Northampton County Schools FifthGrade Curriculum Map 2012-2013 DRAFT

Subject: ELA
Grade Level: 5th
Unit Title: Renaissance Thinking / Timeframe Needed for Completion: 6 weeks
Grading Period: First Nine Weeks – Second nine weeks
Big Idea/Themes: Reading narrative and informational text helps reveal how inventions changed the world.
Understandings:
  • Read and compare information learned from fiction and nonfiction books
  • Explain the characteristics of historical fiction.
  • Compare and contrast historical fiction stories using those characteristics as a guide.
  • Describe the value of primary source documents when studying a historical period.
  • Conduct research and develop/present a multimedia presentation that integrates information from more than one source.
  • Explain historical context based on information gathered from multiple print or digital sources.
  • Define related words and identify their parts of speech.

Language Arts
Essential Questions:
  1. Can I read and write with comprehension?
  2. Can I distinguish between primary and secondary sources?
  3. Do I understand and use language components correctly in speaking and writing?
  4. Can I explain the sequence of events that led to the Declaration of Independence?
  5. Can I answer a document-based question with accurate detail?
  6. Can I read and write about the impact of the Revolutionary War?
  7. Do I know how to conduct research and create a multi-media presentation?
  8. Do I understand and can I discuss the purpose of government and the role it plays in my life?
  9. Can I determine the main purpose of the Preamble?
  10. Can I describe the branches of government and summarize their specific functions?
  11. Can I research and report on a patriotic tradition and explain it’s significance?
  12. Do I know how to read, discuss, and analyze the significance of amendments?
  13. Can I discuss the effect that Supreme Court decisions have on the citizens of the US?
/ Vocabulary:
Bibliography
Character
Development
Fiction
Nonfiction
paraphrase
primary source documents
cause
effect
compare
contrast
point of view
foreshadowing
inference
infer / Performance Tasks:
  1. Compare and contrast various historical narrative stories and record info. On T-chart.
  2. Create a character map.
  3. Explain the historical context surrounding an event based on information from multiple print or digital sources.
  4. Point of view chart about independence by Patriots and Loyalists.
  5. Opinion piece about which side you would follow in Rev. War.
  6. 5 paragraph essay that tells most important things learned about a topic.
  7. Read the book, George vs. George, and create a diamante poem.
  8. Poetry/Art analysis: Paul Revere’s Ride and Grant Wood painting
  9. Read We Were There, Too by Phillip Hoose, identify main ideas and details, and compare/contrast biographical stories on their approaches to similar themes.
  10. Find the parts of speech in a poem or song from the American Revolutionary War.
  11. Poetry Analysis: Yankee Doodle.
  12. Conduct research and develop a multi-media presentation on a leader of the revolutionary War. Integrate information from several texts.
  13. Plot a time line of key events of the War.
  14. Discuss how the revolutionary War changed the way people thought about rights with a “sticky-note” discussion.
  15. Quote ideas and use inference from primary documents that were used in the Constitution.
  16. Rewrite phrases from the Constitution and present as a choral reading.
  17. Research, write, and present information and then determine the tradition they believe is most important and write an opinion piece supporting their belief.
  18. Write an opinion paper on which of the Bill of Rights is most important.
  19. Using an empty box or container, design a package that represents a product form the time period in your book. Using index cards, prepare an oral presentation to share with the class.
  20. Research an important inventor from American history and then present the information learned in a digital format.
  21. Make trading card highlighting one of the inventions form Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones and a card about a child inventor from The Kid Who Named Pluto by Marc McCutcheon.

Reading Foundations / Literature / Informational Texts / Speaking/Listening / Writing / Language
RF.5.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.5.4(b) read on level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. / RL.5.9 Compare and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics / RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text
RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgably. / SL.5.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions on grade 5 texts and topics, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own ideas clearly.
SL.5.1(c) Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
SL.5.1 (d) Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions. / W.5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. / L.5.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking
L.5.1(a) Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences
L.5.1(b) Form and use the perfect verb tenses
Social Studies / Science
Revolutionary War, US Government
Skills Addressed in Unit:
Cause/effect
Inferences
Sequencing
Main Idea and Details
Point ofView
Compare/Contrast / Resources:
Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Jones
Leonardo the Beautiful Dreamer by Robert Byrd
The Usborne Book of Inventors from DaVinci to Biro by Reid, Walton, and Fara
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Kid Who Named Pluto by Marc McCutcheon
Twenty Odd Ducks: Why Every Punctuation Mark Counts!
Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: Why Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
The Girls Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can’t Mange Withour Apostrophes!
Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!
No, David! / Online Resources