5th Grade Treasures – Scope and Sequence
Unit 1
1. Miss Alaineus
a. theme - school contest
b. vocabulary - context clues: synonym
c. comprehension – analyze story structure, character and plot
d. fluency
e. writing – personal narrative
f. grammar – sentence types
2. Davy Crockett Saves the World
a. theme – American Legends
b. vocabulary – word parts: compound words
c. comprehension – analyze story structure, plot and setting
d. fluency
e. writing – personal narrative
f. grammar – subjects and predicates
3. Forests of the World
a. theme – trees for life
b. vocabulary – dictionary: homographs
c. comprehension – analyze text structure, compare and contrast
d. fluency
e. writing – research report
f. grammar – sentence combining
4. Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting off to Space Academy
a. theme – exploring space
b. vocabulary – context clues: description or explanation
c. comprehension – generate questions, summarize
d. fluency
e. writing – friendly letter
f. grammar – more sentence combining
5. Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs
a. theme – rescue dogs
b. vocabulary – thesaurus: synonyms
c. comprehension – generate questions, cause and effect
d. fluency
e. writing – journal entry
f. grammar – run-on sentences
Unit 2
1. Shiloh
a. theme - people helping animals
b. vocabulary - dictionary: idiom
c. comprehension – monitor comprehension, making inferences
d. fluency
e. writing – radio/TV advertisement
f. grammar – common and proper nouns
2. Rattlers!
a. theme - slithery snakes
b. vocabulary - context clues: look for restatement
c. comprehension – summarize, main idea and details
d. fluency
e. writing – letter to the editor
f. grammar – singular and plural nouns
3. May Lin: Architect of Memory
a. theme - remember the past
b. vocabulary - word parts: inflectional endings
c. comprehension – summarize, main idea and details
d. fluency
e. writing – research report
f. grammar – more plural nouns
4. The Night of San Juan
a. theme - the Caribbean islands
b. vocabulary - word parts: suffixes
c. comprehension – summarize, problem and solution
d. fluency
e. writing – persuasive essay
f. grammar – possessive nouns
5. Black Cowboy Wild Horses
a. theme - cowboys and cowgirls
b. vocabulary - analogies: antonyms
c. comprehension – monitor comprehension, making inferences
d. fluency
e. writing – TV/movie/book review
f. grammar – plural and possessive nouns
Unit 3
1. Sleds on Boston Common
a. theme - the American Revolution
b. vocabulary - word families
c. comprehension – make inferences and analyze, draw conclusions
d. fluency
e. writing – character sketch
f. grammar – action verbs
2. When Esther Morris Headed West
a. theme - the right to vote
b. vocabulary - dictionary: pronunciation
c. comprehension – evaluate, fact and opinion
d. fluency
e. writing – poem
f. grammar – verb tense
3. Beyond the Horizon
a. theme - protecting the environment
b. vocabulary - word parts: prefixes
c. comprehension – evaluate, fact and opinion
d. fluency
e. writing – research report
f. grammar – main idea and helping verbs
4. My Great-Grandmother’s Gourd
a. theme - desert habitats
b. vocabulary - thesaurus: denotation and connotation
c. comprehension – make inferences and analyze, compare and contrast
d. fluency
e. writing – dialogue
f. grammar – linking verbs
5. Zathura
a. theme – into the future
b. vocabulary - analogies: synonyms
c. comprehension – make inferences and analyze, draw conclusions
d. fluency
e. writing – diary
f. grammar – irregular verbs
Unit 4
1. Goin’ Someplace Special
a. theme - civil rights
b. vocabulary - homophones: recognize homophones
c. comprehension – analyze story structure, character and setting
d. fluency
e. writing – news article
f. grammar – pronouns and antecedents
2. Carlos and the Skunk
a. theme - animal defenses
b. vocabulary - context clues: within a sentence
c. comprehension – evaluate, author’s purpose
d. fluency
e. writing – research/scientific observation
f. grammar – subject and object pronouns
3. Getting Out the Vote
a. theme - democracy
b. vocabulary - word parts: prefixes and suffixes
c. comprehension – evaluate, make generalizations
d. fluency
e. writing – research report
f. grammar – pronoun-verb agreement
4. Hurricanes
a. theme – extreme weather
b. vocabulary - dictionary: multiple-meaning words
c. comprehension – analyze text, description
d. fluency
e. writing – magazine article
f. grammar – possessive pronouns
5. The Catch of the Day
a. theme - trickster tales
b. vocabulary - analogies: relationships
c. comprehension – evaluate, author’s purpose
d. fluency
e. writing – research/interview
f. grammar – pronouns and homophones; contractions and homophones
Unit 5
1. Spirit of Endurance
a. theme - north pole, south pole
b. vocabulary - word parts: base and root words
c. comprehension – generate questions, problem and solution
d. fluency
e. writing – introduction speech
f. grammar – adjectives and demonstrative adjectives
2. Weslandia
a. theme – fantastic food
b. vocabulary - dictionary: word origins
c. comprehension – make inferences and analyze, theme
d. fluency
e. writing – scene from a play
f. grammar – articles
3. A Historic Journey
a. theme - learning from nature
b. vocabulary - thesaurus/dictionary: antonyms
c. comprehension – make inferences and analyze, cause and effect
d. fluency
e. writing – persuasive essay
f. grammar – adjectives that compare
4. The Unbreakable Code
a. theme - talking in code
b. vocabulary - context clues
c. comprehension – generate questions, evaluate author’s perspective
d. fluency
e. writing – compare-and-contrast essay
f. grammar – comparing with more and most
5. The Gri Gri Tree
a. theme - whales
b. vocabulary - word parts: Latin roots
c. comprehension – generate questions, summarize
d. fluency
e. writing – descriptive poem
f. grammar – comparing with good and bad
Unit 6
1. The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring
a. theme - fairy tales
b. vocabulary - homophones
c. comprehension – summarize, sequence
d. fluency
e. writing – eyewitness account
f. grammar – adverbs
2. Skunk Scout
a. theme – camping out
b. vocabulary - use a dictionary: multiple-meaning words
c. comprehension – monitor comprehension, make judgments
d. fluency
e. writing – how-to paragraph
f. grammar – adverbs that compare
3. A Dream Comes True
a. theme - improving lives
b. vocabulary - context clues
c. comprehension – monitor comprehension, persuasion
d. fluency
e. writing – research report
f. grammar – negatives
4. Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight
a. theme - balloon flight
b. vocabulary - word parts: Greek roots
c. comprehension – monitor comprehension, make generalizations
d. fluency
e. writing – explain how something works
f. grammar – prepositions and prepositional phrases
5. Hidden Worlds
a. theme - scientists at work
b. vocabulary - word parts: Latin and Greek word parts
c. comprehension – summarize, sequence
d. fluency
e. writing – explanatory review
f. grammar – sentence combining