Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 5 Unit 1

1

School Contests 

Miss Alaineus

Short Vowels a, e, i, o, u   ( include variant vowel patterns  e—ea thread,  u—shove, rough; i—rhythm, myth, ea for e)                                                 

Story Structure

2

American Legends 

Davy Crockett Saves the World

Long Vowels  ai, ay, ee, ea, igh, oa, ow,  Vce

Story Structure

3

Trees for life

Forests of the World--TFK

Words with /ü/ [loon], /u/ [ mule], /u/ [book]

Text Structure

4

Exploring Space 

Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to Space Academy

Words with /är/, /âr/, /ôr/ r-controlled vowels ar (car), air (care), or (core)

Generate Questions

5

Rescue Dogs

Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs

Words with /ûr/, /îr/ r-controlled vowels, ur (fur), ear (fear)

Generate Questions

Week

Comprehension             Skill

Fluency

Paired Selection Title

Paired Selection                Strategy

Paired Selection Skill

Grade 5 Unit 1

1

Character and Plot

Proper Phrasing: Pauses and Intonation

The National Spelling Bee

Text Feature

Photos and Captions

2

Plot and Setting

Echo Reading: Punctuation

The Tales Are Getting Taller

Text Feature

Toolbar and Link

3

Compare and Contrast

Echo Reading: Pronunciation

The Science of Wildfires (Test Prep)

Study Skill

Using the Library, Media Center

4

Summarize

Choral Reading: Pronunciation

I'm Building a Rocket

Literary Elements

Rhyme Scheme and Rhythm

5

Cause and Effect

Echo Reading: Tempo

Doggone Work

Text Feature

Charts (different breeds and their adaptations)

Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 5 Unit 2

1

People Helping Animals

Shiloh

Compound Words 

Monitor Comprehension

2

Slithery Snakes!

Ranger Rick

Plurals (endings -s and -es, no change in spelling, and change y to i)

Summarize

3

Remembering the Past

Maya Lin: Architect of Memory--TFK

Inflected Endings –ed and –ing (double the final consonant: wrapping, grinning; change y to i: hurried, hurrying; drop final e: saving, joking)

Summarize

4

The Caribbean Islands

Salsa Stories

Words with /ô/, /ou/, /oi/ (ambiguous vowels  au, aw, ough, augh –haul, straw, thought daughter,  and ou (mountain) , oy, oi , (loyal, boiling)

Summarize

5

 Cowboys & Cowgirls

Black Cowboy Wild Horses: A True Story

VCCV Pattern (Closed syllable with  doublet and with different consonants)    

Monitor Comprehension

Week

Comprehension             Skill

Fluency

Paired Selection Title

Paired Selection                Strategy

Paired Selection Skill

Grade 5 Unit 2

1

Make Inferences

Choral Reading: Punctuation

Love at First Sight

Text Feature

Photos and Captions

2

Main Idea and Details

Echo Reading: Punctuation

How Poison Came into the World

Literary Elements

Hero and Personification

3

Main Idea and Details

Choral Reading: Pronunciation

A Salute to Service Women (Test Prep)

Study Skill

Using the Internet

4

Problem and Solution

Phrasing: Pauses and Intonation

Islands of the Caribbean

Text Feature

Charts

5

Make Inferences

Echo Reading: Expression, Phrasing, Tempo

Home on the Range

Literary Elements

Repetition and Assonance

Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 5 Unit 3

1

 The American Revolution

Sleds on Boston Common: A Story from the American Revolution

V/CV  and VC/V Patterns (hu/mid and cab/in)

Make Inferences and Analyze

2

 The Right to Vote

When Esther Morris Headed West

V/V Pattern (create)

Evaluate

3

Protecting the Environment

Beyond the Horizon--TFK

VCCCV  Pattern (laughter, pilgrim, complain)

Evaluate

4

Desert Habitats

My Great-Grandmother's Gourd

Accented Syllables vowel patterns in accented syllables (beyond, lonely, toaster)

Make Inferences and Analyze

5

Into the Future

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Final /schwa-r/ final unaccented syllables with schwa, er, ar, or (beggar, barber, actor)

Make Inferences and Analyze

Week

Comprehension             Skill

Fluency

Paired Selection Title

Paired Selection                Strategy

Paired Selection Skill

Grade 5 Unit 3

1

Draw Conclusions

Proper Phrasing: Pauses

Paul Revere's Ride

Literary Elements

Meter and Alliteration

2

Fact and Opinion

Echo Reading: Pronunciation

Suffrage for Women

Text Feature

Time Line

3

Fact and Opinion

Proper Phrasing: Pauses

Keeping the Wilderness Wild (Test Prep)

Study Skill

Study Strategies (skimming, scanning, etc.)

