2020-2021
FIFTH GRADE INFORMATIVE WRITING:
KIDS WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
FIFTH GRADE INFORMATIVE WRITING:
KIDS WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Please note: The dates regarding homework and classwork are subject to change. Please check your TEAMS assignments and TEAMS posts EVERY DAY. The TEAMS channels are more up-to-date than Mrs. Looney's Website.
Please see the IMPORTANT INFORMATION PAGE on Mrs. Looney's Website for a detailed explanation of procedures and expectations and for other helpful resources.
Please see the IMPORTANT INFORMATION PAGE on Mrs. Looney's Website for a detailed explanation of procedures and expectations and for other helpful resources.
RACEEECEEER GRAPHIC ORGANIZER: This graphic organizer is one of the most important tools you will use in writing class and in social studies class for the next two years. This resource will help you prepare for high school and college writing.
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RACEEECEEER RUBRIC:
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RACEEECEEER WRITING PROMPTS:
What does the text SAY?
What does the author MEAN?
Why does it MATTER?
What does the text SAY?
What does the author MEAN?
Why does it MATTER?
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Are you ready, Scio Tigers?
To view many amazing videos and resources:
1) Go to CABOCES Insignia Log In: https://caboces.insigniails.com/Library/Login
2) Log in with your username and password.
3) Your username and password is written on the first page in your agenda.
4) Once you are logged on to https://caboces.insigniails.com/Library/Login, you can click on to LEARN360, and BrainPop, for many amazing videos and resources.
5) After clicking on to LEARN360, and BrainPop, you can then click on the highlighted links found in the lessons.
6) To log onto Discovery Education Streaming, click on to the Discovery Education Streaming icon. Your login information is in your agenda.
New York State Learning Standards: New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards: Click HERE for the Revised Learning Standards Documents.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page
for more details of the New York State Learning Standards
that will be covered in this unit.
ASSIGNMENT:
Beginning-of-Year RACER ASSESSMENT
Do you remember how to write using RACER?
- The following assignment found below is an assessment to show Mrs. Looney how much you remember about RACER, and how much you remember about writing informative essays.
- Read the directions found below.
- Use the RACER resources found above to help you remember how to user RACER to write the best informative essay that you are able.
- RACER RESOURCES FOUND ABOVE:
- RACEEECEEER GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
- RACEEECEEER RUBRIC
- RACEEECEEER WRITING PROMPTS
- RACER RESOURCES FOUND ABOVE:
- Do your very best work, as this is your time to shine and show me what you remember.
ASSIGNMENT DIRECTIONS: Beginning-of-Year RACER ASSESSMENT
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TEMPLATE: Beginning-of-Year RACER Assessment
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ARTICLE: "Ryan's Well" http://www.scholastic.ca/education/movingupwithliteracyplace/pdfs/grade4/kidscandoit/21-ryanswell-sb.pdf
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ASSIGNMENT:
KIDS WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
INFORMATIVE ESSAY WRITING
KIDS WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
INFORMATIVE ESSAY WRITING
ASSIGNMENT DIRECTIONS: Kids Who Make a Difference Essay
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TEMPLATE: Kids Who Make a Difference
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ARTICLES: Kids Who Make a Difference
"Rainforest Hero" (about Janine Licare) "Kids to the Rescue!" (about Craig Kielburger)
"Rainforest Hero" (about Janine Licare) "Kids to the Rescue!" (about Craig Kielburger)
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VIDEO: 100-Year-Old Man Walks to Raise Money for Health Care Workers
Queen Elizabeth knighted Captain Tom Moore recognizing the 100-year-old for lifting the spirits of Britain during the pandemic. The Second World War veteran raised over $50M for U.K. health workers by walking 100 laps of his garden with the aid of a walking frame.
Good Housekeeping Magazine Article: 40 Kids Who Have Changed the World:
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/inspirational-stories/g5188/kids-who-changed-the-world/?slide=40
Reader's Digest Article: 14 Incredible Kids Who Changed the World in the Last Decade https://www.rd.com/list/kids-who-changed-the-world-in-the-last-decade/
VIDEO: The story of Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai, Activist | Biography: a Pakistani girl and champion for girls' education, shot by the Taliban.
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD VIDEO:
What Can One Little Person Do Sing-A-Long
Homework due: Compare and Contrast Essay: Kids Who Make a Difference.
