Grade 5 Reading & Writing
A free Grade 5 course from the PGAMO Free K–12 School, built on Core Knowledge Language Arts. Units: They Call Me Güero, Early American Civilizations, The Renaissance, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Reformation, Poetry.
Every lesson has the chapter’s pages to read right on screen, the Big Question, words to know, talk-it-over questions with answers for the teacher, and activity pages to print. Each unit ends with a short quiz, and every unit has a printable study pack for learning offline.
This course is based on an original work of the Core Knowledge® Foundation (www.coreknowledge.org) made available through licensing under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This does not in any way imply that the Core Knowledge Foundation endorses this work. PGAMO added the lesson pages, study packs and quizzes layout, and shares them under the same license. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Core Knowledge Language Arts. Free for everyone — this course may never be sold.
Features
- 92 lessons in 6 units
- The books’ pages right in each lesson
- Unit quizzes
- Printable offline study packs
Target audiences
- Grade 5 students
- Homeschool families and co-ops
Requirements
- Nothing to buy — every book is included free
- A parent or teacher to read and talk with younger students
Curriculum
- 14 Sections
- 193 Lessons
- 36 Weeks
- Start here1
- Unit 1: They Call Me Güero17
- 2.1Lesson 1: Reading “border kid?”, “Border Kid” and “Checkpoint”30 Minutes
- 2.2Lesson 2: Reading “Border Kid” and “Checkpoint”30 Minutes
- 2.3Lesson 3: Reading “Our House”, “Fingers & Keys” and “Lullaby”30 Minutes
- 2.4Lesson 4: Reading “Our House”, “Fingers & Keys” and “Lullaby”30 Minutes
- 2.5Lesson 5: Reading “Learning to Read” and “Nagual”30 Minutes
- 2.6Lesson 6: Reading “First Day of Seventh Grade” and “Los Bobbys, or the Bookworm Squad”30 Minutes
- 2.7Lesson 7: Reading “They Call Me Güero”, “Ms. Wong & the Rabbit” and “Trickster”30 Minutes
- 2.8Lesson 8: Reading “They Call Me Güero” and “Ms. Wong & the Rabbit”30 Minutes
- 2.9Lesson 9: Reading “Records” and “La Mano Pachona”30 Minutes
- 2.10Lesson 10: Reading “The Newcomer”, “Christmas Concrete” and “Uncle Joe’s History Lessons”30 Minutes
- 2.11Lesson 11: Reading “The Newcomer”30 Minutes
- 2.12Lesson 12: Reading “Answering the Bully”, “Playoff Game” and “Spanish Birds”30 Minutes
- 2.13Lesson 13: Reading “Answering the Bully”, “Playoff Game” and “Spanish Birds”30 Minutes
- 2.14Lesson 14: Reading “Mis Otros Abuelos” and “Losing Puchi”30 Minutes
- 2.15Lesson 15: Reading “Carne Asada” and “The Refuge on the Ranch”30 Minutes
- 2.16Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- 2.17Unit 1 words quiz: They Call Me Güero20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 2: Early American Civilizations17
- 3.1Lesson 1: Chapter 1, “The Rise of Early American Civilizations”30 Minutes
- 3.2Lesson 2: Chapter 2, “Golden Age of the Maya”30 Minutes
- 3.3Lesson 3: Chapter 2, “Golden Age of the Maya”30 Minutes
- 3.4Lesson 4: Chapter 3, “Hidden Secrets in the Rainforest”30 Minutes
- 3.5Lesson 5: Chapters 4–5: “Myths of the Maya” and “Aztec City on the Water’s Edge”30 Minutes
- 3.6Lesson 6: Chapter 4, “Myths of the Maya”30 Minutes
- 3.7Lesson 7: Chapter 5, “Aztec City on the Water’s Edge”30 Minutes
- 3.8Lesson 8: Chapter 5, “Aztec City on the Water’s Edge”30 Minutes
- 3.9Lesson 9: Chapter 6, “Emperors, Gods, and Foreign Invaders”30 Minutes
- 3.10Lesson 10: Chapter 7, “Birth of the Inca Empire”30 Minutes
- 3.11Lesson 11: Chapter 7, “Birth of the Inca Empire”30 Minutes
- 3.12Lesson 12: Chapter 8, “All Roads Lead to Cuzco”30 Minutes
- 3.13Lesson 13: Chapter 9, “Myths of the Aztec and the Inca”30 Minutes
- 3.14Lesson 14: Chapter 9, “Myths of the Aztec and the Inca”30 Minutes
- 3.15Lesson 15: Reading, Grammar and Spelling30 Minutes
- 3.16Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- 3.17Unit 2 words quiz: Early American Civilizations20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 4: The Renaissance21
- 4.1Lesson 1: Chapter 1, “An Italian Rebirth”30 Minutes
