English Language Arts - Grade 5

Duration

10 Months

Prerequisites

Student Must Have Completed Grade 4

Requirements

Students will need the following materials: printer, cell phone or scanner, headset or earbuds, notebook, pencils, pens, erasers, scissors, coloring materials (crayons, markers, colored pencils) glue, tape, ruler, printer paper, lined paper, colored-paper, and general household objects for activities

Course Summary

In Grade 5 Language Arts, students explore reading and writing, learning word construction, cursive, spelling, context clues, vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar, and writing processes. They write essays and engage in interactive lessons with texts, videos, and activities.

MAJOR TOPICS AND CONCEPTS

  • Decoding
  • Roots and affixes
  • Cursive writing
  • Fluency
  • Spelling
  • Story elements
  • Character’s perspective
  • Context clues
  • Subject verb agreement
  • Sentence structure
  • Narrative writing
  • The writing process
  • Text structure and features
  • Central idea
  • Appositives, main clauses, and subordinate clauses
  • Expository writing
  • Theme
  • Summarize
  • Modal verbs
  • Argumentative writing
  • Author’s purpose and perspective
  • Author’s claim
  • Conjunctions
  • Homophones
  • Figurative language and purpose of poetic elements in a poem
  • Shifts in tense and number
  • Decoding
  • Roots and affixes
  • Cursive writing
  • Fluency
  • Spelling
  • Central ideas(s)
  • Relevant details
  • Oral presentation
  • Compare and contrast
  • Primary and secondary sources
  • Context clues
  • Verbals
  • Argumentative writing
  • Expository writing
  • Narrative writing
  • Poetic elements
  • Argument development
  • Author’s claim
  • Author’s purpose
  • Text structure
  • Text features
  • Theme
  • Sentence structure
  • Pronouns
  • Figurative language
  • Story elements
  • Characterization
  • Character’s perspective
  • Digital writing tools
  • The writing process
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