Students can use relevant information, personal or researched, when writing. | RI5.4 RI5.7 |
Unit 5 pg 198-227 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 28 | Talk with an Astronaut Women Astronauts | Students can make inferences about a text. Students can explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. Students can use different tools for research. Students can write responses to text and provide evidence from the text in writing. | RI5.1 RI5.2 |
Unit 5 pg 228-255 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 29 | Journey to the Center of the Earth The Sea Battle | Students can use context to confirm comprehension. Students can identify the author’s purpose. Students can compare and contrast an original text and the dramatic adaptation. Students can provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented in their writing. | RL5.2 RL5.4 |
Unit 5 pg 256-283 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 30 | Ghost Towns of the American West Gold Dreams | Students can use the prefixes over- and in- to determine the meaning of words. Students can explain the relationship of historical events and the theme of a text. Students can use a graphic organizer to show cause-and-effect relationships. Students can read and use appropriate phrasing and punctuation clues. | RI5.1 RI5.8 |
Unit 5 pg 284-311 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 31 | Teacher’s Choice Review | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 32 | The Unexpected | The Truth About Austin’s Amazing Bats The Animals in My Life | Students can use reference materials to find the meaning of unknown words. Students can evaluate how well an author achieves his or her purpose. Students can review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions from information. Students can write a personal narrative to convey their thoughts and feelings. | RI5.1 RI5.2 |
Book 5.2 Unit 6 pg 316-343 |
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| Week 33 | The Mystery of Saint Matthew Island City Hawks | Students can use the endings –s and –es to determine the meaning of words. Students can analyze how the organization of a text affects the way ideas are related. Students can use correlative conjunctions in writing or speaking. Students can pose and respond to specific questions. | RI5.2 RI5.5 |
Unit 6 pg 344-369 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 34 | King Midas and the Golden Touch Prometheus, the Fire-Bringer |
Students can use the suffixes –less and –ful to determine the meaning of a word. Students can analyze similar texts by different authors. Students can use punctuation to separate items in a series. Students can use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence. | RL5.5 RL5.7 |
Unit 6 pg 370-401 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 35 | The Hindenburg The Mystery of the Hindenburg Disaster | Students can identify facts and opinions. Students can integrate information from several texts on the same topic for writing or speaking. Students can use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works. Students can link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses. | RI5.9 RF5.3 |
Unit 6 pg 402-433 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 36 | Sweet Music in Harlem Author’s Note | Students can use background knowledge to aid understanding. Students can use the appropriate punctuation in the appropriate situations. Students can use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to accurately portray the sequence of events. | RL5.2 RI5.1 |
Unit 6 pg 434-467 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 37 | Teacher’s ChoiceReview | Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 38 | Review | Teacher’s Choice Review | Students can reflect on and review any skills or content from Grade 4 English Language Arts. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |