California Curriculum

Grade 5 English

40 lessons across 5 units. Every lesson taught 1:1 by an AI tutor — explanations, practice, and instant feedback.

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Grade 5 English covers these 0+ core concepts:

The 5 units of Grade 5 English

40 lessons total, sequenced in the order students learn them.

Reading: Literature

10 lessons

1.Quoting Accurately from a Text

2.Drawing Inferences with Evidence

3.Determining the Theme

4.How Characters Respond to Challenges

5.Summarizing a Story

6.Comparing and Contrasting Characters

7.Similes, Metaphors, and Figurative Language

8.How Chapters, Scenes, and Stanzas Fit Together

9.The Narrator's Point of View

10.Comparing Stories of the Same Genre

Reading: Informational Text

10 lessons

11.Quoting Accurately from Nonfiction

12.Finding Two or More Main Ideas

13.Summarizing Informational Text

14.Connections Between Ideas and Events

15.Domain-Specific Vocabulary

16.Comparing Text Structures Across Texts

17.Multiple Accounts of the Same Event

18.Using Several Sources to Answer a Question

19.Which Reasons Support Which Points?

20.Integrating Information from Several Texts

Writing

7 lessons

21.Writing an Opinion with Logical Reasons

22.Linking Words in Opinion Writing

23.Informative and Explanatory Writing

24.Using Facts, Definitions, and Examples

25.Writing a Narrative

26.Pacing, Dialogue, and Description

27.Planning, Revising, and Editing

Grammar and Conventions

9 lessons

28.Conjunctions, Prepositions, and Interjections

29.Perfect Verb Tenses

30.Using Verb Tense to Show Time and Sequence

31.Fixing Shifts in Verb Tense

32.Correlative Conjunctions

33.Commas in a Series and After Introductory Elements

34.Commas with Yes, No, Tag Questions, and Direct Address

35.Punctuating Titles of Works

36.Expanding, Combining, and Reducing Sentences

Vocabulary

4 lessons

37.Context Clues: Cause, Effect, and Comparison

38.Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes

39.Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs

40.Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homographs

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