4

Compare and Contrast

Choral Reading: Tempo

More Than Sand

Text Feature

Process Diagram (water cycle diagram)                   

5

Draw Conclusions

Echo Reading: Punctuation

Robots Today and Tomorrow

Text Feature

Headline and Byline

Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 5 Unit 4

1

Civil Rights

Goin' Someplace Special

Final /schwa-l/ and /schwa-n/ final unaccented syllables with schwa-l, el, le (angel, bottle, able) and schwa-n—en, in, an, on, ain,  (sharpen, basin, captain, bacon, human, ) 

Story Structure

2

Animal Defenses

Carlos and the Skunk

More Accented Syllables (less familiar an ambiguous vowels in accented syllables— fountain, powder)

Evaluate

3

Democracy

Getting Out the Vote--TFK

Accented Syllables in Homographs (pres ent , pre sent)

Evaluate

4

Extreme Weather

Hurricanes

Words with /ch[schwa]r and /zh[schwa]r  (measure, culture, teacher)

Text Structure

5

Trickster Tales

The Catch of the Day: A Trickster Play

Words with –ance, –ence  (dependent/dependence; attendant/attendance)

Evaluate

Week

Comprehension             Skill

Fluency

Paired Selection Title

Paired Selection                Strategy

Paired Selection Skill

Grade 5 Unit 4

1

Character and Setting

Echo Reading: Punctuation

Through My Eyes

Text Feature

Time Line

2

Author’s Purpose

Choral Reading: Intonation

Animal Self-Defense

Text Feature

Deck and Headings

3

Make Generalizations

Proper Phrasing: Pauses

Welcome to Russia (Test Prep)

Study Skill

Parts of a Book

4

Description

Echo Reading: Pronunciation

Suspense

Literary Elements

Personification, Imagery, and Onomatopoeia

5

Author’s Purpose

Readers Theater: Tempo

The Fox and the Crow

Literary Elements

Moral and Metaphor

Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 5 Unit 5

1

 North Pole South Pole

Spirit of Endurance

Words with Soft g  (badger, major, village)

Generate Questions

2

Fantastic Foods

Weslandia

Homophones  (one and two-syllable--flour, flower)

Make Inferences and Analyze

3

Learning from Nature

A Historic Journey

Prefixes dis-, in-, mis-, pre-

Make Inferences and Analyze

4

Talking in Codes

Unbreakable Code, The

Suffixes –less, -ness

Generate Questions

5

 Whales

The Color of My Words

Adding –ion (act, action, separate/ separation)

Generate Questions

Week

Comprehension             Skill

Fluency

Paired Selection Title

Paired Selection                Strategy

Paired Selection Skill

Grade 5 Unit 5

1

Problem and Solution

Choral Reading: Pronunciation

The Bottom of the World

Text Features

Primary Sources: Journals and Letters

2

Theme

Echo Reading: Punctuation

Blue Potatoes and Square Watermelons

Text Features

Hyperlinks and Keywords

3

Cause and Effect

Echo Reading: Punctuation

Designed by Nature (Test Prep)

Study Skill

Dictionary/Thesaurus

4

Author’s Perspective

Choral Reading: Intonation and Pauses

Navajo Code Talkers: Five Cinquains

Literary Elements

Consonance and Symbolism

5

Summarize

Echo Reading: Tempo

The Largest Creature on Earth

Text Feature

Graphs

Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 5 Unit 6

1

 Fairy Tales

Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring, The

Greek Roots (astr/aster, auto, photo, tele, phono, mech, myth)

Summarize

2

Camping Out

Skunk Scout

Latin Roots  (aud, spect, port, mit/miss)

Monitor Comprehension

3

Improving Lives

A Dream Comes True--TFK

Words from Mythology geography, geology (Gaea), cosmos (cosmic, cosmetic), titanic (Titans), Jove, jovial, Vulcan (volcano)

Monitor Comprehension

4

Balloon Flight

Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight

Number Prefixes uni-, bi-, tri-, cent-

Monitor Comprehension

5

Scientists at Work

Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist's Microscope

Words with –able, -ible  (visible, dependable)

Summarize

Week

Comprehension             Skill

Fluency

Paired Selection Title

Paired Selection                Strategy

Paired Selection Skill

Grade 5 Unit 6

1

Sequence

Choral Reading: Intonation and Pauses

A Tale Told Around the World

Text Feature

Venn diagram

2

Make Judgments

Echo Reading: Punctuation and Inflection

Our National Parks

Text Feature

Interview

3

Persuasion

Choral Reading: Pronunciation

Profile of a Paralympian (Test Prep)

Study Skill

Everyday Communications

4

Make Generalizations

Choral Reading: Tempo and Phrasing

Hot-Air Balloon Haiku

Literary Elements

Simile and Metaphor

5

Sequence 

Choral Reading: Pauses and Intonation

Mountain of Fire: A Native American Myth

Literary Elements

Symbolism and Figurative Language