5th Grade humanities
Writing: This week, learners will wrap up the pre-writing process for their original stories, and prepare to write their narrative drafts next week. Learners will deepen their knowledge of story structure by closely examining the structure of short films and stories, and apply this understanding to expand the outlines of their original stories. Learners will also be introduced to the concept of theme, brainstorm a list of themes, and play a movement game where they will come up with different themes and need remember the movement associated with each theme. Learners will incorporate theme into their original stories by reflecting on the purpose of their story, and what they want to teach the reader. They will return to their story structure outlines and add additional details to clearly convey the theme(s) of their stories.
Learners will also review the narrative writing rubric and practice scoring sample narrative writing pieces to become familiar with specific expectations for their writing and understand how their narrative writing with be graded. The rubric is posted under "Useful Information". Reading: Learners will utilize their understanding of narrative writing elements and story structure to compare and contrast legends, myths, and/or folktales. Learners will consider how the characters, settings, problem, and plot/main ideas are similar or different in each story, and complete a T-chart graphic organizer. We will also continue reading The Birchbark House as a class. Learners will respond to comprehension questions through verbal discussion while we are reading, and answer one comprehension question in writing at the end of each chapter. Social Studies: This week, learners will play Jeopardy! Learners will utilize their notes on Native Americans to help their team answer questions about tribes that lived in the five different regions of what is now the United States. .
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This week, 5th grade learners will be continuing our narrative writing unit by diving into dialogue and story structure! We will be utilizing a variety of learning styles to bring together the parts of a story. This will include further development of characters and setting, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. We will begin with activities and assignments that focus on developing each of these essential aspects to a narrative writing piece. Then, learners will set to work on building their own unique story.
We will also continue our class read, The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, Learners will apply their background knowledge of Native Americans to deepen their understanding of the historical and cultural context of the story. This will be read aloud in class to build student fluency with both reading and speaking. Students will also work on conveying emotion through their spoken word and how to become better orators in front of their peers. This week, learners will be introduced to the structure of Writer's Workshop, discuss what Writer's Workshop should look, sound, and feel like, and collaboratively develop a set of class agreements specifically for Writer's Workshop. Learners will also create "heart maps" to reflect on what people, places, and things have important roles in their lives. Learners can refer to these maps throughout the year to inspire their writing.
Learners will begin their first social studies unit: Native Americans. This unit will be taught in conjunction with our class read, The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, which we will begin reading this week. Learners will explore the historical and social/cultural context of The Birchbark House through pre-reading activities in which they will work in groups to develop ideas about how different photographs, excerpts, and informational passages are connected, and how they may relate to the book. This week, learners will be introduced to the structure of Writer's Workshop, discuss what Writer's Workshop should look, sound, and feel like, and collaboratively develop a set of class agreements specifically for Writer's Workshop. Learners will also create "heart maps" to reflect on what people, places, and things have important roles in their lives. Learners can refer to these maps throughout the year to inspire their writing.
Learners will begin their first social studies unit: Native Americans. This unit will be taught in conjunction with our class read, The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, which we will begin reading this week. Learners will explore the historical and social/cultural context of The Birchbark House through pre-reading activities in which they will work in groups to develop ideas about how different photographs, excerpts, and informational passages are connected, and how they may relate to the book. |
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