Grade 5 Reading & Writing
Curriculum
- 14 Sections
- 193 Lessons
- 36 Weeks
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- 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