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Grade 5 English

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Grade 5 English covers these 14+ core concepts:

Reading Comprehension StrategiesVocabulary DevelopmentMaking InferencesWriting for Purpose and AudienceWriting ProcessDigital Media LiteracyDiverse and Cultural PerspectivesEvaluating Perspectives and BiasOral CommunicationText Features and OrganizationText Forms and GenresCapitalization and PunctuationGrammarWriting Voice and Style

The 4 units of Grade 5 English

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

Literacy Connections and Applications

12 lessons

1.Recognizing and Identifying Transferable Skills

Reading Comprehension StrategiesVocabulary DevelopmentMaking Inferences

2.Applying Transferable Skills Across Different Contexts

Vocabulary DevelopmentOral CommunicationReading Comprehension Strategies

3.Your Digital World: Rights, Responsibilities, and Your Online Identity

Digital Media LiteracyVocabulary DevelopmentWriting for Purpose and Audience

4.Being Safe and Smart Online

Digital Media LiteracyVocabulary DevelopmentWriting for Purpose and Audience

5.Being a Detective: Evaluating Online Information

Digital Media LiteracyEvaluating Perspectives and BiasResearch Skills

6.Evaluating Sources and Analyzing Digital Content

Digital Media LiteracyEvaluating Perspectives and BiasVocabulary Development

7.Analyzing Media Form, Message, and Purpose

Digital Media LiteracyVisual and Media TextsEvaluating Perspectives and Bias

8.Choosing and Using Digital Tools Wisely

Digital Media LiteracyVocabulary DevelopmentWriting for Purpose and Audience

9.Being a Kind and Smart Digital Citizen

Digital Media LiteracyVocabulary DevelopmentDiverse and Cultural Perspectives

10.Making Literacy Connections Across All Subjects

Vocabulary DevelopmentReading Comprehension StrategiesWriting for Purpose and Audience

11.Who Are You? Identity, Belonging, and Canadian Voices

Diverse and Cultural PerspectivesVocabulary DevelopmentReading Comprehension Strategies

12.What Is a Theme — and Why Does It Matter?

Literary DevicesReading Comprehension StrategiesDiverse and Cultural Perspectives

Foundations of Language

11 lessons

13.What Is Active Listening?

Oral CommunicationVocabulary Development

14.Speaking and Using Body Language

Oral CommunicationVocabulary DevelopmentMaking Inferences

15.Choosing Purpose and Audience for Speaking

Oral CommunicationWriting for Purpose and AudienceVocabulary Development

16.Understanding Tone, Expression, and Body Language

Oral CommunicationVocabulary Development

17.Using Body Language and Word Choice Together

Oral CommunicationVocabulary DevelopmentGrammar

18.Words Are Like Puzzles — And You Already Know the Pieces!

MorphologyVocabulary DevelopmentReading Comprehension Strategies

19.Words Are Your Superpower!

MorphologyVocabulary DevelopmentReading Comprehension Strategies

20.What Is Fluent Reading — and Why Does It Matter?

Reading FluencyOral CommunicationVocabulary Development

21.What Are Sentences, Anyway?

Sentence StructureGrammarCapitalization and Punctuation

22.Parts of Speech: Building Better Sentences!

GrammarSentence StructureCapitalization and Punctuation

23.Punctuation Has Superpowers!

Capitalization and PunctuationSentence StructureGrammar

Comprehension: Understanding and Responding to Texts

22 lessons

24.What Is "Knowledge About Texts"?

Text Forms and GenresText Features and OrganizationReading Comprehension Strategies

25.What Is a Text Form?

Text Forms and GenresText Features and OrganizationReading Comprehension Strategies

26.What Are Text Patterns and Text Features?

Text Features and OrganizationReading Comprehension StrategiesText Forms and Genres

27.What Are Images and Visual Design?

Visual and Media TextsText Features and OrganizationReading Comprehension Strategies

28.What Is Point of View — and Why Does It Matter?

