5th Grade Language Arts
What we do:
- Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
- Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
- Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
How we do it:
- Writers’ Workshop
- Readers’ Workshop and independent reading
- As-needed grammar lessons
- Multimedia projects and presentations
- Individual reflection, research, and writing, including journals
- Collaborative projects and activities
- Multi-paragraph writing projects
- Quizzes and tests