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My Curriculum Map
GRADE 5 DISCOVERY TEAM - LANGUAGE ARTS
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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READING FOCUS:
· Silent reading and journal response
· Fluency assessment
· Fluency practice/ Readers’ Theater practice
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WRITING FOCUS:
· English Workbook lesson (grammar, usage, punctuation)
· Editing practice
· Genres *
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READING FOCUS:
· Comprehension quiz
· Book group discussion (fiction) or Comprehension Toolkit Lesson (non-fiction)
· Journal response
· Readers’ Theater Performance
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WRITING FOCUS:
· Vocabulary lesson (Latin/Greek roots)
· Genres *
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WRITING FOCUS:
· Writing devices; word choice; using a thesaurus
· Writing mini-lessons
· Genres *
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LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM PLAN
* Writing Genres
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September
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October
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November
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December
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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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Personal Essay
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Response to Informational Text
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Reports
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Narratives
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Response to Literary Text
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Writing to Persuade
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Poetry
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Procedures
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SPELLING:
· Developmental Spelling Assessment (DSA) administered fall, winter, spring
· Word Journeys (Ganske) Individualized word lists targeting needed features identified through DSA; homework
· Scholastic spelling program: weekly class; homework practice; weekly test
KEY RESOURCES:
aimsweb.com. (2008). AimsWeb Progress Monitoring and RTI System. Pearson Education Inc.
Atwell, Nancie (2002). Lessons That Change Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Byers, Gregg O. (2001). Daily Oral Language. Greensboro, NC: Carson-Dellosa Publishing Co., Inc.
Callella, Trisha (2004). Greek and Latin Roots. Huntington Beach, CA: Creative Printing Press, Inc.
Campbell, Kenneth U. (2008). Great Leaps Reading. Gainesville, FL: Diarmuid, Inc.
Ganske, Kathy. (2000). Word Journeys: Assessment-Guided Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction. New York: The Guilford Press.
Harvey, Stephanie and Goudvis, Anne (2005). The Comprehension Toolkit. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Houghton Mifflin (2004). English Workbook Plus. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Moats, Louisa and Foorman, Barbara. (1998). Scholastic Spelling. New York: Scholastic Inc.
Shepherd, Robert D. (2001). AIM Higher! Reading Comprehension. Wilmington, MA: Great Source Education Group.
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