- 4.2Lesson 2: Chapter 2, “The Early Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 4.3Lesson 3: Chapter 3, “The Spirit of the Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 4.4Lesson 4: Chapter 3, “The Spirit of the Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 4.5Lesson 5: Chapters 4–5: “Michelangelo and Raphael” and “The Bankers Who Loved Art”30 Minutes
- 4.6Lesson 6: Chapter 4, “Michelangelo and Raphael”30 Minutes
- 4.7Lesson 7: Chapter 5, “The Bankers Who Loved Art”30 Minutes
- 4.8Lesson 8: Chapter 6, “Morals, Modesty, and Manners”30 Minutes
- 4.9Lesson 9: Chapter 6, “Morals, Modesty, and Manners”30 Minutes
- 4.10Lesson 10: Chapter 7, “Women in the Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 4.11Lesson 11: Chapter 7, “Women in the Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 4.12Lesson 12: Chapter 8, “The Northern Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 4.13Lesson 13: Chapter 9, “Popular Prose on Page and Stage”30 Minutes
- 4.14Lesson 14: Chapter 9, “Popular Prose on Page and Stage”30 Minutes
- 4.15Lesson 15: Spelling30 Minutes
- 4.16Lesson 16: Writing30 Minutes
- 4.17Lesson 17: Chapter 3, “The Spirit of the Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 4.18Lesson 18: Writing30 Minutes
- 4.19Lesson 19: Writing30 Minutes
- 4.20Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- 4.21Unit 4 words quiz: The Renaissance20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 5: A Midsummer Night’s Dream17
- 5.1Lesson 1: “Introduction”30 Minutes
- 5.2Lesson 2: Shakespeare and the Globe30 Minutes
- 5.3Lesson 3: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Section 130 Minutes
- 5.4Lesson 4: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Section 230 Minutes
- 5.5Lesson 5: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Section 330 Minutes
- 5.6Lesson 6: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sections 4-530 Minutes
- 5.7Lesson 7: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Section 630 Minutes
- 5.8Lesson 8: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Section 730 Minutes
- 5.9Lesson 9: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, pages 28–3330 Minutes
- 5.10Lesson 10: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts 1 and 230 Minutes
- 5.11Lesson 11: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts 3, 4 and 530 Minutes
- 5.12Lesson 12: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts 1 and 230 Minutes
- 5.13Lesson 13: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts 3 and 430 Minutes
- 5.14Lesson 14: Reading, Writing and Speaking & Listening30 Minutes
- 5.15Lesson 15: Writing30 Minutes
- 5.16Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- 5.17Unit 5 words quiz: A Midsummer Night’s Dream20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 6: The Reformation12
- 6.1Lesson 1: Chapter 1, “The Power of the Printed Word”30 Minutes
- 6.2Lesson 2: Chapter 2, “Letters Come Alive!”30 Minutes
- 6.3Lesson 3: Chapter 3, “Setting the Stage for Reform”30 Minutes
- 6.4Lesson 4: Chapter 3, “Setting the Stage for Reform”30 Minutes
- 6.5Lesson 5: Chapters 4–5: “The Reformation Movement” and “What Is at the Center of the Universe?”30 Minutes
- 6.6Lesson 6: Chapter 4, “The Reformation Movement”30 Minutes
- 6.7Lesson 7: Chapter 5, “What Is at the Center of the Universe?”30 Minutes
- 6.8Lesson 8: Chapter 5, “What Is at the Center of the Universe?”30 Minutes
- 6.9Lesson 9: Chapter 6, “The Catholic Church Responds”30 Minutes
- 6.10Lesson 10: Grammar and Spelling30 Minutes
- 6.11Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- 6.12Unit 6 words quiz: The Reformation20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 7: Poetry13
- 7.1Lesson 1: Reading “To the Snake”30 Minutes
- 7.2Lesson 2: Reading “This Is Just To Say”, “Variations On A Theme By William Carlos Williams” and “This Is Just to Say”30 Minutes
- 7.3Lesson 3: Reading “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”30 Minutes
- 7.4Lesson 4: Reading “The Copper Beech”, “My Father and the Figtree” and “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”30 Minutes
- 7.5Lesson 5: Reading “Snow Dust” and “Dust of Snow”30 Minutes
- 7.6Lesson 6: Reading “A Bird, came down the Walk—”30 Minutes
- 7.7Lesson 7: Reading “Advice”30 Minutes
- 7.8Lesson 8: Reading “Travelling”30 Minutes
- 7.9Lesson 9: Reading “One Art”30 Minutes
- 7.10Lesson 10: Reading “Strange Patterns”30 Minutes
- 7.11Lesson 11: Reading “Isla”30 Minutes
- 7.12Lesson 12: Reading “Constantly Risking Absurdity (#15)”30 Minutes
- 7.13Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- Unit 2: Early American Civilizations17
- 8.1Lesson 1: Chapter 1, “The Rise of Early American Civilizations”30 Minutes
- 8.2Lesson 2: Chapter 2, “Golden Age of the Maya”30 Minutes
- 8.3Lesson 3: Chapter 2, “Golden Age of the Maya”30 Minutes
- 8.4Lesson 4: Chapter 3, “Hidden Secrets in the Rainforest”30 Minutes
- 8.5Lesson 5: Chapters 4–5: “Myths of the Maya” and “Aztec City on the Water’s Edge”30 Minutes
- 8.6Lesson 6: Chapter 4, “Myths of the Maya”30 Minutes
- 8.7Lesson 7: Chapter 5, “Aztec City on the Water’s Edge”30 Minutes
- 8.8Lesson 8: Chapter 5, “Aztec City on the Water’s Edge”30 Minutes
- 8.9Lesson 9: Chapter 6, “Emperors, Gods, and Foreign Invaders”30 Minutes
- 8.10Lesson 10: Chapter 7, “Birth of the Inca Empire”30 Minutes
- 8.11Lesson 11: Chapter 7, “Birth of the Inca Empire”30 Minutes
- 8.12Lesson 12: Chapter 8, “All Roads Lead to Cuzco”30 Minutes
- 8.13Lesson 13: Chapter 9, “Myths of the Aztec and the Inca”30 Minutes
- 8.14Lesson 14: Chapter 9, “Myths of the Aztec and the Inca”30 Minutes
- 8.15Lesson 15: Reading, Grammar and Spelling30 Minutes
- 8.16Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- 8.17Unit 2 words quiz: Early American Civilizations20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 4: The Renaissance21
- 9.1Lesson 1: Chapter 1, “An Italian Rebirth”30 Minutes
- 9.2Lesson 2: Chapter 2, “The Early Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 9.3Lesson 3: Chapter 3, “The Spirit of the Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 9.4Lesson 4: Chapter 3, “The Spirit of the Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 9.5Lesson 5: Chapters 4–5: “Michelangelo and Raphael” and “The Bankers Who Loved Art”30 Minutes
- 9.6Lesson 6: Chapter 4, “Michelangelo and Raphael”30 Minutes
- 9.7Lesson 7: Chapter 5, “The Bankers Who Loved Art”30 Minutes
- 9.8Lesson 8: Chapter 6, “Morals, Modesty, and Manners”30 Minutes
- 9.9Lesson 9: Chapter 6, “Morals, Modesty, and Manners”30 Minutes
- 9.10Lesson 10: Chapter 7, “Women in the Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 9.11Lesson 11: Chapter 7, “Women in the Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 9.12Lesson 12: Chapter 8, “The Northern Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 9.13Lesson 13: Chapter 9, “Popular Prose on Page and Stage”30 Minutes
- 9.14Lesson 14: Chapter 9, “Popular Prose on Page and Stage”30 Minutes
- 9.15Lesson 15: Spelling30 Minutes
- 9.16Lesson 16: Writing30 Minutes
- 9.17Lesson 17: Chapter 3, “The Spirit of the Renaissance”30 Minutes
- 9.18Lesson 18: Writing30 Minutes
- 9.19Lesson 19: Writing30 Minutes
- 9.20Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- 9.21Unit 4 words quiz: The Renaissance20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 5: A Midsummer Night’s Dream17
- 10.1Lesson 1: “Introduction”30 Minutes
- 10.2Lesson 2: Shakespeare and the Globe30 Minutes
- 10.3Lesson 3: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Section 130 Minutes
- 10.4Lesson 4: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Section 230 Minutes
- 10.5Lesson 5: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Section 330 Minutes
- 10.6Lesson 6: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sections 4-530 Minutes
- 10.7Lesson 7: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Section 630 Minutes
- 10.8Lesson 8: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Section 730 Minutes
- 10.9Lesson 9: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, pages 28–3330 Minutes
- 10.10Lesson 10: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts 1 and 230 Minutes
- 10.11Lesson 11: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts 3, 4 and 530 Minutes
