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5 th Grade Unit 1

5 th Grade Unit 1. Schedule. Mondays : Reading log form due in homeroom. Thursdays : Spelling Test, Vocabulary quiz/dictionary usage quiz, alphabetical order quiz, grammar quiz, give out new spelling words, spelling words in alphabetical order due Friday.

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5 th Grade Unit 1

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  1. 5th GradeUnit 1

  2. Schedule • Mondays: Reading log form due in homeroom. • Thursdays: Spelling Test, Vocabulary quiz/dictionary usage quiz, alphabetical order quiz, grammar quiz, give out new spelling words, spelling words in alphabetical order due Friday. • Fridays: spelling words due, essay due.

  3. Grammar • Titles of books, chapters, and songs • Prepositions • Interjections • Conjunctions

  4. Grammar: punctuation • Complete Reading Street pages . • Complete Crosswalk Coach pages 190-193. • Complete Buckle Down pages 230-231.

  5. Grammar: conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections • Show School House Rock video. • Complete Reading Street pages . • Complete Crosswalk Coach pages 194-199. • Complete Buckle Down pages 209-210. • Divide class into groups. Students will make posters of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. • Use Grammar Revolution website. • Have students write a sentence with each of preposition. • Then students will write a sentence using as many prepositions as possible. • Students will utilize prepositions in their writing as much as possible.

  6. “Rise up you Dreamers and Troubadorsof the endless Journey. Your dream begins.” St. Francis of Assisi

  7. Essential question of the year: How do people and ideas change over time?

  8. Unit One: Essential question What kinds of challenges do people face and how do they meet the challenges?

  9. Challenge In your reading notebook, brainstorm and write down as many words that come to your mind when you think of the word “challenge.”

  10. Challenge Look up the word “challenge” in the dictionary. Write down the definition in your own words.

  11. The Van Gogh Cafe By Cynthia Rylant

  12. Questions to ponder while reading: • How is the text organized? • From which point of view is the story told? • What is the theme? • Which types of figurative language are being used? • What are the character traits of the main characters?

  13. From which point of viewis the story told?

  14. What are some character traits of the main characters?

  15. Which types of figurative language are being used?

  16. How is the text organized?

  17. What is the theme?

  18. The Van Gogh Cafe • What is a cafe? • Who was van Gogh?

  19. Vincent van Gogh

  20. Van Gogh’s Paintings • Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer • Fourteen Sunflowers in a Vase • Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise • Lane in the Public Garden at Arles • The Starry Night • Orchard in Blossom with View of Arles

  21. What do you notice about the cover? • How does the cover set the tone of the book?

  22. Chapter 1: The Cafe • Do we use quotation marks for titles of chapters? • Who is the main character? • Can the setting be more important than the main character?

  23. Quotation marks around titles of songs: “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” Anita O’Day: YouTube

  24. Review: Figurative Language What are two commonly used forms of figurative language?

  25. Chapter 2: The Possum Literature Based Writing: • Describe Clara. Make a list of her character traits.

  26. Characterization of Clara

  27. picturesque • Using the context clues in the sentence, come up with a definition of “picturesque.” • Write your definition in your notebook.

  28. hydrangeas

  29. What is the magic of the cafe?

  30. Theme: -main message or lesson What is one theme of this novel?

  31. What is the message? (theme)

  32. Point of View • Read pages 38-39 in Crosswalk Coach. (You could underline or italicize titles of books.) • Take notes about the differences of POV. • Answer the questions on pages 40 and 41 in your notebook.

  33. Point of View • First-person point of view:

  34. Point of View • Third-person point of view • Third-person omniscient point of view

  35. Point of View • Second-person point of view

  36. Point of View • Who is the narrator? • This novel is written from which point of view? • How do you know?

  37. Chapter 3: Lightening Strikes Literature Based Writing: Continue to add character traits of Clara.

  38. Lemon Meringue Pie

  39. Yellow and full did you know it would be spring So still and bluewaitingwaitingit is a long silver night Rain finds a sweetheart in the music Blackberries love a moon-faced man so sleepy

  40. Chapter 3: Lightening Strikes Literature Based Writing: • Write some short poems of your own. • One poem may be about any topic. • The second poem must relate to the novel.

  41. Summary: • a short retelling of a text in the reader’s own words.

  42. Chapter 4: Magic Muffins Literature Based Writing: As a class, write a summary of this chapter.

  43. Chapter 4: Magic Muffins • “But young girls need secrets now and then.” • Are secrets good or bad? • “Secrets are like pieces of silver.” • I wonder what the deeper secret is!!!

  44. Chapter 5: The Star

  45. luminous • Using the context clues in the sentence, come up with a definition of “luminous.” • Write your definition in your notebook.

  46. Chapter 5: The Star • Page 33: Who do you think he is? • What do you think has drawn the star to the Van Gogh Cafe?

  47. Chapter 5: The Star • How long has he been waiting? • How is the passage of time described? • What is he waiting for?

  48. Chapter 5: The Star • Literature Based Writing:Think/pair/share: discuss with your partner why you think the star come to the cafe. • Write your ideas in your notebook in paragraph form.

  49. Chapter 6: The Wayward Gull Page 42: What do you think is happening?

  50. Chapter 6: The Wayward Gull This is the first chapter that ends in a period. I wonder why.

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