Unit 2 Energy at Work Grade 5
Suggested Timeframe: 4-6 weeks
Unit Essential Question: What are sources of energy and how do they affect nature?
Imagine It! Big Idea:How does energy affect your life?
Selections:
- The Sparks Fly (expository text)
- Tailing Tornadoes(expository text)
- Jake Drake Know-It-All (realistic fiction text)
- The Wind at Work (expository text)
- What Are Food Chains and Webs? (expository text)
- Landscape (poem)
- The Hurricane (poetry)
Writing Process:
Writer’s Workshop
Clarification Writing
Common Core Standards (CCSS) Please reference the published CCSS (The following are abbreviated.).
CCSS Reading Standards for Literature
RL.5.2Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text
RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases including figurative language (metaphors and similes)
RL.5.10 Read and comprehend literature
CCSS Reading Standards for Informational Text
RI.5.1 Quote from a text explicitly explaining and when drawing inferences from the text
RI.5.2 Main idea and key details (summarize)
RI.5.3 Make connections: explain the relationships or interactions
RI.5.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases
RI.5.9Integrate information from several texts on the same topic
RI.5.10Read and comprehend informational texts across the content areas
CCSS Reading Foundational Skills
RF.5.3aLetter sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, morphology
RF.5.4aRead on grade-level text with purpose and understanding
RF.5.4bRead on grade-level prose and poetry orally with fluency and accuracy
RF.5.4cUse context to self-correct word recognition and understanding
CCSS Writing
W.5.1Write an opinion piece with reasons and information
W.5.2a Focused informative/explanatory text and text features
W.5.2bDevelop topic
W.5.2cLink ideas
W.5.2dPrecise language and domain specific vocabulary
W.5.2eConcluding statements
W.5.4Clear and coherent writing…
W.5.5Writing process (planning, revising, editing, rewriting…)
W.5.6Write using technology
W.5.7Short research projects
W.5.8Recall or gather information and summarize….
W.5.9aApply reading standards to literature…
W.5.9bApply reading standards to informational text
W.5.10Write across the curriculum and over time
CCSS Speaking and Listening
SL.5.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly
SL.5.1aCome to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion
SL.5.1bFollow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles
SL.5.1cPose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others
SL.5.1dReview the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions
SL.5.2Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally
SL.5.4Report on a topic/text/present an opinion(sequencing ideas, appropriate/relevant facts and descriptive details)
SL.5.5Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays
CCSS Language
L.5.1aExplain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections
L.5.2Conventions of standard English (punctuation/spelling)
L.5.2eSpell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed
L.5.3Use knowledge of language/conventions when writing/speaking/reading/listening
L.5.3aRevise sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style…
L.5.4Clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases…
L.5.4aUse context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase…
L.5.5cUse the relationship between particular words…
L.5.6Grade-appropriate general academic and domain specific words and phrases
Transition Curriculum Guide 2011-2012