Point of View and Narrative PerspectiveElements of StyleWriting Voice and Style

29.Who's Telling the Story?

Point of View and Narrative PerspectiveVocabulary DevelopmentReading Comprehension Strategies

30.What Is Indigenous Storywork?

Reading Comprehension StrategiesDiverse and Cultural PerspectivesVocabulary Development

31.What Is a Reading Purpose — and Why Does It Matter?

Reading Comprehension StrategiesVocabulary DevelopmentText Features and Organization

32.What Are Predictions — and Why Do They Matter?

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking InferencesVocabulary Development

33.Making Predictions While Reading

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking InferencesText Features and Organization

34.Making Connections: Linking Text to Prior Knowledge

Reading Comprehension StrategiesVocabulary Development

35.What Is Summarizing — and Why Does It Matter?

Reading Comprehension StrategiesAnalyzing and Synthesizing TextsMaking Inferences

36.Finding Main Ideas, Details, and Conclusions

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking InferencesAnalyzing and Synthesizing Texts

37.Visualizing, Predicting, and Summarizing Texts

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking InferencesVocabulary Development

38.What Are Literary Devices?

Literary DevicesMaking InferencesReading Comprehension Strategies

39.What Is an Inference?

Making InferencesReading Comprehension Strategies

40.Finding Main Ideas and Supporting Details

Reading Comprehension StrategiesMaking InferencesDiverse and Cultural Perspectives

41.What Are Cultural Elements in Texts?

Diverse and Cultural PerspectivesReading Comprehension StrategiesMaking Inferences

42.What Is a Perspective — and Why Does It Matter?

Evaluating Perspectives and BiasMaking InferencesReading Comprehension Strategies

43.Analyzing Diversity, Representation, and Author Perspective

Evaluating Perspectives and BiasReading Comprehension StrategiesDiverse and Cultural Perspectives

44.Analyzing Indigenous Authors' Stories and Contexts

Diverse and Cultural PerspectivesReading Comprehension StrategiesAnalyzing and Synthesizing Texts

45.Analyzing Text: Questioning, Connecting, and Evaluating

Reading Comprehension StrategiesEvaluating Perspectives and BiasMaking Inferences

Composition: Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts

14 lessons

46.What Is a Writing Plan — and Why Does It Matter?

Writing ProcessWriting for Purpose and AudienceText Forms and Genres

47.What Does It Mean to Develop Ideas?

Writing ProcessNarrative WritingWriting Voice and Style

48.What Is Gathering and Organizing Information?

Research SkillsEvaluating Perspectives and BiasWriting Process

49.What Is Developing Ideas and Organizing Content?

Writing ProcessText Forms and GenresText Features and Organization

50.What Are Strategies and Tools for Writing?

Writing ProcessOral Communication

51.What Is Creating Texts?

Writing for Purpose and AudienceText Forms and GenresWriting Process

52.What Is "Creating Texts" All About?

Publishing and PresentingWriting ProcessDigital Media Literacy

53.What Is Personal Voice in Writing?

Writing Voice and StyleWriting for Purpose and AudienceFigurative Language

54.Your Voice, Your View: Understanding Perspective in Your Writing

Point of View and Narrative PerspectiveWriting Voice and StyleEvaluating Perspectives and Bias

55.What Is Revising and Editing?

Writing ProcessWriting Voice and StyleCapitalization and Punctuation

56.What Is Editing?

Writing ProcessGrammarCapitalization and Punctuation

57.What Does "Publishing and Presenting" Mean?

Publishing and PresentingWriting for Purpose and AudienceDigital Media Literacy

58.What Is Publishing and Presenting?

Publishing and PresentingWriting for Purpose and AudienceVisual and Media Texts

59.What Is Publishing, Presenting, and Reflecting?

Publishing and PresentingWriting for Purpose and AudienceWriting Process

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