The fifth grade reading curriculum incorporates a balanced literacy approach using shared reading, interactive read alouds, and the workshop model developed from The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (Columbia University). Students are matched with “just right” books that they can read with accuracy, fluency, and comprehension.

Reading Units of Study Include:

Interpretation Book Clubs: Analyzing Themes

Tackling Complexities of Non-Fiction

Reading Like a Fan - Author Study

Argument & Advocacy: Researching Debatable Issues

Fantasy Book Clubs

As with reading, the fifth grade writing curriculum provides students with a balanced literacy approach designed to improve their skills in the three genres of writing that are spotlighted in the Common Core State Standards: narrative, opinion, and informational.  It is also developed from The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (Columbia University.)

Writing Units of Study Include:

Personal Narrative

Journalism

Literary Essay

Research-Based Argument Essay

Graphic Novels

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The fifth grade gramar curriculum provides students with the necesarry skills to blend grammar into both Reading and Writing lessons in order to activate meaning and create connection across subjects. Curriculum is developed from the Patterns of Power: Inviting Young Writers into the Conventions of Language book written by Jeff Anderson and Whitney La Rocca.

 Grammar Units of Study Include:

Capitalization

Punctuation

Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Proper Nouns

Complex Sentences