- 10.12Lesson 12: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts 1 and 230 Minutes
- 10.13Lesson 13: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts 3 and 430 Minutes
- 10.14Lesson 14: Reading, Writing and Speaking & Listening30 Minutes
- 10.15Lesson 15: Writing30 Minutes
- 10.16Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- 10.17Unit 5 words quiz: A Midsummer Night’s Dream20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 6: The Reformation12
- 11.1Lesson 1: Chapter 1, “The Power of the Printed Word”30 Minutes
- 11.2Lesson 2: Chapter 2, “Letters Come Alive!”30 Minutes
- 11.3Lesson 3: Chapter 3, “Setting the Stage for Reform”30 Minutes
- 11.4Lesson 4: Chapter 3, “Setting the Stage for Reform”30 Minutes
- 11.5Lesson 5: Chapters 4–5: “The Reformation Movement” and “What Is at the Center of the Universe?”30 Minutes
- 11.6Lesson 6: Chapter 4, “The Reformation Movement”30 Minutes
- 11.7Lesson 7: Chapter 5, “What Is at the Center of the Universe?”30 Minutes
- 11.8Lesson 8: Chapter 5, “What Is at the Center of the Universe?”30 Minutes
- 11.9Lesson 9: Chapter 6, “The Catholic Church Responds”30 Minutes
- 11.10Lesson 10: Grammar and Spelling30 Minutes
- 11.11Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- 11.12Unit 6 words quiz: The Reformation20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 7: Poetry13
- 12.1Lesson 1: Reading “To the Snake”30 Minutes
- 12.2Lesson 2: Reading “This Is Just To Say”, “Variations On A Theme By William Carlos Williams” and “This Is Just to Say”30 Minutes
- 12.3Lesson 3: Reading “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”30 Minutes
- 12.4Lesson 4: Reading “The Copper Beech”, “My Father and the Figtree” and “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”30 Minutes
- 12.5Lesson 5: Reading “Snow Dust” and “Dust of Snow”30 Minutes
- 12.6Lesson 6: Reading “A Bird, came down the Walk—”30 Minutes
- 12.7Lesson 7: Reading “Advice”30 Minutes
- 12.8Lesson 8: Reading “Travelling”30 Minutes
- 12.9Lesson 9: Reading “One Art”30 Minutes
- 12.10Lesson 10: Reading “Strange Patterns”30 Minutes
- 12.11Lesson 11: Reading “Isla”30 Minutes
- 12.12Lesson 12: Reading “Constantly Risking Absurdity (#15)”30 Minutes
- 12.13Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- Unit 6: The Reformation12
- 13.1Lesson 1: Chapter 1, “The Power of the Printed Word”30 Minutes
- 13.2Lesson 2: Chapter 2, “Letters Come Alive!”30 Minutes
- 13.3Lesson 3: Chapter 3, “Setting the Stage for Reform”30 Minutes
- 13.4Lesson 4: Chapter 3, “Setting the Stage for Reform”30 Minutes
- 13.5Lesson 5: Chapters 4–5: “The Reformation Movement” and “What Is at the Center of the Universe?”30 Minutes
- 13.6Lesson 6: Chapter 4, “The Reformation Movement”30 Minutes
- 13.7Lesson 7: Chapter 5, “What Is at the Center of the Universe?”30 Minutes
- 13.8Lesson 8: Chapter 5, “What Is at the Center of the Universe?”30 Minutes
- 13.9Lesson 9: Chapter 6, “The Catholic Church Responds”30 Minutes
- 13.10Lesson 10: Grammar and Spelling30 Minutes
- 13.11Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
- 13.12Unit 6 words quiz: The Reformation20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 7: Poetry13
- 14.1Lesson 1: Reading “To the Snake”30 Minutes
- 14.2Lesson 2: Reading “This Is Just To Say”, “Variations On A Theme By William Carlos Williams” and “This Is Just to Say”30 Minutes
- 14.3Lesson 3: Reading “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”30 Minutes
- 14.4Lesson 4: Reading “The Copper Beech”, “My Father and the Figtree” and “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”30 Minutes
- 14.5Lesson 5: Reading “Snow Dust” and “Dust of Snow”30 Minutes
- 14.6Lesson 6: Reading “A Bird, came down the Walk—”30 Minutes
- 14.7Lesson 7: Reading “Advice”30 Minutes
- 14.8Lesson 8: Reading “Travelling”30 Minutes
- 14.9Lesson 9: Reading “One Art”30 Minutes
- 14.10Lesson 10: Reading “Strange Patterns”30 Minutes
- 14.11Lesson 11: Reading “Isla”30 Minutes
- 14.12Lesson 12: Reading “Constantly Risking Absurdity (#15)”30 Minutes
- 14.13Pausing Point: Review, extra practice and answer keys30 Minutes
Instructor

Founder and Director of Pentecostal Gospel Assemblies