- http://www.scholastic.ca/education/movingupwithliteracyplace/pdfs/grade4/kidscandoit/21-ryanswell-sb.pdf
- "Ryan's Well: Clean Water for Kids," written by Annabel Wildrick, http://www.gatzertes.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1708820/File/Lets%20Read%204_5/Ryan%27sWell.pdf
- "Rain Forest Hero," written by Patricia Newman, http://gatzertes.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1708820/File/Lets%20Read%204_5/RainForestHero%20.pdf
- "Craig Kielburger: Kids to the Rescue!" written by T.V. Padma, http://gatzertes.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1708820/File/Lets%20Read%204_5/KidsToTheRescue.pdf
New York State Standards:
New York State Social Studies Framework:
https://www.engageny.org/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies
https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies-framework
https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies-resource-toolkit-grades-5-8
nys.social.studies.framework.2016.pdf
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New York State Social Studies Field Guide:
nys-social-studies-field-guide.pdf
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New York State Next Generation
English Language Arts Learning Standards:
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards: Click HERE for the Revised Learning Standards Documents.
http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/nys-next-generation-ela-standards.pdf
nys-next-generation-ela-standards.pdf
Download File
Lucy Calkins, Narrative Craft
Heinemann, 2013.
For the next few weeks we will be reading, analyzing, annotating, and writing narrative texts. Several skills are needed to be able to complete these tasks. Each skill will be broken down, modeled, practiced, and practiced again. Students will work as a whole class group, in pairs, and independently.
Several New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards are essential in order to be able to accomplish the narrative writing assignments. These standards will be practiced while utilizing the above articles in order to master these skills.
Learning Standards to be practiced:
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards: Click HERE for the Revised Learning Standards Documents.
5th Grade Reading Standards (Narrative Text)
Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Phonics and Word Recognition
Fluency
5th Grade Writing Standards:
5th Grade Speaking and Listening, Comprehension and Collaboration:
Knowledge of Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
New York State Social Studies Framework:
https://www.engageny.org/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies
https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies-framework
https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies-resource-toolkit-grades-5-8
nys.social.studies.framework.2016.pdf
Download File
New York State Social Studies Field Guide:
nys-social-studies-field-guide.pdf
Download File
New York State Next Generation
English Language Arts Learning Standards:
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards: Click HERE for the Revised Learning Standards Documents.
http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/nys-next-generation-ela-standards.pdf
nys-next-generation-ela-standards.pdf
Download File
Lucy Calkins, Narrative Craft
Heinemann, 2013.
For the next few weeks we will be reading, analyzing, annotating, and writing narrative texts. Several skills are needed to be able to complete these tasks. Each skill will be broken down, modeled, practiced, and practiced again. Students will work as a whole class group, in pairs, and independently.
Several New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards are essential in order to be able to accomplish the narrative writing assignments. These standards will be practiced while utilizing the above articles in order to master these skills.
Learning Standards to be practiced:
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards: Click HERE for the Revised Learning Standards Documents.
5th Grade Reading Standards (Narrative Text)
Key Ideas and Details
- 5R1: Locate and refer to relevant details and evidence when explaining what a text says explicitly/implicitly and make logical inferences. (RL)
- 5R2: Determine a theme or central idea and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize a text. (RL)
- 5R3: In literary texts, compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, and events, drawing on specific details in the text. (RL)
Craft and Structure
- 5R4: Determine the meaning of words, phrases, figurative language, academic, and content-specific words and analyze their effect on meaning, tone, or mood. (RL)
- 5R5: In literary texts, explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to determine the overall structure of a story, drama, or poem. (RL) In informational texts, compare and contrast the overall structure in two or more texts using terms such as sequence, comparison, cause/effect, and problem/solution. (RI)
- 5R6: In literary texts, explain how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described. (RL) In informational texts, analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent. (RI)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- 5R7: Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to meaning of literary and informational texts. (RI&RL)
- 5R8: Explain how claims in a text are supported by relevant reasons and evidence, identifying which reasons and evidence support which claims. (RI&RL)
- 5R9: Use established criteria to categorize texts and make informed judgments about quality; make connections to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras and personal experiences. (RI&RL)
Phonics and Word Recognition
- 5RF3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
- 5RF3a: Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.
Fluency
- 5RF4: Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
- 5RF4a: Read grade-level text across genres orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
- 5RF4b: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
5th Grade Writing Standards:
- 5W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
- 5W3a: Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters.
- 5W3b: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue and description, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
- 5W3c: Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
- 5W3d: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
- 5W3e: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
5th Grade Speaking and Listening, Comprehension and Collaboration:
- 5SL1:Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners; express, ideas clearly and persuasively, and build on those of others.
- 5LS1a: Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
- 5SL1b: Follow agreed-upon norms for discussions and carry out assigned roles.
- 5SL1c: Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
- 5SL1d: Consider the ideas expressed and draw conclusion about information and knowledge gained from the discussions.
- 5SL2: Summarize information presented in diverse format (e.g., including visual, quantitative,and oral).
- 5SL3: Identify and evaluate the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
Knowledge of Language
- 5L3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
- 5L3a: Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
- 5L3b: Compare and contrast the varieties of English (e.g., dialects, registers) used in stories, dramas, or poems.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
- 5L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
- 5L4a: Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
- 5L4b: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g.,photograph, photosynthesis).
- 5L4c: Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses) to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
- 5L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
- 5L5a: Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
- 5L5b: Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
- 5L5c: Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.
- 5L6: Acquire and accurately use general academic and content-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition).